There is a tradition that a Jogi bridegroom, before tying the bottu (marriage badge) on his bride's neck, had to tie it by means of a string dyed with turmeric round the neck of a female cat.
At the wedding of a widow, the bottu (marriage badge) is tied round her neck at night.
When the bridegroom and his party proceed to the bride's hut for the ceremony of tying the bottu (marriage badge), they are stopped by a rope or bamboo screen, which is held by the relations of the bride and others.
The practice is apparently due to the influence of Telugu Brahman purohits, as various Telugu castes have glass beads along with the bottu (marriage badge).
Some women wear, in addition to the marriage bottu, a special bottu in honour of one of their gods.
The bottu is passed round to be blessed, and tied by the bridegroom on the bride's neck.
A purohit is consulted as to the auspicious hour at which the tali or bottu should be tied.
Vigneswara is then worshipped, and the bottu (marriage badge) is blessed by those assembled, and handed to the bridegroom.
Just before the bottu is tied on the bride's neck by the bridegroom, the screen is lowered.
The bottu (marriage badge) is the equivalent of the Tamil tali.
The tali or bottu (gold marriage badge) is attached to a cotton thread dyed with turmeric, and, among some castes, the tying together of the hands of the bride and bridegroom with such a thread is the binding portion of the ceremony.
A Gazula Balija bride must, when the bottu is tied, be dressed in a white cloth with red stripes, called sanna pappuli.
The bridegroom's sister ties the bottu on the bride's neck inside her hut, in front of which kumbu grain is scattered.
This is the binding portion of the ceremony, and no bottu is tied round the bride's neck.
The correspondingbottu or sathamanam of the Telugu and Canarese castes is a flat or cup-shaped disc.
A bottu (marriage badge) is tied round the bride's neck by the bridegroom's sister.
Until quite recently, the flower of the tangedu (Cassia auriculata) did duty for the tali, which is now a turmeric-dyed cotton thread with a gold bottu suspended from it.
While the bottu is being tied, a screen is interposed between the contracting couple.
Her bangles are broken, and the bottu is snapped by her brother.
The bottu is tied round the neck of a married woman who is closely related to the bridegroom.
At their marriages, however, they use the Telugu bottu or sathamanam.
The widow is taken to a tank or well, where her nagavali bottu is removed.
They then stand, with a screen spread between them, and the bridegroom, with his right big toe on that of the bride, ties the bottu round her neck.
On the following day, the usual nagavali, or sacrifice to the Devas is offered, and a nagavali bottu (small gold disc) tied.
The bottu of the Gampas is a concave disc of gold, that of the Godas a larger flat disc.
Towards evening, the widow sits on a small quantity of rice on the ground, and her marriage bottu is removed.
A bottu (marriage badge) is tied on the neck of the bride by the bridegroom, and the hands of the contracting couple are united (hasthagonthi) as among the Oriyas.
The following story is current among the Koramas, to account for the tali or bottu being replaced by a string of black beads.
The bottu is removed from the neck of the married woman, passed round to be blessed, and tied by the bridegroom on the bride's neck.
One man had suspended round his neck, as a hereditary talisman, a big silver Venkataramana bottu with the namam in the centre on an altar, and the chank and chakram stamped on it.
The bottu is usually a disc of gold, but, if the family is hard-up, or in cases of widow remarriage, a bit of turmeric or folded mango leaf serves as a substitute for it.
The Nambi now invests all the males present with the namam, and, if there is a widow, she is made to put on the bottu or small circular mark, the symbol most often being associated with Siva.
The bottu is said [143] to be "usually tied by the Madiga priest known as the Thavatiga, or drummer.
Upon the birth of the first male child, a second silver bottu is tied to the mother's neck, and a third when a second son is born.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bottu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
