The Aggarwal community has advised the women folk of their community to refrain from dancing in wedding ceremonies except the ladies sangeet function which consists of family members only. The Community has also imposed restrictions to curb lavish weddings.
A resolution was passed regarding the same in a joint meeting of Aggarwal Beopar Manch and Aggarwal Parivar Sangathan, Chandigarh under the presidentship of Ajay Gupta and MP Kansil on Tuesday.Also, in a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Aggarwal Samaj has decided to stop wasting expenses on the lavish weddings and instead give financial help to the newly-wed couple to improve their financial position.
The Community also announced to discontinue the system of gifting a box of sweets while giving an invitation of the marriage of girl child. It has also advised the groom side not to give and accept gifts on the wedding of their son.During the meeting, the Aggarwal community, which is the main preacher of Goddess laxmi, also decided not to throw money on the dancers during functions.
During the meeting, Dinesh Kansil, general secretary of Aggarwal Parivar Sangathan said that people should refrain from throwing money on the dancers. Other Community members pointed out that, by throwing money on the dancers, we are dishonoring the Goddess laxmi.
While talking to The Pioneer, Kamal Gupta, General Secretary of Aggarwal Beopar Manch, Chandigarh said, “The Aggarwal Community has more than two lakh population in Chandigarh. The advisory has been issued to curb lavish weddings and to stop wastage of money during the marriage ceremonies.”
“Following the footsteps of the Community members in neighboring State of Haryana, we also decided to take initiatives to facilitate the parents of bride,” added he.He said that different organisations of all the communities need to come forward and take these types of steps, so that wrong practices prevailing in the society is stopped and the society is given the right direction.
A day before, the All India Aggarwal Sammelan (AIAS) held in Jind district of Haryana had imposed a ban on women folk of their community from dancing on DJs in marriage ceremonies. The AIAS had also issued directions to curb wastage of expenses during weddings.