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Are Marriages a Heavenly or Costly Affair?
By siliconindia
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Monday, 19 September 2011, 17:21 IST |
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Another sector that is cashing on in the price hike is the beauty industry. Beauty parlors in the city are charging anything between 
3,000- 8,000 for 'bridal make-up' which might or might not include bridal mehendi. Bridal mehendi is charged anything between 800 to 1500. "For a middle class bride like me spending so much on bridal makeup and mehendi sounds too lavish, so I have decided to lessen the burden for my parents," says M.Neha.
For the lower middle class and the poor, impending marriages in the family are looked upon as a threat to their existence. "I couldn't afford to perform my daughter's wedding. So I got her married in the mass weddings organised by Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams," said L.Venkataih, a peon with a national bank.
Snigdha Reddy, a software engineer, whose sister got married in April of 2008, feels that it's high time the bridegrooms realize how heavy the cost of performing a marriage is. Her cousin who got married in 2007 spent nearly 2 lakh less than what they did this year. "The amount charged by the photographer and videographer apart from the floral decorators was overpriced," she says.
3,000- 8,000 for 'bridal make-up' which might or might not include bridal mehendi. Bridal mehendi is charged anything between 800 to 1500. "For a middle class bride like me spending so much on bridal makeup and mehendi sounds too lavish, so I have decided to lessen the burden for my parents," says M.Neha.
2 lakh less than what they did this year. "The amount charged by the photographer and videographer apart from the floral decorators was overpriced," she says.
