What Ho!» Marriage http://whatho.satpathy.org Ah! To live with a What Ho on my lips and a Gentleman's Gentleman... {sigh}... Such is life... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:47:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Swasti's Marriage http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/07/11/family/swastis-marriage/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/07/11/family/swastis-marriage/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:42:47 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/07/11/family/swastis-marriage/ Swasti is the son of my third maternal uncle, Prakash Ranjan Dash. He works for Wipro in Bangalore and is a graduate of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, formerly REC Rourkela. He was married on July 4, 2008 at Rourkela. I attended along with my parents and all but two of my maternal uncles [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Swasti is the son of my third maternal uncle, Prakash Ranjan Dash. He works for Wipro in Bangalore and is a graduate of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, formerly REC Rourkela. He was married on July 4, 2008 at Rourkela. I attended along with my parents and all but two of my maternal uncles (I have 7) and their families.

Marriage photos are online on Mo Chitra, the Satpathy Family Photo gallery.

Swasti’s Marriage -> Marriage -> Reception

The Marriage

The marriage on July 4, 2008, was held at the NIT Rourkela Community Hall.


Swasti with his “Markundi”, ready to go get married…


Swasti with his mother…


Swati & Goodly dancing in Swasti’s Barat…


More dancing in the Barat…


Swasti finally makes it to the marriage “Bedi”…

The Reception

The marriage reception was held at Indo German Club on July 5, 2008.


Swasti and his bride with his parents and younger sister, Romali…


Swasti and his bride with my parents…


Goodly & Saran at the reception…


Minu Mai enjoying Gol Goppa…


Papu and I with Shoam Bhaina’s son…


Shoam Bhaina & I with his son…


The “Chat” area seen across the club pool…


Saini with his kids…


Saini and his family…


Swasti with his bride & father-in-law…

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/07/11/family/swastis-marriage/feed/ 0 Gautam, Padmaja & Rohan – circa 1998 (After Marriage) http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/photos/gautam-padmaja-rohan-circa-1998-after-marriage/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/photos/gautam-padmaja-rohan-circa-1998-after-marriage/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 16:39:45 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/photos/gautam-padmaja-rohan-circa-1998-after-marriage/ My latest project is scanning old photographs to upload to my photo site, Mo Chitra. I found the photo below in a stack at Bhubaneswar. It was taken by my father-in-law, Sudhakar Padhi in March 1998 near Rourkela.

I am on the left of Padmaja, with Rohan, my brother-in-law, on her right. I just can’t [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> My latest project is scanning old photographs to upload to my photo site, Mo Chitra. I found the photo below in a stack at Bhubaneswar. It was taken by my father-in-law, Sudhakar Padhi in March 1998 near Rourkela.

I am on the left of Padmaja, with Rohan, my brother-in-law, on her right. I just can’t believe how skinny we all were :-)

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/photos/gautam-padmaja-rohan-circa-1998-after-marriage/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – More Photos (Shobhan's Albums) http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/sonus-marriage-more-photos-shobhans-album-set-1/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/sonus-marriage-more-photos-shobhans-album-set-1/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:30:33 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/sonus-marriage-more-photos-shobhans-album-set-1/ Some more of Sonu’s marriage. These were taken by Shobhan, the eldest son of my 5th maternal uncle.

Album 1 Album 2 – Shobhan took these photos using his mobile phone which sports a 3.2 megapixel camera. Album 3

Thanks Shobhan.

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  • Album 1
  • Album 2 – Shobhan took these photos using his mobile phone which sports a 3.2 megapixel camera.
  • Album 3

Thanks Shobhan.

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/14/family/sonus-marriage-more-photos-shobhans-album-set-1/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – The Boy Is Married! http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-boy-is-married/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-boy-is-married/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 15:33:07 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/?p=189 Sonu is married!

I blogged all day from the marriage venue and it was a good experience. I realized some of the limitations of blogging from a Sony Ericsson P1i to a WordPress blog. Do check out the entries tagged with “Sonu’s Marriage” to see how they have come out.

I have posted all the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Sonu is married!

I blogged all day from the marriage venue and it was a good experience. I realized some of the limitations of blogging from a Sony Ericsson P1i to a WordPress blog. Do check out the entries tagged with “Sonu’s Marriage” to see how they have come out.

I have posted all the photos I took & some of Baba’s.

  1. Mangana Photos (May 7, 2008) at Sutahat, Cuttack
  2. Marriage Photos (May 8, 2008) at Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

The next marriage this year is Swasti’s on July 4th at Rourkela. Right after that is Bapi’s on July 6th. Also at Rourkela.

I missed Sampat’s marriage earlier this year. I do have some of the photo’s Baba took though.

  1. Photo’s of Sampat’s marriage

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-boy-is-married/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 4 http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-4/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-4/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 09:07:04 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/uncategorized/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-4/ After the Hatha Ganti, Sonu and his new bride sat down for a Homa (prayers to and oaths before Agni, the God of Fire). The last part of the marriage is of course the Cowrie Khella or playing with cowrie shells. This is conducted by an old lady of the bride’s family and the game [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> After the Hatha Ganti, Sonu and his new bride sat down for a Homa (prayers to and oaths before Agni, the God of Fire).
The last part of the marriage is of course the Cowrie Khella or playing with cowrie shells. This is conducted by an old lady of the bride’s family and the game is baised towards the girl. There is just no way for the poor groom to win.

Time: 2:00 p.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-4/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 3 http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-3/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-3/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 08:27:20 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/uncategorized/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-3/ The marriage ceremony includes many rituals. The marriage proper ends with the Hatha Ganti or tying of hands. The right hand of the bride and groom are tied together with ropes of grass over a coconut placed above an earthen pot of blessed water. The bride’s sister unties the bond after appropriate payment, of course.

[...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The marriage ceremony includes many rituals. The marriage proper ends with the Hatha Ganti or tying of hands. The right hand of the bride and groom are tied together with ropes of grass over a coconut placed above an earthen pot of blessed water.
The bride’s sister unties the bond after appropriate payment, of course.

Time: 1:30 p.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-3/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 2 http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-2/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-2/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 07:38:20 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/uncategorized/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-2/ The Anya Sthana ceremony culiminates in four Brahmins standing around the groom and winding a long thread into a thin rope a couple of feet long. This is then used to create a bracelet of leafs and grass. Each node is named for a couple from Indian mythology like Ram – Sita, Ravana – Mandodari [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Anya Sthana ceremony culiminates in four Brahmins standing around the groom and winding a long thread into a thin rope a couple of feet long.
This is then used to create a bracelet of leafs and grass. Each node is named for a couple from Indian mythology like Ram – Sita, Ravana – Mandodari etc. The bracelet is tied to the right wrist of the groom. He will wear it for four days till the Chaturthi Ceremony on the fourth day after the marriage when the bride and groom spend their first night together.

Time: 12.30 p.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-2/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 1 http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-1/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-1/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 06:47:19 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/uncategorized/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-1/ The marriage ceremony started with the Bride’s father welcoming the Groom, washing his feet and leading him by the thumb to the Bedi (marriage platform). After the initiation ceremony the groom was lead away to the Anya Sthana ceremony and the bride replaced him on the bedi for the first bedi karma. The old priest [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The marriage ceremony started with the Bride’s father welcoming the Groom, washing his feet and leading him by the thumb to the Bedi (marriage platform). After the initiation ceremony the groom was lead away to the Anya Sthana ceremony and the bride replaced him on the bedi for the first bedi karma.
The old priest conducting the ceremony from the groom’s side is Shri Braja Bihari Dash. He conducted all the marriages of my mother’s family, including my parent’s, 38 years ago. The Anya Sthana ceremony picture is poignant as Shri Dash married the Groom’s father now sitting with his son to propiate his ancestors and seek their blessing for this marriage.

Time: 11:45 a.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-the-ceremony-1/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – Barat 3 http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-barat-3/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-barat-3/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 05:57:06 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/uncategorized/sonus-marriage-barat-3/ Sonu could not stay put for long and jumped out to jumped out to join the dancing. The Bride, Sulagna, was waiting… Time: 11:00 a.m. Date: 8th, May, 2008 Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

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Time: 11:00 a.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar

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]]> http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-barat-3/feed/ 0 Sonu's Marriage – Barat 2 http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-barat-2/ http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/family/sonus-marriage-barat-2/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 05:37:14 +0000 gautamsatpathy http://whatho.satpathy.org/2008/05/08/uncategorized/sonus-marriage-barat-2/ More Barat pictures. Everybody danced, young and old, including yours truely. Mamli looked lovely in her new dress and danced a lot with Goodly, Sonu’s younger sister, Kunmun, Sandip, Saran and my mamu’s.

Time: 10:45 a.m. Date: 8th, May, 2008 Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar.

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Mamli looked lovely in her new dress and danced a lot with Goodly, Sonu’s younger sister, Kunmun, Sandip, Saran and my mamu’s.

Time: 10:45 a.m.
Date: 8th, May, 2008
Place: Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar.

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