Originally posted by: Krrrishnaaa
@ Bold is it!?MIL ties a thread around the neck of her DIL according to their custom in India.
According to the ancient traditional Vedic wedding rituals given in Vedas there is no ritual like tying a sacred thread around the neck of the bride.There is no proper source or evidence to prove that Mangalsutra was from Mughal culture but surely it was not from the Vedic period.
Perhaps it had a symbolic meaning but not something like a physical object.
As per Soundarya Lahari, a famous book by Adi Shankara, Mangalsutra means the inseparable bond between a husband and a wife.
Ofcourse all the goddess mentioned above had an inseperable bond with their partners and thus the universe is maintained.😊
I don't know...it's difficult to say "so and so" is certainly true or not...I mean, how reliable is the so-called "evidence" we have today? We really have no evidence from the Vedic period beyond our puranas, and even those have been distorted through the ages. The historians who are trying to uncover facts also know that what they find out may not be 100% true, because the evidence of Hindu culture in the Vedic period is all but lost due to foreign invaders in India.
The point is, Mangalsutra has been a part of Indian culture since before the Mughal era, at least that much is true. Whether it was a part of the Vedic culture or not is up for debate, but I can say for sure that it's far more important to the Hindus than the veil system is. No Hindu wedding is complete without the Mangalya dharana. In fact, Lord Shiva tying the mangalsutra around Mata Parvati is described in puranas.
The Lalitha Sahasranamam is our biggest source for the mangalsutra, and it's from the Brahmanda Purana, which is one of the 18 Mahapuranas written by Lord Brahma. In it, it is written:
KAMESA BADHA MANGALYA SUTRA SOBHITA KANDHARA(She who shines with the sacred thread in her neck tied by Lord Kameshwara)
Lord Kameshwara here refers to the male form of God (from whom the Trimurtu - Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva originate).
Lord Brahma has written that Goddess Shakti, in all her various forms, shines with the divine mangal sutra tied by her husband.
As for Valmiki Ramayan not having the mangalya dharana of Devi Sita, I have already mentioned before too that I don't believe this source is without its own distortions. It's been passed through many generations since Lord Rama's time. Who knows what is true and not true? For me, the Lalitha Sahasranamam cannot be wrong, that too when it's written by Lord Brahma himself. I strongly believe the Mangalsutra has always been a part of our culture, and for me, seeing Devi Sita without it is inauspicious. No idol of the Goddess is without a mangalsutra in temples, and I am sure the priests know more about our religion and culture than we do.
Edited by JanakiRaghunath - 12 years ago
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