Hi all,I was jus browsing through my wedding photos(june 2008) and thought why not blog about our traditional indian wedding ceremony. Being a south indian (tamilian) the thread is called as thali, its in yellow colour which symbolises auspiciousness in all forms and its a single colour without any fusion of other colours.
I came across an article which says tying of this thali or auspicious emblem on the wedding day became popular only on the 6 th century before which it is tied on their hand to signal their commitment in marriage. I found from the web that the variations change from region to region. it contains shiva lingam - iyers , namam and sudharshana chakra for iyengars. In ancient days the leaves of the tree 'thaala vriksha' were used together in place of thread. tying the thali is similar to the western culture of exchanging rings. Three knots are tied - one by the groom and the other two by his sister
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