Kanya Danam

The bride is made to sit on her father’s lap and is given away as a gift by him to the bridegroom. On the bride’s head, a ring made of darbha of kusa grass is placed. And over it is placed a yoke. The gold mangal sutra or thali is placed on the aperture of the yoke. And water is poured though the aperture.the father of the bride while offering his daughter chants: “i offer ye my daughter: a maiden virtuous, good natured, very wise, decked with ornaments to the best of my abilities.