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| MadMax | Posted
on 07-Jun-03 12:49 PM
http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20030609/society.shtml THE GOING RATES http://www.indiatoday.com/itoday/20030609/society.shtml [Dowry rates vary according to social status, customs, groom's qualifications and negotiations. These are the upper-end rates] RAJASTHAN Opulent receptions, gold above 50 tolas, plus all dowry items. Factory or office space and/or flat. Groom prices zoom up to Rs 1 crore. TAMIL NADU NADARS Well-educated, affluent grooms ask for as much as Rs 1 crore. Gold: over 70 tolas. PUNJAB "Maruti marriages" are passe. Luxury cars, receptions in marriage palaces, cash and preferably a job for the groom. Gold over 50 tolas. KERALA Syrian Christians From Rs 30 lakh to over Rs 1 crore. Some families give the bride gold by the kilos. ANDHRA PRADESH KAMMAS AND REDDYS Grooms from civil services: Rs 1-3 crore. Postgraduate doctor or engineer: at least Rs 75 lakh. Yadavs and Gouds, from among the OBCs, are in a similar competition. BIHAR IAS grooms: Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 crore, plus a flat or property, car, political favours, gold. Doctors: Rs 20-30 lakh, engineers Rs 20 lakh. College lecturers: less than Rs 2 lakh. Bhoomihar Brahmin grooms are the most expensive. GUJARAT PATELS Besides a huge dowry and gold when children are born, the bride's parents have to pay for her funeral rites. NAGAR BRAHMINS The girl's father washes the groom's feet and worships them in a ritual called saptapadi. Then gifts, cash or jewellery are handed over. SINDHIS Cash (from Rs 35 lakh onwards for affluent grooms), diamond jewellery for the bride and mother-in-law, rings for men in the groom's family, flat and/or car and over 50 kg of dry fruits and papads. HYDERABADI MUSLIMS Doctors, engineers: Rs 5-10 lakh as jode ki raqam (price for bridal attire) plus gifts for the groom's family. Rickshaw drivers: Rs 5,000 plus household items. MARWARIS Milni ke sikke-symbolises giving of four rupees. Now it is four silver or gold coins given to every person in the groom's family. Minimum 11 people, maximum 51 people. BANIAS Each ceremony-roka, tilak, jaymala, pheras and vidaai-involves gifts of cash, clothes, jewellery and watches for the groom's family. Dowry is displayed during tilak. |