Sourashtra Wedding Procedures

February 22, 2009 | Marriages

Sourashtrians follow the practices of the Vaishanvite cult for all the customs and rituals. The wedding rituals and customs are still followed by all members of the community.

The procedure is as follows.

  • Nowra Nowri Seelariya
  • Phool Function or Vida Paan Machulariya and Boulas
  • Ghetti Kellariyo
  • Muhurtu Ghallariyo
  • Devgas
  • Horad

Usually the nowra sits on a three–legged stool and ties the bottu (Thaali) around the nowri’s neck and they will be facing each other.

After the wedding, the nowra and nowri have food in their respective halls. This is the reason why most of the Sourashtrians rent two halls for the wedding.

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Sourashtra or “Sourashtras” refer to a community of people who originated from Gujarat and now settled in different parts of Tamilnadu.They are also called as Palkars or in Tamil as Pattunulkarars which refers to the silk thread workers.

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