Hampi has so many temples, even in one month one couldn't cover all of them. Our main purpose, however, was to attend a wedding. The wedding is split into two parts, one being in the evening and the second on the following morning. The evening was a grand photo session. Loads of cake had been prepared. Guests brought even more cake because the groom's birthday happened to be on the same day. After all the photos, food was served.
The next day, we took went to a few smaller temples in the morning. After that, we took an autorickshaw to reach the wedding. How many people do you think fit in an auto like this?
Wrong. We went in one with six people. I have even seen some (of the same size) with 8 people inside.
On this wedding day again many photos were taken. This time however, all the rituals were performed. In pairs of two one of the groom's family member and one from the bride's side confirmed, that they agreed with this wedding. As a sign of trust and acceptance they would feed each other something to eat. Then, a square of string was made around the bridal pair. They did some purga (praising of a God). The central part was when both tied a knot around their partners wrist. After all these rituals rice was thrown onto the bridal pair to wish then good luck. The bride and the groom both looked very royal on both days. One could clearly see that it was a very happy and proud moment for them.
Many more photos were taken and guests queued up to hand over their gifts. Again food was served on banana leaves and guests slowly started to leave.
