Wedding Story - Part X - Last Part

[Last part of the series]
Day10 - Monday , Sep5



The alarm woke me up.

Time was just 5 in the morning.

Lakshmanettan was expected at 5.30.

It was raining hell..



Brushed and had a tea.

Lakshmanettan arrived late , by 6.15.

Went straight to Shenoy's . Thats the place where we had ordered for the

garland and bouquet (aargh.. never thought this thing had such an awkward spelling)



Bad news greeted us.

The garland comes all the way from Mysore.

And the bus has not arrived till then..

Waited for 10 minutes.. No use.



We left to the nearby hotel, where the breakfast order was placed for 60.

Got it packed into the car and back to Shenoy's.

Still no good.. No news about the bus..

After consultation with dad, decided to pack an ordinary garland and leave

the place.. Packed it nicely in a 'kotta', paid the bill and we were about to leave.

Just then, came the angel, with the special garland from mysore.

A quick unpack - pack and off we left for home.



Got a dose from Uncle Sam for not informing them that we had got the correct garland..

:-)



Decorated the groom's vehicle - Uncle Sam's green zen.



Left for Surya Narayana Kshethram in Zen - Cousins, chettan and me.

Back in 20 minutes.

Had breakfast.

Dressed up.

And needless to mention - I shined in my outfit.

Had to answer many a question from uncles and aunts..

:-) (Will jot down the question towards the end)

Dressed up the groom.

Tradition says that the groom should be dressed up by his friends and cousins..

And when we came out of the house, the camera was focussing on me ;-)



Chettan, cousin, mom and chechi in Zen.

Rest of the party in 2 buses.

The party left at 9.30

Muhurtham between 11.40 and 12.30



'Swapnakkudu' film in the bus.



I had Unni, Binoy etc for company..

Two and a half hours of journey and we reached Alakapuri Guest House.



Accompanied the groom to near the mandap.

Bride's dad came to me.

"Evide maalayum bokkeyum?"

"Oh.. Njaanathangu marannu.."

Odippoyi eduthondu vannu..



Appo Pujari "Thaali maala evide"

Njaan "achante kaiyil kaanum. (iyalkippo athenthinaa?)"

Pujari "Kondu varu.. Poojikkaney?"

Njaan "Benam benam.. ipppa kondu baraaammm..."

Kondu koduthu.



Time for the bride to be escorted to near the mandap.

She came in a maroon color saari, in full glamour, accompanied by her mom,

aunts and sisters..



Some pujas by the Pujari..

First the groom was called upon the stage.. err.. mandap..

followed by the bride..



Thaali kettu at 12.11.53

(time engane ithra krithyamaayi orthu vechu ennaano ? ithu photo edutha time-aa :D

ente oru puthhi..!!!!)

Thaali kettu was followed my maalayidal, and some other formalities (paalu kodukkal,

pazham kodukkal.. anugraham vaangal...)



A quick photo session.

And it was time for lunch.

The bride and groom were accompanied on the lunch table by me, binoy and cousins.

Lunch was majestic.

Lots of dishes, 3 pappadam, and 2 payasam..

Superb..

Post-lunch, one more photo session..

With relatives..

With friends.

Single..

In Pair..

While this was happening, my camera went down. No it dint fall. The battery got

exhausted :(



Meanwhile, a Sumo full left for home.. To arrange for welcoming the couple and party.

Packed up the camera along with that team, with instructions to charge the cell.



2PM

Time to go

Thats the time when Uncle Sam came to me..

"Alla kuttaaa... nee car decorate cheytho ?"

Njaan "jab.. glub.. gb.."

"Pinne enthinaa aa rose muzhuvan vaangi vechirikkunnathu?"

Njaan "ditto"



But then, there was a small delay in the buses coming to the boarding point.

I had the cello tap along with the flowers with me

Fetched a blade quickly.

Me, Binoy and Unni completed decoration in record time.

There stands the green Zen, decorated all around with Red Roses. Wow !

Me happy, Uncle Sam happy, all happy :)



Got into the bus.

Saw the rest of the film.

Reached home at 4.50PM



Valathu kaal vechu puthan pennu veetil keri.

Some more formalities, anugraham vaangal, photosession..



Girl goes for a dress change. comes back in an orange with ash border sari.



6.30PM

Girl's family and relatives come home. This is also part of the formalities.

They come with a bag full of goodies :-)

Cake, biscuit, anganey pala pala items..



Treated them with juice, followed by tea and snax, and later with ice cream.



They left by 7.

Close relatives left by 7.30.

Camera crew also left by that time..