3:46 AM
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INDORE: Rajni, a
25-year-old law student, dressed in best bridal finery, mounted a horse
and took her baraat (marriage procession) to the groom's house through her village. After an hour-long marriage procession and dancing on the streets, she went to mandap (pandal) and asked the groom to marry her.
Unbelievable though it may sound, but that is exactly what happened at a
marriage in Satwara village of Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.
The unique tradition — 'Kanya Ghatari' — which was practised by the
Patidar community, wherein the bride takes her baraat to the groom's
place, had long been forgotten, was brought alive. Senior members of the
community endorsed Rajni's initiative to revive the age old tradition
and lavished praise...
