-Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha. Let me take part in the debate on mangalya dharanam. There is no mention of Mangalya dharanam in Valmiki Ramayanam. Janaka is said to have given 'dattam' to Rama by pouring sacred water on his hand that held Sita's hand. While doing so, he declared that from thenceforth Sita become his saha dharma pathni who would follow him for ever. In 'Varanamayiram'pasuram, Andal speaks about 'kaiththalam pattral' (pANi grahaNam)and not about mangalya dharanam. So it seems we can safely assume that until Andal's times, that is about 1000 years ago, this practice was not in vogue. It is believed that mangalya dharanam was prevalent in tamil society but we must check with ancient books in Tamil to know about this. Another interesting information is that the practice of waering nose ring (mookkuthi) was not in vogue until Muslim invasion. The old sculptures of women orof women deities in temples in Tamil nadu do not pose a nose ring. No jewel indiacting a nose ring had existed in ancient tamil works. Kamban's Sita did not wear a nose ring. kamban speaks elaborately about all the jewellery that Sita wore at the time of her wedding. But nowhere there is a mention of nose ting. I would like to know whether it is the same in VAlmiki RAmayana also. jayasree. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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