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In some regions, the couple walks around the altar seven times. In other regions, the couple takes seven steps to complete a single circumambulation. Each of the seven has a different meaning. At each step or circuit, the couple may also take vows. [3] Vows made in the presence of the sacred fire are considered unbreakable, with Agnideva (lit.
The main events of an Iyer marriage include Vratam (fasting), Kasi Yatra (pilgrimage to Kasi), Oonjal (Swing), Kanyadanam (placing the bride in the groom's care), Mangalyadharanam, Pānigrahanam and Saptapathi (or seven steps - the final and most important stage wherein the bride takes seven steps supported by the groom's palms thereby ...
As she steps into her new home, she is welcomed by the groom’s family members, including his mother and closest relatives. A vessel of rice is placed at the door. After giving harathi to the couple, the mother-in-law asks the bride to gently push the vessel with her right leg.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Hundreds of posters depicting several Jewish faculty members as "wanted" were spread across the University of Rochester campus in upstate New York over the weekend, university ...
The fourteenth step is completed once the bride promises gifts to the sisters; she then moves on the fifteenth step where she steps on piles of rice in a path toward the kitchen. The final step is a series of rites, the first of which is the bride worshiping the ancestors and deities of the husband; she then demonstrates her skills in handling ...
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A mother has been arrested and charged in the death of her 14-year-old daughter after witnesses saw her holding the girl's head underwater in a bathtub, according to police in Florida. Kelsey ...
Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., however, is still pushing for a vote on the House floor to compel the committee to release its report. He introduced a privileged resolution Wednesday night to force a ...