With the accompaniment of Veena played by Dumburu and Narada,ġ. One side swung by Indra and his wife Sasi,Īnd another side swung by Lord Shiva and Parvathi, On the very pretty swing made of nine gems,Ģ. After erecting the magical pillars of red coral, Indiranum, sasiyum one vadam thottu aatta,Ĭhandra shekaranum Umayum Oru vadam thottu aatta,ġ. Vilangum uyar marakathathaal kodungai pooti,Ģ. I request my readers to contribute such songs in consultation with the ladies of the previous generation.ġ. I know the number of songs collected by me is very less. I have mainly depended on a book pulished by Lifco publishers called "Gowri Kalyaname Vaibhogame" in the year 1977 and also on the discussion at /hub/viewlite.php?t=7750 which gives many such songs in Tamil. In my mission to preserve our culture to the next generation, I am giving some songs which I could collect. But even that has gone out of fashion nowadays, where people are in a hurry to complete the rituals as fast as possible. These special songs which were known to our grand mother's generation slowly disappeared and gave way to suitable film music.
This also gives rise to lot of merriment and mirth and gives a chance to the talented budding singers a chance to exhibit their talents. To make these rituals interesting such rituals are accompanied by songs sung by the guests assembled to attend the marriage. Examples of such rituals are Kasi Yathrai, Oonjal, Nalangu etc. Such rituals are not, naturally accompanied by Vedic Manthras.
The Brahmin marriages of Tamil Nadu consist of several rituals which are not prescribed by the Vedas.