End to an Engagement Which Created Profound Sensation Barwaha, Bombay Pros., Mar. 17.
To-day the third marriage of Hi. Tukoji Rao ILI, formerly. Maharaja of Indove, was solemnized at sun act, according to the highest Hind and Vedic ites, with Devi Sharmistha, the Hind name Mise Nancy Miller, an American sri, whose engagement Inst yen to the Maharaja caused a sensation in the United States The bride and bridegroom entered the house where the marriage was solemnized reparately,—barefooted find dressed in costly silks, hele foreheads bearing bright" caste marks in scarlet powder.
They stood on either side of a certain, " Vedic bynins opened the ceremony, which Insted two how At-an auspicious time, chosen a cording to astrological enleulations the curtain was raised." The bride land bridegroom adorned each other with a garland and made formal fequaintance, "Then they were presented to the assembly ax would: be spouse, poo pai tree, which is held as sacred, was then lighted. Surrounded by' Brahmin priests, the. bride was given away "for the god of Love, for wealth and for" the blessing of procreation."
The bride snd bridegroom then wound round themselves along liliand-made cotton thread soaked in turmeric, signifying that that they were tial for life, They walked seven times round a fire, promising, adherence to their" vows andthe called the: sun, the moon and the lars to witness their marriage. Reuter,
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