Right & Left

[Mani Varadarajan]

On Mar 18,  2:14pm, Michael Rabe wrote:
> By Occam's Razor a simpler explanation may be that during the wedding
> ceremony the bride stands to the right UNTIL the appointed time for her to
> move to her appointed place as wife, at her husband's left.

No, in south India, the wife is always to the right of
the husband. This is the ``dampati'' pose.  This tradition,
however, does not seem to be followed for temple deities.

Mani