Khaps caution Arya Samaj temples against same-gotra weddings
Monday January 21, 2013 09:09:14 AM,
IANS
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Rohtak (Haryana): Notorious for pronouncing bizarre verdicts on social issues, Haryana's community councils - the khaps - Sunday asked the Arya
Samaj not to solemnise at its temples weddings between couples
from the same gotra (lineage) and village.
The khaps have objected to such marriages being solemnised, saying
that these violated the century-old custom.
The khaps have also warned Arya Samaj, a reform movement that has
its own temples, that they would not hesitate to launch a
state-wide stir against it if it did not stop formalising weddings
within the same gotra and village.
The decision to caution Arya Samaj was taken at a meeting of Sarva
Jatiya Khap held at Chhotu Ram Dharamshala in Haryana's Jhajjar
town, about 70 km away Delhi, Sunday evening.
The meeting presided over by Jai Singh Ahlawat, chief of Ahlawat
Khap, was attended by various khaps of Yadav, Balmiki, Dhanak,
Prajapati and Saini communities, except Jats.
Om Prakash Dhankhar, chief of Dhankhar Khap, told IANS: "The Arya
Samaj temples are turning out to be safe haven for those youth who
wish to get married within the same gotra and village by ignoring
custom."
"Priests of Arya Samaj temples do not check anything except age
proof of the couple while solemnising the wedding just to get
donation for the same. They even do not try to verify whether the
boy and girl belong to same clan or not, whereas the priests must
keep all these things in their mind before doing so," Dhankhar
said.
He said that youths getting married this way were using the Arya
Samaj to complete legal formalities of their marriage even if
these were against social norms.
He maintained that the khaps were not against the marriages at
Arya Samaj temples but wanted the priests to call the sarpanch
(village headman) or any other functionary of the village of the
man and woman before formalising the wedding so as to ensure that
the marriage was being solemnised as per custom.
Dhankhar said that a delegation of khap panchayats would also meet
top functionaries of Arya Samaj soon to seek prevention of such
marriages.
"Amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act was also discussed in depth
at the meeting to make a consensus among all communities to raise
the issue in an efficient manner," said the khap leader.
Khaps in Haryana, including those of Jat community, are demanding
amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act, saying that marriages in the
same gotra and village should not be allowed since these were
against social norms.
Khap leaders claim that men and women from the same gotra or
village were like siblings and they could not get married.
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