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- From: selvakum@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering)
- Subject: Re: Hindu Marriage Rituals
- Message-ID: <C09E08.6uB@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Dec30.210502.1701@oracorp.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:36:07 GMT
- Lines: 65
-
- In article <1992Dec30.210502.1701@oracorp.com> narayana@oracorp.com (K. T. Narayana) writes:
- >To Continue this thread on Vedic marriage rituals further:
- >
- >When my eldest sister was married (long ago), the bride and bridegroom
- >wore Madhuparkhams. A madhuparkham is clothing dipped in
- >termeric water and dried. The clothing is a Dhothi for the Bridegroom
- >and a 9-yard saree for the bride. The clothing is invariably
- >made of pure white cotton.
- >
- >So traditional is this for Vaisnavites settled in AP, that during
- >the marriage, my sister's mother-in-law's parents walked out
- >of the marriage ceremony. Ofcourse as you expect, they were
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Tamils and apparently, the Tamil marriage ritual regards
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Madhuparkham as Ashubham. Madhuparkam is a Telugu custom
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Kuram Narayana, why don't you state that your sister's
- mother-in-law's parents walked out instead of saying
- "Ofcourse" and "they were Tamils" as if this common to
- Tamils and well known. I have come across many who hold
- several things as Ashubham which is apparently based on their
- view of ill luck or ill omen. The Turmeric coated cloth is
- sacred as per many tamils I know.
-
- It appears that your strong dislike of Tamil or Tamil related
- customs and practices might be related to some family related
- prejudices you had developed. The marriage customs are so
- varied even within the same community ( except possibly some
- very few key items) and thus it would be quite inappropriate
- to extend these to larger groups like "Tamils" and
- "Telugus" without an in-depth study.
-
- >imbibed by the vaisnavites in AP. They consider that Termeric
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >as a symbol of happiness.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Many Tamils also consider in the same light.
- >
- >There are some rituals that go in the preparation of the
- >Madhuparkhams.
- >
- >On the other hand, there are some communities who use pure white
- >clothing, and some who use pure Silk clothing. For example, AP
- >brahmins (namely followers of Sankara) follow a system of rituals
- >that are at variance from the vaisnavites. Note that all Brahmins
- >in AP are vaidiika brahmins; I seriously doubt (i have not come across
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >one in my life) a nonvaidiika brahmin in AP.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Could you explain what you mean vaidiika brahmin and one who is
- nonvaidiika brahmin ? Your assertions seem to be rather too
- general.
-
- >(Note that you have to leave aside those migrating recently in the
- >past 50 years or so. )
- >
- >...kt
- >
-
-
- -Selva
-