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a simple guide to
Tamil Hindu Wedding
Pre-Wedding Events
Pre Wedding
Arrangements
The marriage of a man and
woman is such an important
and unforgettable day in
anyone’s life. Memories of a
wedding are always recorded in
family photographs and videos
as people always want to
remember and review the day
of union between two souls.
And In Tamil communities a
wedding is more than the
marriage of two individuals , it is
also a coming together of two
big families and all their friends.
Tamil wedding customs date
back four millenia and now
there are local customs as well,
based on newer geographic
locations, not to mention how
much change they have seen as
Tamils have moved to western
countries and adopted new
styles. Some of the traditional
procedures have been left
behind by western Tamils as
they grow into a new generation
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of British, Canadian, French and
Australian Tamils, to name just
a few.
At the point of the
transformations occur in British
Tamil Community, the long
historical traditional marriage
procedures are vanishing
with time. Traditional wedding
custom can be retold under few
headings. Even though custom
is different in different parts of
South India , North and East of
Sri Lanka , Malaysia , Singapore
and the newly growing Western
Tamil Diaspora, the main
aspects of traditional marriage
are fairly common to most of
them.
Bride & Groom Seeking
Usually Bride or Groom are
sought by parents through their
families and friends and based
on age , jobs and background.
Parents exchange the details
and photos which includes the
astrological charts which was
written on birth.
Jathaka Porutham
- Astrology Chart
Matching
Once the parents exchange
the charts they consult a
astrological expert to find
the matching. There are two
systems the charts are based
on called ‘Vakkiya Panchangam’
which is based on empirical
theory which has passed
through generations and the
other system which is called
‘Thirukanitha Panchangam’,
based on mathematical
calculations.
Tamil astrological system,
used for analysing marriage
compatibility is based on
horoscopes of a man and
woman. Horoscope matching in
Tamil is known as ‘ten matching’;
named as dinam, ganam, yoni,
rasi, rasiyathipaty, rajju, vedha,
vasya, mahendram and stree
deergham.
Ponnu Parthal - Bride meeting