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Bengaluru, Oct 31: In about 100 major ‘A’ grade temples belonging to the Muzrai department in Karnataka will be holding mass marriages for Hindu couples located in different parts of the State.
The mass marriages would be held on April 26 and May 24, 2020.
The department has come out with a 24-point guideline for conducting marriages in temples.
Both brides and bridegrooms will have to bring their parents or guardians to the temple on the day of marriage. The age of bride should be 18 and 21 years for bridegroom.
There was no income limit for registration.
Chief minister Yediyurappa
A list of couples who registered for getting marriage would be notified before 30 days of the marriage date.
An eight-gram gold mangalsutra costing around Rs 40,000, a sum of Rs10,000 and Rs 5,000 in cash would be given to each bride and bridegroom for purchase of wedding clothes and meeting other expenses.
The amount would be transferred to bank accounts of bride and groom, respectively, Muzrai and Ports and Fisheries Kota Srinivasa Poojari told presspersons here on Thursday.
The Minister said the department would expect registration of 1,000 couples for mass marriages on both days.
The Dharmika Parishat headed by the Deputy Commissioner in each district would make arrangements with temple authorities for conducting marriages as per the Hindu rituals.
The estimated cost of 1,000 marriages would be Rs 50 crore.
The department has not yet given name to this programme till now, he said.
The Muzrai Department has banned sale of kumkum which is mixed with chemicals substances.
For fixing honorarium for Yakshagana artistes of Tenkutittu and Badagutittu, a committee headed by the Karnataka Yakshagana Academy M N Hegde has been constituted.
The committee has been given three months to prepare the report and submit recommendations to the government.
The panel was set up following the payment of a meagre amount of honorarium for artistes.
The muzrai temples conduct Yakshagana, a popular folk dance drama, in coastal districts of the State.
Kota Srinivas Poojary said annual award in the name Haradi Ramaganiga was set up and the award would be given to Yakshagana artistes for their contributions. The prize money of the award is Rs one lakh.