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kindly see in the rituals ceremonies and poojas sticky thread vang nichayam, nichayathaartham 3rd page 30 th thread you can see nalangu details and full marriage details.
 
hate to bring caste into it...but nalangu can mean two different perspectives seen from a tamil brahmin and non brahmin..

for the tambrams it is a tamasha, where the mature bride and groom play childish games as a throwback and paen to the practise of chld marriage.

for the non brahmins, it is a lttile different function i believe. i do not know more about it.

so, not sure what type of explanation ronnie wants :)

this is what i got from the web, after googling 'nadar nalangu'..

Fill a large measuring tumbler( padi ) with paddy( nellu ) and top it with a small lamp which is lit.
Place a silver coin each on the girl's head, 2 shoulders, 2 palms, 2 feets, stomach and hip. And then 5 sumangali's one after the other should give the keep sandalwood and kumkumam in the forehead, nalangu in the leg, flower in the hair and then with the measuring tumbler from head to toe perform the ethi irakkudhal. Then perform harathi.
 
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Nalanku or nalunku is, to my knowledge, a device to create some basic camaraderie between the newly wed couple, and can be said to have served a purpose in the days of "arranged" marriages. Even so, when I got married in 1964, we (myself & my wife) agreed that we need not have any nalunku, or the groom being paraded around etc., because we thought that as we knew each other already as small kids, all these extra items could be dispensed with.

Among our people (tabras from TNLY district) there was no custom of changing the original thaali or thaalikkayiru, 3 months after marriage etc.
 
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