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"People opinion on wearing mangalsutra by women"

My topic is all about the people opinion on wearing of the mangalsutra by the women. ‘Mangalsutra' is composed of the two vital words, mangal which means holy and sutra which means thread. So, it is regarded as the holy and auspicious thread. In this topic the convention part of the formula is applied. In this religious thread, there is black bead which is believed to gain the supernatural or the divine energy, powers that protect the couple from the part of evil one and make the couple safe for their everlasting journey of married life. There is convention that when it is lost or breaks, then it is considered as the black sign i.e. boding evil or fearsome. This theory is believed or applied by all the Hindu who prefers wearing this cultural artifact. It also gives the religious and the cultural beauty to all the women who wear it. However, there has been made the discoveries or the invention of different shapes, sizes and style regarding it. As per the change of the generation, its inventions are changing day by day. We can find different forms in the goldsmith house. The formula regarding the mangalsutra has been changed in the generations in terms of the invention i.e. shape, forms and sizes as per its price.

While going through the topic like invention and convention, I found that my topic is somehow interrelated to each other. They best describe on the part of the convention that when it is lost then it is considered as the bad omen or boding evil or fearsome. It should always be protected by the women who wear it with great care and love. There is convention that wearing of this artifact leads to everlasting life of her husband and there will be always peace and the prosperity in their married life. While talking about the invention part, the forms and the sizes are changing as the change of the generation. In the past days i.e. period of my grandmother, the form was just made of the thread and some part of the gold with simple design. While talking about the present scenario, the inventions are made in numerous designs. Some forms are made only through the gold whereas some are made through the diamond one. We can observe the change in the invention that is made in the mangalsutra in every corner where Hindu is residing and who wear it.

After applying theses theories I realized that the convention remains same throughout the time whereas the invention may get change through the passage of the time. In my topic the convention or the belief regarding the mangalsutra has remain the same or the constant i.e. what my grandmother believed regarding it is the same that my mother and sister believe on wearing it. But they believe that the inventions are changing as per the change in the time.