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Does formal marriage take place after swayamvara?
I read that draupadi was married to pandavas after swayamvara ceremony.What happened in ramayan between rama and seeta?
Are marriage rituals mandatory after swayamvara?
Or woman starts living like ...
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Are the changes of Upanyanam regarding age actually recorded?
So, many people argue the age of Rama and Sita are older since both got their Upanyanam and were Dvijas? I am wondering if going through studentship actually changes the age as some people mentioned ...
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Do sources state that in Rama's kingdom of Kosala a wife who stayed in a different man's house could not remain married to her husband?
In the Valmiki Ramayana, Rama decides to banish Sita because the citizens of his kingdom are unhappy about her remaining with him after she spent so much time imprisoned by Ravana (the citizens ...
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A question regarding Brahmana marriage?
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In Manu Smriti and Mahabharata it is said that a Brahmana may first marry a Brahmana Girl then a Kshatriya a Vaishya and a Sudra girl in this order.But we see in Mahabharata and Ramayana that ...
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A question about Marriage
It is said in Manusmriti that a Brahmana may marry a Brahmana girl of his own race(same country probably) then girls of lower varnas..
In itihasas and puranas we find examples of Sages marrying ...
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Are there any cases of Brahmana marrying a Kshatriya woman?
It is allowed for a Brahmana to marry a Kshatriya woman taking her as his second wife(Anuloma Vivaha)..But are there cases in Puranas and Itihasas that describe a Brahmana marrying a Kshatriya first?
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Lord Rama's marriage suffering and struggles
In the Ramayana the marriage of Lord Rama is done in the most auspicious of manner. There was selection of dates by the greatest of sages and also astrology. Yet there is suffering and struggle of ...
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Was it possible to reject a girl if she approached a man in ancient Hindu India?
I read many places that there was a custom in ancient India. A man can not reject a girl who approaches him (Swayamagata Kanya). This was true for marriage; this was true for sex.
Is this rule is ...
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Was widow re-marriage prevalent in Mahabharata?
Was widow marriage prevalent in ancient India?
I was wondering about the custom of widow marriage in India.
I know a couple of examples from Ramayana. Mandodari and Tara (wife of Bali) both remarried ...
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Where is Sita Rama’s date of marriage mentioned?
Shri Sita Rama’s marriage is celebrated on the Vivaha Panchami day which falls on the 5th date of Shukla Paksha of the Margashirsha/Agrahayana month. As per this site, the said date has been mentioned ...
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Where in the Vedas is the verse Sītā refers to in Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa found?
In Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa of Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, while trying to convince Rāma that he should let her accompany him to the forest, Sītā makes the following statement wherein she refers to a verse/mantra from the ...
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Which practice existed during the reign of Lord Rama, either Kanyasulkam or Varakatnam(Dowry)?
At present we follow giving Dowry to the grooms which is considered as social evil.
What Lord's do is considered right because they will have a particuar reason behind it. So I want to know what they ...
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What was the age of Sita in chronological order?
This question is not duplicate of this or this
Can anyone be kind enough to dive deep and provide some input for below questions:
What was the age of Sita when first king/prince came to marry her? (...
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What was the age of Sita at the time of marriage?
I've read the claims that she was a child at the time of marriage. Is that really true? What scriptures tell about the marriage age of Sita?
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Did Draupadī cry when Arjuna brought Subhadrā home? What about Kauśalyā and Sumitra in Daśaratha's case?
It must be a very odd feeling for the senior wives of Hindu kings when one fine day the king suddenly comes home with a new wife, who's mostly younger to his existing wives.
I heard that Draupadī ...
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Was marrying brother's wife an accepted in the society of the Ramayana or pre-Ramayana era?
After the death of Vali, his wife Tara becomes the wife of Vali's brother Sugriv
After the death of Ravana, his wife Mandodari becomes the wife of Ravana's brother Vhivhisan
Interesting both Tara and ...
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Was Sri Hanuman a married person? [duplicate]
There is a prevalent story about the marital status of Sri Hanuman that He was married to Suvarchala, the daughter of the Sun. However, this story does not find place in Srimad Ramayana, which is an ...
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