Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

I arrived a bit late. The Engagement started at 6:30 and I wanted to be there at 6:30. But usual Indian Stretch Time (IST) was at work, and we did not arrive until about 7 - at the end of the ceremony - sigh

The lineup - Radha, her almost husband and family

The march to the wedding chariot

These 4 guys provided the marching music

A waiting chariot

Radha preparing to enter

Her entrance

Radha and Murugan

The chariot couple: Radha and Murugan

The chariot is on the move

And a smile from Radha to me :)

The marching band

The march with the chariot leading

Devi's family

And a happy Devi

Devi's husband and the oldest son

The sound of music - two oboes on steroids and two drums

Radha can really smile - what radiance

The gifts

The announcement

Alighting the chariot another radiant Radha-smile

The music men

Serious engagement

Smiling engagement

Dinner is served: Arpana and I will sit in front of the two waiting banana leaves

Serving dinner - some sort of tasty something

Serving me biryani

Serving me dahl

My dinner - some bread (forgot the name but tasty), curd and veges, vege-biryani, chips, some sort of beans, dahl and a cup of fruit. Yummy. The advantage of a banana leaf for serving is that it is not only green but its configuration can be altered to indicate you are finished and then the leaf and residual are recycled. One signifies "I'm done" by folding the leaf in half along the vein axis. Its universal and it works.

Good night :)

C. Frank Starmer

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