Customs
Newly wed couples are invited to the house of their in-laws and served with varieties of festive food. In the olden days, newly wed couples had to wait till Gowri Habba to consummate their marriage. The logic behind this practice is that if a child is conceived during Gowri Habba, which falls during the winter, the child would be born nine months later, during the summer, when it would be less prone to infections. This practice has been in place for years, but has declined in recent times due to modernisation.
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