What is THALI called in english.?
No equivalent in English, since no such concept exists. Indians too haven’t yet coined a word. The concept involves: a twisted rope; certain number of yarns; a bride; wedding ; auspicious time; tying around the neck; knotting a reef knot by the groom; the third knot for firmness of the reef knot; the third one being customarily tied by the groom’s sister; holiness invested in the ‘thali’ by women; symbolism of ‘thali’ with the husband’s longevity; consequent concept of being a ‘sumangali’/ suvasini/ ‘soubhagyavati’.; having a golden pendant of community specification; pendant accompanied by golden beads of specific shape on either side; two such pendants one each on the cotton yarn thali and the other on a golden chain/necklace; modern trend to associate importance to pendant and having only the golden chain with pendant always around the neck. Thali is essentially a concept in South India and Maharashtra. “kari mani sara” or a necklace of black beads, with a golden pendant, is widely
