My king

Part 11

Than all three took swords ....First aditya and manik started the fight ......They both are giving equal competition to each other .....

This is seen by a dasi ...She informed the people in kingdom......All the kings Queens and everyone moves to see the fight . ....

Manik is fighting  alone with both the brothers of south kingdom......

Bhairav took the sword to join manik as he is fighting alone ......But manik nodded him no.....He continued fighting alone ....Finally one of the brother's sword fell down.....The others got broken ......

They both bowed there heads to manik ...
.Which he stopped them doing and hugged them.....

Everyone clapped loudly .....This gained the attention of all three .....They turned back to see all the elder men in the practice ground ....And turned the other side  to see all the ladies watching it from top of the palace.....

Manik just looks near a window but couldn't see the face of the person bcoz she is covered in veil .....He is congratulated by all ....

Than everyone got ready to do haldi rasam .....The first ritual of marriage ......

In the other side of palace ....The north kingdom king and his Queens are applying haldi to manik ...... after everyone applying the haldi....manik is taken to give bath by his dasi.......

The haldi taken from him is mixed up with more haldi and  sent to nandini as per the ritual .....

Nandini is made ready by many dasi .......They brought her to a hall ....All the ladies and men of south kingdom performed the ritual with many songs and dances with lady dancers. .....Only south kingdom ladies are enjoying the rasam ......

All the men of south kingdom are checking with  preparations of the mandap for tomorrow's marriage and discussing with the minsters of the royal court regarding the honouring of the north king ......

Than dasi helped  nandini to get ready...... Finally in the evening all the ladies of both the kingdoms  gathered in the main hall of the palace and dasi  started making paste of mehandi from the leaves taken from trees..... They did some rituals like puja to perform the ritual of mehandi.....

Than nandini is made to sit on the chair in the centre and her mother kept the mehandi  to both her hands ....And dasi kept mehandi for her legs ....

Than she is still sitting there rest all are also keeping mehandi......many dancers are dancing around.....Some are  singing songs entertaining all the ladies .....All the ladies are saying jokes and laughing. ......

Finally nandini is left alone in her room.....She just sat on the chair in her room....Looking at her mehandi clad hands .....Looking red in colour as she applied it in the afternoon....

Than came a dasi......

Dasi : pranam rajkumari....

Nandini : pranam ....

Dasi : should I get your dinner here ....

Nandini : no....Leave me alone ....I'm sleepy ....Don't let anyone come in.....

Dasi bowed her head down and left ......

Nandini is looking at the sky which is full of stars and full moon.....She just closed her and let tears fall down her cheeks.......

Nandini in mind .....This marriage is just for the kingdom....I need to do it ..... I need to do but why am I crying whom should I say my problem ..... There is no one to hear.....May be that's my destiny..... I can't let my dad and my parents up bringing down.  ..But how can i adjust with the people who are our rivals for many years. ...Who have threatened to kill me many years back .....What if they kill me after taking there.....Are my family not bothered about me and my safety ....Why I'm being played like a toy ......I really don't know whom I'm getting married .... i know they don't show who is the husband before marriage ....I will be his third wife ...... Dad also married three times but my mom's are sisters .....But I'm the daughter of the rival king will i ever be able to accept him heart fully as the king of my heart ....Will he ever be My King ......

Thinking all this to herself and crying ....nandini slept on the chair itself ...... Than next morning  she is disturbed by the dasi who came to ask her to get ready for the puja and after that to make her the bride ......

Nandini got ready without asking or saying anything .....She did the puja without even opening her mouth ....
Than she is made to sit on the chair and they started getting her ready as a bride .....

The other side ...They made manik get ready as groom ....... he is made to sit on mandap and he started performing all the rituals .......

Nandini is being carried by all her maternal  uncles in a basket till the mandap and made to sit in  front  of a cloth .....And then they performed all the rituals of wedding in South Indian style.....

Finally the wedding completed both of them started bending and taking blessings ....nandini is covered by a veil both manik and nandini didn't see each other...Bcoz manik is also covered by flowers on his face .....But while taking blessings of her dad tears slipped down her eyes and fell on his feet ....nandan kumar  just looked at his daughter but she didn't even spare a glance at him..... This  hurt him the most ......

Then it's time for bidaai .....nandini hugged her mother's brothers and sister in laws ...But she didn't cry while hugging her father .....Bcoz he is the person who hurt her the most .... Nandan kumar also felt bad to send his daughter......But finally with loads of jewellery ....Dresses ....Things and dasi were sent along with her to take  care of her in the north palace .....
nandini is made to sit on a palanquin which is carried by soldiers ......And manik sat on his horse beside the palanquin ......And the journey to north kingdom started.....

Precap : gruha pravesh .....pehli rasoi ....