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… when you started questioning a lot of Indian customs like "kanyadaan" … and the sanity of the same … and also why people are following it so religiously … refusing to budge!?
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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It is a social compulsion that a father is under, because his daughter has shortchanged him by marrying against his will and has denied him spiritual upliftment that kanyadaan gives.
The Times of India 2010
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"This included vara satkaarah (welcoming the groom's party), kanyadaan (giving away the bride), vivah homa (marriage ceremony), panigrahan (auspicious pooja), pratigna karan (oath-taking to remain wedded), manual phera (circumambulating the auspicious fire), saptapadi (ceremony for the couple), aashirvad (blessing from the elders)," he said.
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