Gujarati Engagement Ceremony
In many Gujarati communities, the engagement ceremony is known as Gol Dhana (in Gujarati script, ગોળ-ધાણા), or Gor Dhana, which literally means "Jaggery and Coriander seeds" and refers to the practice of distributing a small amount of jaggery mixed with coriander seeds.
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