Tag: TamilIyerWedding

Why Tamil Weddings Ask a Couple to Hold Milk Together F...

Paal Pidithal — the Tamil wedding ritual of holding milk together — is one of th...

Why the Tamil Iyer and Iyengar Saptapadi Are Not the Sa...

The Saptapadi — the seven sacred steps that constitute the legal and spiritual h...

Gold, Thread and Trembling Hands: A Deep Dive Into Tami...

Mangalsutra Dharanam — the tying of the sacred Thali — is the definitive moment ...

The Groom Who Walked Away — And the Father Who Ran Afte...

Kashi Yatra — the ancient South Indian wedding ceremony in which the groom annou...

Why the Oonjal Is the Most Photographed Moment in a Tam...

The Oonjal is Tamil Brahmin wedding culture's most visually breathtaking and spi...

The Word That Cannot Be Taken Back: What Nichayathartha...

Nichayathartham — the formal Tamil engagement ceremony in which two families dec...

Where the Vedas Never Left: The Tamil Brahmin Wedding G...

Tamil Brahmin weddings follow one of the world's oldest Vedic ritual sequences —...