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<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Jul 22 2008, 09:59 AM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Jul 22 2008, 09:59 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Tribal girl marries by ancient Swayamvar ceremony in Chattisgarh</b>
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<span style='color:red'>The three contenders in the ceremony were asked by Annapurna, the girl in question, to explain about "Panchtatva" or, the five elements of life, according to Hinduism.

The other challenge was to explain a couplet taken from Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas. It required the contenders to explain the value of five elements of life, Panchanan, Gyan, Daan and Yagya.</span>  <!--emo&:clapping--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clap.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='clap.gif' /><!--endemo--> 
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20080709/824/...ient-swaya.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]84802[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Absolutely brilliant. A bright shining jewel weeded out the unworthies and found the matching jewel. Now the set is complete! I - I mean <i>we</i> - are rich.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Annapurna has five elder brothers and one young sister.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->7 is a good sized family. With the Devargal's Asirvadam, may Annapurna and her husband Ghanaram have 100 children at least. :blessing


Meanwhile, said ignorant yahoo.in:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->the Swayamvar ceremony that finds its last mention in Hindu epic Ramayana.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo--> MHAHAHAHAHAhaaa... Indian English-language media was always good for a laugh, but this.... Tears-running-down-cheek-funny.
Ignorance hits an all-time low in Anglisi 'Indian' media! Must be christoconditioning that has deteriorated their brains. Did they get their 'eddycation' from studying at those 'prestigious' convent schools?
Mahabharatam - as the majority population of Bharatam knows - comes <i>after</i> the Ramayanam. And Draupadi's swayamvaram in the Mahabharatam is a very famous one. (Another one from the Mahabharatam that IIRC was a swayamvaram was of the three sisters Amba, Ambika and Ambalika I think whom Bhishma won for his brothers.)