Madurai, Tamil Nadu · 2025 · Wedding Story
Karthik & Divya
“The temple bells set the tempo for everything after.”
Held in the shadow of Madurai's temple towers, this wedding followed the full arc of a Tamil Brahmin ceremony — the Kashi Yatra, the Oonjal swing ritual, and a feast served on plantain leaves for four hundred guests.
The rituals behind the ceremony.
- Kashi Yatra
- A playful ritual where the groom pretends to renounce marriage for a spiritual life, before being persuaded to stay.
- Oonjal
- The couple is seated on a decorated swing while relatives sing traditional songs around them.
Selected frames from the story
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