Haldi Kumkum, or the Haldi Kumkum ceremony, is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long lives. The ceremony is particularly popular in the Deccan Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa.
Haldi Kumkum, or the Haldi Kumkum ceremony, is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long lives. The ceremony is particularly popular in the Deccan Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa.
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