'Tying the knot'

The Thirteenth in my series on 'A South Indian Wedding' - 'Tying the Knot'. This is the moment we have all been waiting for. In the picture you can see the bridegroom ties a yellow thread (A white thread colored with turmeric powder) around the brides neck. He makes '3 knots' on the thread of which 1 is tied by the bridegroom and the other 2 are tied by the bridegrooms sister, who is called the 'Naathanar' of the bride. The significance here is that the bridegrooms sister assures the bride that she will also play a role in taking care of her when she moves to her in-laws place. The young couple are blessed by everyone in the hall by throwing flowers and rice at them and is a sight to watch :). Look forward to the next in the series of 'A South Indan Wedding'

A small request - I would like the members to see all the photographs in this series in totality as this is more of a series and a story rather than individual photographs :)

Pradeep, when I was talking to someone about

a cultural wedding and I mentioned about your

bridegroom topless. He wants to know why. Did I ask you about this before? Thanks...