Mangala Dosha
Mangala Dosha (IAST: Maṅgala-doṣa), also known as Mangal Dosh because of schwa deletion, is a Hindu superstition,[1][2] prevalent in India. A person born under the influence of Mars (Mangala) as per Hindu astrology is said to have "mangala dosha" ("mars defect"); such a person is called a Mangalika (or Manglik). According to the superstition, the marriage between a Manglik and a non-Manglik is disastrous.[1]
People who believe in this superstition think that a Manglik person will cause their non-manglik spouse's early death. To prevent this disaster, the person may be married to a tree (such as banana or peepal), an animal, or an inanimate object. This mock marriage custom has different names depending on the "spouse" used in the ceremony; for example, if the person is married to a clay pot (kumbha), the ceremony is called "kumbh-vivah" ("wedding with a pot"). It is believed that all the evil effects resulting from the Mangala Dosha befall on the mock "spouse": the person is thus freed from the consequences of being a Mangalik, and their subsequent marriage to a human is expected to be a happy one.[3][4][5] According to one belief, if two mangliks marry each other, they cancel out each other's bad effects.[6]
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The Hindus have a superstition that the marriage between a person born under the influence of Mars (Mangal) and a person who is not, end in disaster.
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Manglik: Superstition based on Hindu traditions where someone born under the influence of the planet Mars is considered as having Mangal dosh, or Mars defects, which is inauspicious, and his or her marriage with a person who is non- Manglik is perceived as disastrous.
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- ^ Alisha Haridasani Gupta (9 July 2020). "The True Story of My Marriage to a Pot". New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Sieun An; Navya Kapoor; Aanchal Setia; Smriti Agiwal; Ishika Ray (2019). "The Indian superstition scale: creating a measure to assess Indian superstitions". Journal of Beliefs & Values. 40 (2): 5. doi:10.1080/13617672.2019.1570452s. ISSN 1361-7672.