Andhra Wishesh has throwing focus on the magnitude of marriages and the amount spent on them in the last three days—February 13, 14 and 15th. While people went ahead and spent in dozens of lakhs over their wedding ceremony, not to forget some of them who think that getting married at the feet of Lord Sri Venkateshwara Swamy is a bliss. Therefore, good amount of people even entered into the wedlock in a low key affair but the number was, however, big.

If we have to go by the reports, at least 1000 weddings were solemnized at Tirumala temple till last midnight . In fact, since the space where marriages would be performed was not sufficient, some couples were solemnized the wedding in the open space beside the kalyana mandapams. All cottages and mutts were completely occupied by the marriage parties.

For the past three days, Tirumala was almost occupied by newly wedded couple or by brides and grooms. In order to avoid jostling among couples who wish to seek blessings of deity after weddings, a separate queue line was arranged.

India might be a rich country and people might spend over 25 lakh rupees on their weddings but it's a good sign that how many people still believe that it's now high profile marriage that matters but the marriage that's performed at the feet of Lord Sri Venkateshwara Swamy. At the end it's how satisfied and contended the couple are with the marriage and now how lavishly they celebrated the event.

(AW Phani)