UPHOLDING TRADITION IN MARRIAGES
BY P S SUNDAR
Among the marriages I attended in the recent times which kept up tradition as I had experienced during my wedding 28 years ago was the one of Hareesh Parthasarathy (Mahindra Sathyam, USA) with Rekha (Rajalakshmi Sundaram) in Calicut (Kerala, India) on June 6, 2011. It had an elaborate mix of religious rites with contemporariness that gave the youth all the fun and the much-needed exposure into the tradition attached with marriages. Another highlight was the colourful illustrative pamphlet prepared by Rekha's younger brother Sriram, an engineering student then, which gave significance of the rites associated with traditional marriage. This is in addition to engaging an event manager.
This was highlighted in this article of mine in The New Indian Express of June 21, 2011. Scan images of the pamphlet referred to above are given below. Two photos I had taken of the groom on uncle's shoulder for garland exchange (maalai mathal) and unjal utsavam are also found here.
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