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Singh Is King, Live In Secunderabad

gautamsatpathy — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:54:05 +0000

“Singh is King”, the recent Bollywood movie, seems to have caught the imagination of one of our Sardar Restaurant owners in Secunderabad. And he has thought up an ingenious way of telling the world he has a son and that he is a Singh!

Photo taken with my Sony Ericsson P1i at M. G. Road, Secunderabad, on May 3, 2009.

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Gangtok Trip – Day 6 – Enroute to Tsomgo Lake

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:09:43 +0000

April 16 – Day 6, 10.30 am, Enroute to Tsomgo Lake

This post is being typed on my Sony Ericsson P1i while we are on our way to Tsomgo Lake, at a height of 12000 feet above sea level.

And I still have a BSNL mobile signal!

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Sonu's Marriage – More Photos (Shobhan's Albums)

gautamsatpathy — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:30:33 +0000

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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Sonu's Marriage – The Boy Is Married!

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:33:07 +0000

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.

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.

Photo’s of Sampat’s marriage

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Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 4

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:07:04 +0000

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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Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 3

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:27:20 +0000

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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Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 2

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:38:20 +0000

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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Sonu's Marriage – The Ceremony 1

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:47:19 +0000

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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Sonu's Marriage – Barat 3

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:57:06 +0000

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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Sonu's Marriage – Barat 2

gautamsatpathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:37:14 +0000

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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