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In the Rajput rule of Rajasthan, Rajput always used to be in war, sometimes external attacks, and sometimes the mutual battles of the kings, to increase their own state, due to these battles, Rajput warriors sometimes could not get the time for their marriage. There were occasions also that the Rajput warriors had to go to war after leaving marriage ceremony in the middle.
Rajasthan's famous folk god Pabuji Rathore left between ritual trips to prevent robbers livestock a geezer that ritual trips to their marriage could not have had to go into battle and protect livestock that geezer While making martyrdom in the battleground
Similarly, Ravat Ratnasinh Chundawat of Rawalpad of Mulup of Mewar also did not even meet his wife, Queen Hadi, that he had to go to war against Aurangzeb, and the queen thought that her husband was in war with wife Due to this apprehension that the heroic queen has cut her head and sent it as a sign, so that her husband will now refuse her Rby he could fight for his homeland | And Rawat Rattan Singh Chundawat fought a fierce battle with Aurangzeb's army hanging in the throats of his wife Shishesh and fought for gallantry and became martyred for his motherland.
In this way, Rajput warriors were often unable to get to their marriage due to unfailing wars. There were many such occasions that the marriage of a warrior was fixed and before he got married, he had to go to war In such circumstances, Khanda marriage tradition was started in Rajput community during that period, according to this tradition, in the event of unmarried bride's marriage, Talwar (Khanda) was sent with the procession instead of the bride, and all the rites of marriage were done by keeping the same sword in place of bride.
But now Khanda marriage tradition has ended in the Rajput community. Yes, in childhood, I did not have Khanda wedding but I have seen some engagement ceremony where the boy was not available at that time, the engagement ritual was completed by placing sword. The engagement of one of my cousins
was also done in her absence with a sword like this. Even now between our sister-in-law and our cousin, it becomes a joke many times.
But once in this history, a tragic incident has also declined in history, due to which the people of Barmer suffered many persecution. For the third marriage of the famous first historian of Rajasthan and then the princess of Jodhpur Principal, Munahot Nanseni, the Kamar Kamar of Barmer State had sent a coconut to his daughter's marriage (during that time the coconut was sent for engagement which was accepted after accepting The ritual was completed), due to being highly busy in the administrative work of Jodhpur state, Nainesin himself is not married. Be found and he decided to marry his sword sent Khanda with the procession, according to the prevailing tradition | But the father's father earned it as an insult and did not send his daughter but sent a pestle instead of a daughter, which was a powerful administrator and generator of Jodhpur, who was very angry, and he considered it to be an insult to take revenge on Barmer. He attacked the whole Barmer town and looted lots and removed the doors of the main gate of the city from there and put it in the fort of Jalore. Because of this Khanda marriage tradition, the people of Barmer suffered many persecution.
As the Narsangi Rajput was not Oswal Mahajan (Jain), therefore, through this incident of sending sword to Khanda, it is clear that this tradition was not limited to Rajput castes but in other parts of Rajasthan at that time also this practice Was the currency of .
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