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Dear bhagavathAs,

sthrI is dhanam, that's why a bride is referred to as gReha laxmi.
Greatest dAnam is considered to be kanyA dAnam.
As Sriman SadagOpan has already said, there are no mantras in the Vedas
for dowry. There is no kriya without mantra, yet none for dowry!
It is perhaps some kutantram that started the tradition. 
I think if some parents want to pour gifts over their daughter in marriage
is fine, but demanding and or expecting the gift are adhamAdhamam. 

dAsan

KotikanyAdAnam Sreekrishna Tatachar


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