JEELAKARRA-BELLAMU

This is a not so common ritual in Telugu marriage where a paste of cumin seeds and jaggery is made. It is symbolic of the bride and the groom coming together.The bride and bridegroom sitting oppositely on the marriage Dias, will put up the paste, made of jeera and jeppery on their heads each other on the moment when auspicious time arrive. This will make them one mentally though they are separate physically. Later the purohith will unveil the screen in between them for staring each other. In that context the following mantra will be recited by the purohits.

MANTRAM: "abhrathrughneem varunapatheeghneem bhruhaspathy indraduthraghneem lakshamthaamasmay savithussuvahai"

This means that let the SUN God; the brother of lakshmi devi, would augment the couple; let the BHRUSPATHY, preceptor of SURASS, would augment the couple in respect of lineage and the Indra would augment her health for healthy lineage by decaying ailments

(G.YUKTHA LAKSHMI)