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कन्यादान | Kanyādān
कन्यादान | Kanyādān
A Hindu wedding ritual where bride’s father presents his daughter to the groom, entrusting him with her future wellbeing.
The concept of the father offering his daughter to the groom was unheard of in Vedic times. After Hinduism shifted from Vedic traditions to accepting the treatise of Manu Smriti, as the basis, the position of women changed in the Hindu society. The status of equality that women enjoyed during Vedic times was vastly curtailed, and they were stripped of many independent lifestyles. They were placed under lifelong male guardianship – Father when unmarried, Husband when married and finally son when old and widowed. From here emerged the concept of Kanyadaan. Nevertheless the ritual is grandly celebrated in all marriage ceremonies across the society and in real context, the scenario is not as cut and dried as that. The ritual is enmeshed with a lot of emotions that undermine the religious side of the process. It exemplifies the bond between a father and a daughter and their eternal mutual love and compassion.
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(Information credit: cuturalindia.net)
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कन्यादान | Kanyādān
कन्यादान | Kanyādān
A Hindu wedding ritual where bride’s father presents his daughter to the groom, entrusting him with her future wellbeing.
The concept of the father offering his daughter to the groom was unheard of in Vedic times. After Hinduism shifted from Vedic traditions to accepting the treatise of Manu Smriti, as the basis, the position of women changed in the Hindu society. The status of equality that women enjoyed during Vedic times was vastly curtailed, and they were stripped of many independent lifestyles. They were placed under lifelong male guardianship – Father when unmarried, Husband when married and finally son when old and widowed. From here emerged the concept of Kanyadaan. Nevertheless the ritual is grandly celebrated in all marriage ceremonies across the society and in real context, the scenario is not as cut and dried as that. The ritual is enmeshed with a lot of emotions that undermine the religious side of the process. It exemplifies the bond between a father and a daughter and their eternal mutual love and compassion.
.
.
(Information credit: cuturalindia.net)
#preetscanvas #wedding #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography
#indianwedding #incredibleindia #tradition