Inside Tirumala Tirupati Temple by National Geographic

When religious functions need to be performed , I hunt for someone from my family who can take over that role on my behalf.I am good at delegating this to someone

or other

I was told that if I have to get married the conventional way to a brahmin girl , I have to wear the thread on marriage day .After that I think , I was forced into wearing

that five or six times in one lifetime. Not bad. Minor compromise on belief can see one thru in life comfortably.

My son faced a similar issue. He was forced to undergo thread ceremony by the girl he wanted to marry. It is not easy to marry a girl one loves and one has to do

minor sacrifices like this.

Of course religious mark like thirunamam is displayed only if my iyengar identity is challenged by any iyer. { my sambandhi is a vadama iyer} at any family function.

I also collect a few vaishnavite vadhyars for rituals to assert that I am a proud vaishnavite.

Thats why I maintain a data base of iyengar vadhyars to be pulled out of hat when pushed to the wall.

Iyer DIL wears madisar vaishnavite way with a thilakam while her mother and other relatives display iyer madisar on occassions demanding that