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Janavasam

Janavasam is a Hindu wedding tradition where the groom is taken for a procession in an open car accompanied by his entire family along with the team nadhaswaram and thavil to a temple near the wedding hall. The main purpose of Janavasam is to introduce the groom to everyone around the town, after getting the blessings from the temple, the groom along with his family is received by the bride and the bride’s family as they entire the wedding hall together. Here we are sharing a series of images shot in the temple town Madurai during a Tamil Brahmin wedding.