The Mysore Tribes and Castes

The essential part of the ceremony is the tying of the Mk On the third day the couple arc anointed and bathed and taken to an Asvatha fleas relijiosa) or the peepul tree in procession the bridegroom riding on a horse and the bride on a bull. [...] 200 to that of the bridegroom the latter including also the value of the presents to the bride which of course is not lost to the parties. [...] After obtaining the formal permission of the Yajaman for the union and the rest of the assembled persons the husband ties the tali round her neck. [...] Sometimes a Brahman is invited to perform the purificatory rite and the Hoina (fire sacrifice) After this he retires and the castemen perform the pilja to the deity with offerings of fruits and cocoanuts and the ►+tiriiing of camphor and frankincense and waving of arati. [...] When all is ready the people assemble and the pujäri whose turn it is to conduct the worship first bathes to purify himself and then amid the defeaning din of trumpets torn toms and cymbals and the clapping of hands walks with bare feet slowly and delibrately over the glowing embers the whole length of the trench towards the shrine of the Seven Goddesses.