Last evening the pre-wedding reception had taken place at a nearby hotel which was a simple yet elegant occasion where Lekha and I'd got the opportunity to meet a lot of relatives and friends. Had the customary photograph with the would-be-couple. It was a superb three hours of being part of a function that was well organised. The girl's brother happens to run an event management outfit at Madras which must be credited with the simple decorations and effective use of lighting.
We'd not gone for the early morning tying of the 'thaali/mangal sutra' at the entrance of the Guruvayur temple. It's common practice for it to take place at the temple followed by the rest of the wedding formalities being completed at the hotel/marriage hall that one has rented for the purpose and that was at play here too.
My mom would have been amused because her marriage had taken place in the purest form - as she used to put it - in that the entire ceremony was performed near the sanctum sanctorum, followed by the high lunch in a hall nearby! Of course, it was eons ago, much before the temple had acquired its present importance and grandeur.
The bride was all of 33 yrs and her parents had fretted quite a bit about her wedding taking its own time to happen. Most of her friends and contemporaries were already married and had become mothers too, which made their agony quite acute. In all fairness, it has to be said that the girl remained cool and she was enjoying her teaching assignment at a school in Ernakulam, when this boy had fetched up from Toronto with the proposal! I must mention the reaction of a young friend of mine when I'd told her this story and I quote, "Uncle, 30 is the new 18. She isn't late at all". Well, that sort of sums up the argument, doesn't it?
The wedding was solemnised around a 10' to 12 in the glittering hall, at the ground floor of the hotel. There were many photographic moments and continuous video coverage. Thankfully, the wedding rituals were carried out on the fairly raised stage and videographer/photographers were stationed below it and therefore, we, in the audience were spared of their backs shrouding the event that usually happens at every wedding. The lunch that followed was traditional and scrumptious, I liked the five varieties of pickle on offer.
Here, in this part of Kerala, the newly married spend their first couple of days at the girl's house and accordingly, they'd fetched up at her house in Thrissur around a half past 3 in the afternoon, which was the auspicious time. They'll move to Ernakulam by Sunday for the reception being hosted at a prominent hotel and thereafter, spend the next few days at the boy's house before flying off for their honeymoon. Lekha and I would be giving that event a skip as we'd be at Payyannur that day to finalise my niece, Ammu's wedding date and venue with the boy's folks!
Heartiest congratulations, Sreevidya and Pradeep. Here's us wishing you a long and happy married life and here's wishing that you get whatever you wish for in the journey of your life together and take care!
Tailpiece.
Sreevidya's maternal grandmother, whose 104th birthday it was on 28 Nov, will see the newly married couple when they fetch up at Kochi.
We'd not gone for the early morning tying of the 'thaali/mangal sutra' at the entrance of the Guruvayur temple. It's common practice for it to take place at the temple followed by the rest of the wedding formalities being completed at the hotel/marriage hall that one has rented for the purpose and that was at play here too.
My mom would have been amused because her marriage had taken place in the purest form - as she used to put it - in that the entire ceremony was performed near the sanctum sanctorum, followed by the high lunch in a hall nearby! Of course, it was eons ago, much before the temple had acquired its present importance and grandeur.
The bride was all of 33 yrs and her parents had fretted quite a bit about her wedding taking its own time to happen. Most of her friends and contemporaries were already married and had become mothers too, which made their agony quite acute. In all fairness, it has to be said that the girl remained cool and she was enjoying her teaching assignment at a school in Ernakulam, when this boy had fetched up from Toronto with the proposal! I must mention the reaction of a young friend of mine when I'd told her this story and I quote, "Uncle, 30 is the new 18. She isn't late at all". Well, that sort of sums up the argument, doesn't it?
The wedding was solemnised around a 10' to 12 in the glittering hall, at the ground floor of the hotel. There were many photographic moments and continuous video coverage. Thankfully, the wedding rituals were carried out on the fairly raised stage and videographer/photographers were stationed below it and therefore, we, in the audience were spared of their backs shrouding the event that usually happens at every wedding. The lunch that followed was traditional and scrumptious, I liked the five varieties of pickle on offer.
Here, in this part of Kerala, the newly married spend their first couple of days at the girl's house and accordingly, they'd fetched up at her house in Thrissur around a half past 3 in the afternoon, which was the auspicious time. They'll move to Ernakulam by Sunday for the reception being hosted at a prominent hotel and thereafter, spend the next few days at the boy's house before flying off for their honeymoon. Lekha and I would be giving that event a skip as we'd be at Payyannur that day to finalise my niece, Ammu's wedding date and venue with the boy's folks!
Heartiest congratulations, Sreevidya and Pradeep. Here's us wishing you a long and happy married life and here's wishing that you get whatever you wish for in the journey of your life together and take care!
Tailpiece.
Sreevidya's maternal grandmother, whose 104th birthday it was on 28 Nov, will see the newly married couple when they fetch up at Kochi.
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