The Symbol of Love & Devotion

“I will forever wear this ring as a sign of my commitment and the desire of my heart”

If Mangalsutra (Thaali or Thirumangalyam), 'the sacred marriage-time pendant’ symbolizes a married woman, a ring worn by a man is a visible sign of the vows that he is belong to someone and that someone belongs to him.Ring exchanging ceremony is an important celebration affair and it holds a lot of meaning in the Indian wedding traditions. This is a symbolic acceptance of the relationship between a woman and a man to validate the wedding vow.

According to the ancient Indian epic, Ramayana, it describes a love story between Rama, an ancient King, and Sita, who is abducted by Ravana, the King of Ceylon. The ring of Rama is the most precious evidence for Sita given to Hanuman by Rama and has a great importance in the course of Ramayana. This indicates the ancient Indian custom of exchanging rings in marriage. This is the ring prepared by Sita in her kingdom Mithila and she herself put it on Rama’s finger during their marriage. When Hanuman gives this ring to Sita, she saw Rama in that ring and bathed the ring with her tears, kissed the ring, feeling Rama in it, and entered into higher states of consciousness.Though Hanuman offered to Sita that he could carry Sita over his shoulders and takes her to Rama, however, Sita refuses, “My son, you are a brahmachari and I am pativrata, who has taken the vow not to touch any man other than my Lord, Rama; therefore, I will wait until Sri Rama comes and destroys the demon. Will you kindly convey my heart’s of love that I do not think or dream of any other than Rama”.

This signifies the importance of exchanging rings as a token of love and devotion between the couple. Circle in its nature, the ring has no beginning and no ending, which symbolizes the love between them, will never deteriorate. Traditionally, the rings are made of gold in order to represent a long married life; since it is long-lasting and unaffected by the passage of time, it is considered a suitable material for everyday wear as well as a metaphor for the relationship. It is believed that the ring finger of the hand has a vein leading directly to the heart. Therefore the groom wears the ring on his ring finger of his right hand and the bride wears hers on the ring finger of her left hand in order to form a complete heart. Traditionally, most Malaysian Indian couples emphasize the important of engagement that takes place before the wedding. The families ask the gods for blessings, the groom's family welcomes the bride into the family; rings and garlands are exchanged between the couple to welcome each other into their lives. The groom's family gives a verbal promise of marriage and feeds crystalline sugar to the girl's family to confirm engagement. It also represents a formal agreement to future marriage.

Although memories last a lifetime, photographs are the only true way to look back and reflect on your engagement day. When the bride looks at that photograph in her album she will be thrilled back in time to that intense personal connection of her wedding ring that is slipped on her finger by her beloved fiancé.

MyFoto Studio always looks into the lavish detail plus the vibrant and harmony colors that all together produce a spectacular photo where art and reality coincide.Our experienced professional photographers take each and every engagement assignment close to heart and make effort to capture the anticipatable moments during the ring exchanging ceremony. We believe, by doing so, we will ensure that we are standing in the right place, at the right time to get the right shot.We capture the timeless moments - not just the scene but the love, the happiness and the emotion.

Sincerely,

Deepak K Menon

Playmaker, Attacking Midfielder

MyFoto Studio

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*thank you...Mr Deepak for an insightful article...much appreciated !

why....

Victor M. Garcia Jr. once said love is like the truth, sometimes it prevails, sometimes it hurts.

So...came the question to me...why we love that someone so much even it hurts and why are we willing to love when we know for real that it's gonna crush us into pieces.Why do we invest emotion if we just get hurt in end? For me, because that's what love or relationship is all about. You give and you take or better yet, you give without expecting anything in return. Somehow, it all comes back to you when you least expect it. I'm not a martyr, but i'd rather be the one getting hurt than hurting other people.

In real life - no one is perfect. We have our flaws. Patience, tolerance, understanding = Love. Now people...love is not just about feeling happy to ourselves. It also about giving with all your heart. Symphaty, kindness - that is love too. Making others happy that brings joy into our lives - that is another act of love. Life is not a movie, much to my dismay. You don’t always meet your soul-mate dancing in the rain or on the observation deck of the Empire State Building.Sometimes it’s hard to love someone because you’re so afraid of losing them.

Some people struggle their entire lives with, being in love with someone you cant seem to be with. When you are in the infinite state of infatuation, a feeling no word or emotion could ever come close to describing, you feel as though this life is worth living. And when you lose it, its unreal. Its a pain i cant describe. Every muscle in the body tenses and the heart pounds so hard it feels like it will kill us. The thing you learn the most is that this pain proves that the heart and felt a happiness i may never feel again.You now know from the suffering that the time period in which it did feel this happiness was worth it. It's a feeling you wouldnt trade for anything.

So...you see there is no real conclusion to this, because it's undescribable. I do know, that the pain ...the feeling of hopelessness only shows that you fell in love. And every ounce of faith in you, is devoted to the thought of reliving the happiness. You will always have hope.

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect - you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there."

-Bob Marley

I realised that I love you. And you said you love me, and you cannot promise we will be forever but you can promise not to hurt me. I believed you. I still didn't realize how I'd come to love you, how you came to find the key to my heart.Now I know. You didn't find the key. You broke into my heart, and I let you.

Just don't break my heart.

I love you. It's not a weight you must carry around. I love you. It's not a box that holds you in. I love you. It's not a standard you have to bear. I love you. It's not a sacrifice I make. I love you. It's not a pedestal you are frozen upon. I love you. It's not an expectation of perfection. I love you. It's not my life's whole purpose (or your's). I love you. It's not to make you change. I love you. It's not even to make you love me. I love you. It's as pure and simple as that.

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.

~Mother Teresa~

t.a.t.t.o.o

No matter what you say about love

I keep coming back for more

Keep my hand in the fire

Sooner or later,

I'll get what I'm asking for

No matter what you say about life
I learn every time I bleed
That truth is a stranger
Soul is in danger,
I gotta let my spirit be free
To admit that I'm wrong
And then change my mind
Sorry but I have to move on
And leave you behind

I can't waste time so give it a moment
I realize, nothing's broken
No need to worry 'bout everything I've done
Live every second like it was my last one
Don't look back at a new direction
I loved you once, needed protection
You're still a part of everything I do
You're on my heart just like a tattoo

I'm sick of playing all of these games
It's not about taking sides
When I looked in the mirror, didn't deliver
It hurt enough to think that I could Stop, admit that I'm wrong
And then change my mind
Sorry but I gotta be strong
And leave you behind

If I live every moment
Won't change any moment
Still a part of me and you

I will never regret you
Still the memory of you
Marks everything i do ohhhhh
Just like a tattoo
I'll always have you

~JorDiN SpaRks~

~just~

Love's really full of inconsistencies

We get hurt yet there are things we miss

It makes us happy but also makes us cry

It's a reason to live yet a reason to die

Sometimes it's true but sometimes full of lies

There's trust but we still ask questions with WHYs

We want to forget but still we remember

We want to close our doors but here comes another

We say we're strong though we feel weak

We say we're fine but hey! we look sick

In every teardrop there comes a smile

Forgetting the heartache even just for a while

Sometimes we dream just to be with the person we love

We oftenly say that they're the only things we have

They serve as the world we consider a paradise

They're making us feel the intimacy not seen by the eyes

Lies and denials, sorrows and pain

Aside from the sweetness underneath the falling rain

Broken hearts, teardrops and shattered dreams

Upon reading between your lies, these are the hidden scenes....

September...

It's September. The month. It has been 5 years dad passed. If you ask me if i could finally accept the fact...my answer stays the same. I know he's not here wit us but getting over and accepting the fact is still not something i am capable of doing. I know he'll always be apart of me...but it hurts everytime i think he's gone. It'll be like we went for awhile without seeing each other. Recently we faced another bad news in my family...and with much courage and strength we fought it & overcame all obstacles. With God's blessing...everything is well now. Now..thinking about it...i felt we were blessed.I believe if we have the faith and confident...we can overcome anything - also with the support of our loved ones. Mom - u showed me the meaning of strength. Sis...the epitome of patience and my confidence.

Never Forgotten

Always Loved

I miss you Dad...

Life is short

Break the rules

forgive quickly

kiss passionately,

love truly laugh constantly

And never stop smiling

no matter how strange life is

Life is not always the party we expected to be

but as long as we are here, we should smile and be grateful

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in it's bind, but in it's bond.So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours...God doesn't give you the people you want, He gives you the people you NEED. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be.

sad symphony...by e.s.m.e.e d.e.n.t.e.r.s

Did anybody hear that

There’s a string that just broken my heart

I can feel it and the sound of it tears me apart

Play it again

Cause I ...don't recognize this song anymore

Can you make it sound like it did before?

It's the same old melody

And I cant stand what you do to me

Why you keep strumbling on the strings of my heart

It beats like asymphony

But you stole that away from me

I should've known it right from the start

Oh baby

All I know is

I don't wanna hurt no more

All I know is this song needs a different chorus

Cause theres so many times that

I feel like we’ve been hit before

I stay crying when you walk out the door

I hear a sad, sad symphony

A sad, sad symphony

Its like a sad, sad symphony

I hear a sad, sad symphony

Somebody save me

Cause im surrounded by all of these sounds

Its driving me crazy

Cause you're playing me way too loud

All I hear is noise

Now I cant hear my own voice

Now I, I didn't wanna tell you so

But you're bringing me down

Bringing me down

Its the same old melody

And I cant stand what you do to me

Why you keep strumbling on the strings of my heart

It beats like a symphony

But you stole that away from me

I should've known it right from the start

Oh baby

The song in my head's playing everywhere I go

It's taking the beat from my heart

I wanna hear the outcome

But I guess we're stuck

Cause I already know this part

And it seems we just cant get past the start

~Esmee Denters~

Outta here...

Get me outta here

‘Cuz my eyes are burning

From these silly tears

That you brought when you show me you don’t really care

And you never loved me, someone get me outta this place

Right now

It’s so amazing

how you have so many faces

And you are not that person I thought

that I had fell so deep in love with

You changed up your makeup your DNA

I can’t recognize you’re a stranger to me

I feel so betrayed what a waste of my heart

Get me outta here

‘Cuz my eyes are burning

From these silly tears

That you brought when you show me you don’t really care

And you never loved me, someone get me outta this place

Right now

My body’s trembling

it’s so damn hard

To pick this feeling,

your heart is so cold and now I’m freezing

Wish you could feel the pain baby I will embrace it

Yeah x 3

1,2,3,4

Right now, right now, right now

Some get me outta this place

Right now, right now, right now

Some get me outta this place

Get me outta here

~Esmee Denters~

* tis Dutch chic rockz !!! Love tis song !

Hush...hush...

I never needed you to be strong

I never needed you for pointing out my wrongs

I never needed pain,

I never needed strength

My love for you was strong enough you should have known

I never needed you for judgements

I never needed you to question what I spent

I never ask for help,

I take care of myself,

I don’t know why you think you’ve got a hold on me

And it’s a little late for conversations

There isn’t anything for you to say

And my eye’s hurt, hand’s shiver,

So look at me and listen to me because

I don’t want too, stay another minute

I don’t want you, to say a single word

Hush, hush, hush, hush

There is no other way,

I get the final say

because,

I don’t want too,

do this any longer

I don’t want you,

there’s nothing left to say

Hush, hush, hush, hush

I’ve already spoken,

our love is broken

Baby hush, hush

I never needed your corrections

On everything from how I act to what I say

I never needed words

I never needed hurts

I never needed you to be there everyday

I’m sorry for the way I let go

From everything I wanted when you came along

But I’m never beaten, broken not defeated

I know next to you is not where I belong

~Pussycat Dolls~