Spgm 009 - Their Marriage Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

5. The Marriage

One fine morning, the parents of both,
Wished them in their wedding clothes,
And see the beauty in their wedding robes,
Then started their preliminary jobs.

A beautifully dressed charming maid,
She moved and circled on an elephant ride,
Thus the news of their marriage spread,
In and around the country, also far and wide.

The day of marriage came then.
With the sound of trumpets blown,
And the beats of drums played,
The wedding in time started.

The procession slowly moved on,
Like a royal march that went on,
With white big umbrellas wide open,
Thru' the roads of the Pugar town.

It was a wedding hall supported by pillars,
With shining diamond-studded-fillers,
And with beautiful hanging flowers,
Also made up of blue silken towers.

In this hall started the function,
Which drew everyone's attention.
The couples at the auspicious hour,
They were led to the hall center.

Like Arundhadi, the star of the sky,
Kannagi saw it twinkling so high
It was just matching her beauty,
Also it revealed her divinity.

A Brahmin priest, an old man,
He read mantras one by one,
While the couples went around
The fire on the sacred ground.

It was a pleasant sight to all the eyes.
The noise around reached the skies.
They became husband and wife,
From the day one of the married life.