Basant woke up either because of my snore or piyush
was ready to go to aaromi for rituals before the marriage. Since piyush and
basant planned to go early in the morning. Later basant told me that he woke up
without alarm because of me. Me and rohit were dropped by piyush relative
brother to the hostel around 9AM. I decided to stay back in room for few hours.
As it is, rohit and basant gone to aromi to take care of piyush needs.
My mobile still not showing any light of display
even after multiple hot pull battery removing method. I have Piyush number in
my backup mobile, when i called his number someone answered in hindi. I didn’t have
Rohit and Basant number in my backup mobile. Decided to walk half kilo metre to
reach Aaromi. Few metres ahead three or four old guys walking towards the same
direction. Later i observed they are also coming to piyush marriage only. When
i am entering the gate, security asked “kither jaara???” i replied “marriage ka
party hai..” Then only he allowed me to go inside the Aromi.
When reached there piyush father asked me to have
food. I asked him “Basant kha number
hai”. He said something like “Piu di first floor basant ka number”. I
understand correctly that piyush sister is in first floor will have Basant
number. In first floor i asked piyush mom piu dhi??. But she said “piyush ither
hey”. Oh my goodness!! piyush himself available. Later i come to know rohit and
basant gone to bride home to see her. I didnt seen her before even i don’t remember
piyush shown bride photo or not to me. Just i waited for the marriage hour to
see my friend’s best half.
I had the Lunch with Rasgulla, fish curry and fish
fries. Fish is at the best where Rasagullas are best of Bengali ishtyle.
Atleast three rasagullas i had before rice and after rice like any doctor
prescription. By the time Basant and Rohit where back giving feeback to piyush
how they find about his bride. But i didnt eager hear the comments to maintain
the surprise. Piyush need to go to the parlour again for filling the face with
another set of makeup. I stayed with piyush in the parlour decided to go for
facial before piyush finishes up, basant and rohit gone to car parlour to have
full makeup for basant car.
Piyush finished his
facial before my facial gets started. I thought of stopping but he said car
would come late so asked me to complete the facial. He will wait at the
outside. Any how i thought he will time pass at the parlour because a good
looking girl is managing the parlour, when i finished and came out he was not
there and left already. He left message for me to wait for ten minutes. I gone
down waited for piyush but pritam and rohit came to pickup me. Since its
getting late for his precious moment he left without waiting. After all its his
big day.
Rohit and Basant actually waiting for the room key
from me. When we reached hostel in fifteen minutes we need to get ready with
our newly bought dresses. Now the real difficulty started, the pants of kurtas was
tight below the knees. Basant and rohit said thats the way kurta pants were
designed. But i am not able to wear my socks as it’s very tight. Basant helped
me putting the socks. I was taken aback a while for his helping tendency. He impresses
me in his every move. As i said before this is the first time i am spending
time with him personally. For Rohit we spent two occasions in EMC outing and
annual day.
Me and rohit were perfect
in kurta. Basant was like gentleman at the best. He was in Brasier. We are
groom’s friend so we presenting ourselves to sarkar family. We took the car and
started to Aaromi to surprise piyush with our attire. Piyush came outside in his groom dress. We never
told him that we are going to come in kurta requested pritam not to tell him
that we bought kurta’s previous day. He had shown the surprise and happiness in
his face after seeing us.
After seeing piyush in his groom dress i have to explain this even though he studied at UK and worked in bangalore for long time. On marriage day every groom glitters because of the forth coming happiness and also the family,friends everyone focus is on one guy. In the
groom dress with the crown in his head. He is just like lord krishna, only
flute is missing. Of course he can act as krishna in my stories.
In fact i dont want to tell him the name Krishna,
in tamil we call him as “mayakkannan”(magical krishna) so as "mayakannan" piyush
is standing in front of us. In the room lot of pooja items were scattered from
the morning till evening piyush family performed rituals for their mayakannan
marriage.
One by one in the family and friends took their photos with mayakannan. From
bride’s family, car has come to pickup mayakannan to the marriage hall. Due to
space problem in Basant’s car, as it is family members were important so i
didn’t join. I know there was a bus arranged to go to hotel Hyatt’s marriage
hall for all family members. So Basant, Rohit left along with mayakannan to
marriage hall with his sisters in the car.
After about 45 mins, All the family members and me started to Hyatt in
bus. Before that i had chance to talk to his mamaji, we talked just about the
IT industry. And one guy from his family actually sat next to me but when i
told him after he started to talk in hindi. “Hindi nahi malum hai”. He suddenly
gone to driver seat but didn’t come to my place till we reach Hyatt.
A Dream marriage at Hyatt,
a royal entry at Hyatt in my kurta. When i entered the marriage hall, I could
see the dinner buffet is ready to serve. And a service guy gave me a motiladdu.
I searched for piyush finally found him in the first room which is given for
Groom and Second room for Bride. In fact in hyatt, its big hall two room was partitioned
in between to form room. When i am crossing the second room i see lot of
people doing some pooja and photographers bugging around. But still i couldn’t see
the bride.
It was arranged nicely, a
wedding area and reception area for this occasion. Rohit was like repeating me
that i came here to see customs of Bengali marriage so he will take care of
piyush’s need. But personally i feel that i came for my beloved friend. I have
to show my feel about that to Rohit, finally i asked him stop saying like that.
Well sometimes i get moodout without any reasons. Because i watch around to memorize the surroundings. But that was not intentional to talk to him
like that.
I seen a group of
photographers from Yash Photo studios were taking the snaps around the area
with and without the persons knowing. Thats what the nowadays style of wedding
candid camera. As everyone was gearing up for the function to be held. Shastri
started chanting mantras only with piyush first.
Later sometime, Real marriage rituals started. Piyush
was standing in a wooden board group of women with fire torch rounded piyush
along with sound of conch shell. Mayakkannan getting the real honour of fire by
their family members. Once they finished rounding, Piu di asked us to lift the
piyush once the girl enters the wedding area. Hmm i know this game seen in some
Brahmin marriages. But here this game performed in the starting itself.
With the conch shell sounds “Puvvvvvvvvvvaaaahaaaaaaan”
Bride was carried by four or five people from bride side. My eagerness to see
her face had grown up but Bride closing the face with betal leaf is sitting on the wooden board carried by their
family members. Just imagine the
scene like this Mayakkannan's Radha entering the scene with Red Dress and
Covered with Greeness of Betal Leaf. Absolute treat to watch the entry of
Bride. Atleast now i should tell the name of her, She is Radha of our
mayakkannan but named Nisha in this life.
Nisha family members rounded Piyush for atleast 9
times. The crowd surrounded were giving wrong counts that they didn’t complete
the rounds and laughing to make the moment more joyous. After finishing the
rounds they are still carrying her infront of piyush. And the job come to us to
carry piyush to the height where the girls family cannot reach to put the
garland to piyush. Group of members along with us carried piyush to new height
of his marriage. Due to crown’s height also Nisha is not able to reach him to put
the garland on his neck. Well game was over Nisha was lowered to a height and
asked piyush to come down. After we brought down Piyush, Garland was put on his
neck by Nisha. What a happy moment that was.
After this they sat on the wedding place where the
agni kunda and shastri, the pooja started for their marriage. This
is the first time i am seeing a shastri carrying the book of mantra’s. He
started to read from first page to last page. In between piu di was asked to
sit with them and asked to round the agni kunda. Finally the shastri comes to
the page where the final rituals to be performed. When Piyush was asked to keep
the sindhoor to Nisha i was singing “Mangalyam Tantunanena Mama jeevana hetuna”. So i understand from the marriage as like
south Indian there is no mangalasutra in their custom. By completing all the
rituals together in front of agni they promise to live happily together for more than hundred years.
After everyone
congratulated the couples thousand flashes on both their faces was noted and its not
because of the cameras. Because of the bond established between them. And the
couple started live their life happily from the moment without been noticing
around.
And at last i sang a song
to piyush to wish him
"Nalam vaazha yennalum vaazthukkal
Thamizh koorum pallandu yen vaazthukkal!"
(My Wishes are always with you for your good health..
wishing you live like this many years as said in tamil language)
After sending off the sweet couples Mayakkannan and
Radha. We the friends drove back to piyush place to drop his mother and father.
Mother told me that i should come someother time to stay in the place as piyush
told about me many a times.
With all said memories and final happy moments we
slept nicely in the hostel to wakeup next day to go back to our routine life.
Mera Dosth Marriage at Pune ends.....
Behind the scenes:
My mobile didn’t show the display till the morning. Basant and Rohit
came to airport to drop me suddenly the flash on my mobile shown for one
reboot. I believed i can the show ticket at entrance using my mobile, otherwise
Basant and Rohit have to come inside show the ticket from their mobile. When i
reached Chennai, i seen a north Indian guy in fasttrack queue asking “Anna...
Nungambakkam???” which reminds me the first part of this series.
Yours Lovingly,
Rasal
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