Daijiworld Media Network - Brahmavar (SP)

Brahmavar, Jan 9: A marriage procession that was taken out on Friday January 9 at Shivagiri, Barkur near here drew a lot of public attention. Because, the marriage party was seated atop a tractor.

Two young men from the undivided family of Manjappa, a farmer living near Kalikamba temple, was to be held on Friday at Gurudev Bhavan of Shivagiri temple, Barkur. The marriages of Pramod, son of Manjappa's brother-in-law, and Ganesh, son of Narasimha Poojary-Vimala couple, were to be solemnised with Jyothi and Sushma respectively.

The about to be married couples rode the newly acquired tractor to the marriage venue. The family members followed the tractor in a procession. After the marriage ceremony, both were led to the house in the same tractor.

Manjappa is well-known for being a large scale paddy cultivator and he continues with the ancient system of building the customary 'Thiri (granary)' by using dry hay and ropes in the courtyard and storing paddy there till it is marketed. His Thiri is quite huge and can accommodate 500 muras of paddy.