This is the only photo of the occasion available with us in Mysore, though, I presume, my sister has the album, containing pictures of the wedding ceremony and of the relatives who were present on the occasion. Would be nice if she could share some of those photos with us on this family blog.The marriage was held at a chaultry - Kozhumbu Chattiram - close to the foothills of Palani shrine. The occassion attracted most of our relatives not merely because it was Bhagya's wedding but more so because it was being held at Palani. The chaultry, arrangeged by our Chettipalayam chittappa Ramaiar, didn't cost us anything by way of rent.
And the marriage expenses, excluding the value of gold ornaments and things offered to the bride, added up to Rs.13,000 at 1974 price-level. I remember this because I heard my father V Gopalan telling chittappa that he got Rs.30,000 by way of provident fund on retirement from the government service. Of this he had spent Rs.17,000 in building our Pollachi house, and had kept the rest for Bhagya's wedding. My mother had saved, by way of ornaments and silver vessels, for the wedding. Gold price those days was around Rs.150 a paun (eight grams).
The Govindans went through a second wedding ceremony, this time in New Delhi, two years back (Sept.2007) after he turned 60.
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Guess What, we forgot to wish Amma and Appa on their anniversary yesterday. Only if I had seen the blog.
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