A marriage ceremony at Satyampet village close to Surpur in Yadgir district noticed a novel growth on Monday because the bride and bridegroom paid homage to Surpur MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik who handed away on Sunday earlier than coming into wedlock.
The marriage ceremony of Akkamahadevi, daughter of farmers chief Mallikarjun Satyampet and Amaramma, and Mallikarjun, son of Parvathi and Linganagowda from Wadi, was scheduled for Monday.
However, the mortal stays of the MLA had been additionally dropped at the city for the final rites that very same day.
The bride and the bridegroom and people who gathered for the marriage determined to pay homage to not solely Raja Venkatappa Naik but in addition a farmer who died in Haryana not too long ago when he was, together with different farmers, combating for a trigger there earlier than beginning the marriage.
The bride and the bridegroom and the attendees stood in silence for a minute as a mark of respect to the departed souls earlier than continuing with the marriage.
The marriage ceremony was particular on different counts additionally. It adopted no normal process that’s usually adopted within the type of numerous rituals.
In what was referred to as Vachana Mangalya, a easy bridal ceremony was adopted with the essence of the Vachana literature composed by the Sharanas, particularly these from the twelfth century led by Basavanna. There was no purohit, no auspicious time thought of and there have been no marriage ceremony presents for the brand new couple.
What was extra shocking was that the Preamble of the Constitution was administered as an oath to the couple and the attendees.
Senior lawyer G.S. Patil hoisted the Basava flag to mark the start of the marriage ceremony. Instead of blessing the couple with colored rice, individuals showered flowers to finish the marriage course of.
Speaking on the event, scholar R.Ok. Hudgi referred to as upon the individuals to choose for easy marriage ceremonies with out contemplating any auspicious time and alluring a purohit to carry out the rituals.
“Marriage is fixed on earth not on any supernatural place such as heaven. We marry here, we live here and we die here. We need to come out of all superstitions such as considering auspicious times and other meaningless rituals followed in traditional marriages and adopt simple and progressive marriage methods,” he mentioned.
State president of the ladies’s wing of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha Nagaratna Patil termed the marriage as a mix of Kuvempu’s Mantra Mangalya and Basavanna’s Vachana Mangalya.
Indhudhar Swamy of Gadi Somanal Math, Siddabasava Kabeerananda Swamy of Chigaralli Marula Shankara Devara Math, Murugha Rajendra Swamy of Gurumathkal Math, Lingayat scholar Vishwaradhya Satyampet, journalist Shivaranjan Satyampet and others had been current.
Source: www.thehindu.com
