Brahmin priests boycott dowry weddings

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Brahmin priests boycott dowry weddings

Deccan Herald

 

In a welcome move that comes not from feminists but from those

representing the orthodoxy, priests in a Madhya Pradesh district have

decided not to solemnise marriages where the groom has taken dowry.

 

A group of 50 priests, from two organisations called the Brahman

Samaj

and the Parshuram Vahini, met in the state's Chhattarpur district and

unanimously decided to boycott marriages that involved dowry. S.S.

Tiwari, who presided over the meeting, said the priests had decided

to

ask whether or not the bridegroom's family was taking dowry before

deciding to solemnise a marriage. "If we come to know that the

bridegroom's family is taking dowry, we will not solemnise the

marriage

and will boycott it," Tiwari said. He said the step would enable

priests

to check the social evil.

 

"We will contact priests in other districts of Madhya Pradesh as well

and ask them to adopt the stand taken by us," said Tiwari.

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