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Examples
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The 'mangalsutra' of Chinnammal was reported missing and almirah was found broke open.
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The girl was wearing a 'mangalsutra' and a vermilion mark on her forehead, traditional symbols sported by married Hindu women, when the bodies were found this morning.
The Times of India 2010
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The girl was wearing a 'mangalsutra' and a vermilion mark on her forehead, traditional symbols sported by married Hindu women, when the bodies were found this morning.
The Times of India 2010
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Inspector Rajaram Pardeshi, in-charge of the Junnar police station said the suspects in Shivneri cut three iron grills of the temple window with a sharp object and decamped with a mangalsutra and a nath (nose ring) and some money (totalling Rs 10,725) by breaking open the donation box sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
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Gold is sought from many angles; besides, being liquid, there is nothing that can replace it from wedding gifts including the sacred mangalsutra.
GOLD GLITTERS 2008
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During the time of Civil Disobedience in Chennai, a married woman who was deprived of her mangalsutra in prison, created a stir throughout the country.
Bindi 2007
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Since centuries, the bindi has been and still remains, the mangalaya or the sign of an Indian married woman, other ones being the sindoor, mangalsutra (also called ramnami) nose ring, bangles and so on.
Bindi 2007
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Eventually, the Law Member had to intervene to order the prison authorities to restore the mangalsutra to her.
Bindi 2007
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The 'devotee' offered the prime deity a silk sari after worshipping Goddess Ambal, and, in turn, requested the priest for two mangalsutra threads, which was instantly granted.
Latest Stories 2010
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Ahmedabad: Has the New Gujarati Woman all but discarded her chudi, chandlo, and mangalsutra?
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