And herez an interesting bit I found on the whole Vday Festivities: ancient pagan worshippers found this time of the year the beginning of spring and fertility. Donc, they celebrated it by cleaning their homes and doing things very similar to the ones we do for Pongal( a South Indian harvest festival).Pagan worshippers held women at very high esteem as she was revered to have the power to create a new life. During this period, some rituals were performed that was believed to make women more fertile. At the end of all the festivities, single women's names were all put together in an urn, picked by bachelors and marriages were conducted. Well, that does not exactly happen with Pongal, but I know a lot of weddings are conducted in the month of "Thayee". So, there is continued rendition that makes me believe Hinduism and Paganism are related.
hmm..interesting
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