I have the pleasure to announce the arrival of a daughter into our home, Manjiree Rajgopaul nee Patwardan. Manjiree in Marathi means the flower of our holy basil Tulsi. Manjiree and Ranjan got married in a simple ceremony at our home yesterday. Manjiree was welcomed into our home with Aarti in the traditional way by Mangal. Arti is the rite of welcoming a bride into groom’s home by waving a lit lamp and applying sandalwood paste and kumum powder, to indicate the love and adoration to the bride.
Celebration lunch and dinner followed and today is for rest and recouping.
This was taken on a mobile phone. Photographs taken by a professional photographer will be posted in due course. My readers can also see a very happy Yakob in the background. Happy is not how I would call my own status. I am ecstatic. Maniiree will light up our home which has been without a feminine light for some time now.
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that is wonderful! congrats to the young couple and it’s lovely to hear you sounding so delighted as well!
Thank you.
Congratulations to all of you! She is beautiful!
Thank you. Yes she is externally and internally too.
You lucky guys!
Thank you Mitali.
Congratulations!
Thank you.
Truly genuinely happy for you, Ramana, to the point of tears welling up. There is such joy in beginnings.
Congratulations to your son and his wife. I wish them all the happiness married life can bring. Not least when we follow the advice of one Kahlil Gibran ‘The prophet’ – I am sure you know the passage I mean: “… And what of marriage, master?”.
Ursula
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Thank you Ursula. I shall pass on the KG quote to them.
Congratulations, Ramana! What a lovely couple and very happy she is bringing smiles to all around. You certainly deserve it! {{hugs}}
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Thank you Linda. And hugs back to you too.
Congrats to you!
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