Iyer - Iyengar marriage possibility ???

[t.p.ramanathan]

Is it right for an iyer boy to marry an Iyengar girl ? Is this allowed in our scripts ? If not, may i kindly know the reason ?

 

And if the iyers are ready to extend their hands, will the iyengars accept ?

[harik]

Why not. All these differences have cropped up in the last 500 years.

[narayanankr]

Of course yes & why not ? So much so even the marriage amongst the sub-sect classification within Iyers ( such as Vadama , Bracharanam, Athista ) are acceptable. All these sub-classes are time related creation .

 

Just as a reverse logic , having accepted the Gothra theory - it is foolish to distinguish a Bhardwaj Iyengar is any different for Bharadwaj Iyers. In the past the customs and traditions ( for Homa Samskaram ) deviated from one sect and other. It is only the acceptability that matters and anything is dogmatic and superstitious.

[Sri Sarma Sastrigal]

Why not? Sastras do permit marriages between Iyers and Iyengars. In fact, nowadays we come across several such marriages taking plae. And I myself have performed such few of them

 

Sarma Sastrigal