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Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) was a Hindu practice, primarily followed during the ancient period. It was permitted for the widows or wives who had no child by their spouse to procreate a child with another man.
Niyogi Brahmin is a Telugu Brahmin subcaste [2] native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but are spread throughout South India and Maharashtra. [3] [4] The traditional occupations of the Niyogi Brahmins are settled cultivation and priesthood. [5]
Nikah halala (Urdu: نکاح حلالہ), also known as tahleel marriage, [1] is a practice in which a woman, after being divorced by her husband by triple talaq, marries another man, consummates the marriage, and gets divorced again in order to be able to remarry her former husband. [2]
Niyog may refer to: Niyoga, a Hindu tradition; niyog, a term for "coconut" in the Philippines; See also. Niyogi (disambiguation) Niog, a locality in Bacoor near ...
Orchha Sati Shrine. The practice is named after the Hindu goddess Sati, who is believed to have self-immolated because she was unable to bear her father Daksha's humiliation of her and her husband Shiva.
Jhola (Nepali: झोला) is a 2013 Nepali film based on a story by writer Krishna Dharabasi.It is about Sati culture that was prevalent in the Nepalese society until the 1920s in which wife had to immolate herself upon her husband's death, typically on his funeral pyre.
In India, a devadasi is a female artist who is dedicated to the worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life. [3] [4] The dedication takes place in a ceremony that is somewhat similar to a marriage ceremony.
Kulinism (Bengali: কৌলিন্য) or Kulin Pratha is a practice that envisages an elite position within the varna/jati configuration, derived from spiritual and ritual purity. [1] Upper castes in Bengal were divided into exogamous classes, with ritual status determined by lineage purity and family marital history, with Kulins having the ...