Fire burnished golden ties
Namkaran
Title: Fire burnished golden ties
Summary: Dean and Pavarti finalise their marriage with the final rites of a Hindu marriage due to Pavarti's family being Hindu. Due to the closeness of Pavarti and Padma as well as their mutual pregnancies and the family's superstition against having twins married separately they are going share the house Dean inherited from his deceased wizard father Caradoc Dearborn.
A/N: Star-crossed Lovers or not series [Snake and Eagle, I did not sleep with that wizard! and Rise of the Cannonites compatible. I could have skipped this but I found Hindu marriage quite interesting and I had to write it. The title comes from the Hindu belief that married couples are tied together as partners by invisible golden ties.
Namkaran
September 13, 1996
After their classes on Friday, Pavarti hustled Dean into their floo.
They arrived in Deerfield where their families were waiting.
Today was the day that their daughter was to be officially named…
The first samskara, first sacrament, which would bless their daughter and bring her into Pavarti’s faith.
Soon after arriving, Padma and Parina claimed their niece and carried her off to be properly dressed.
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Pavarti led Dean through the pranayama, prayers and mantras before her family’s priest after laying their daughter in a proper Indian cradle.
They were prayers to the Gods, especially Agni who was the god of fire, the elements and spirits of their ancestors.
A bronze thali dish was brought forward and Dean slowly drew their daughter’s name in the rice grains using a golden stick even as he did his best to chant the God’s name.
Padma, Dana and Parina came forward and whispered the name in Pavarti’s daughter’s ear.
“Parisa…Parisa…Parisa…Parisa Matilda Dearborn.”
The final whisper came from Dana in Parisa’s left ear as was tradition.
Dean didn’t waver in his prayer; he really must have been studying hard…
Despite being in different Houses in Hogwarts all four Patil siblings had been quite close…
Dean finally spoke their daughter’s name officially aloud sparking off songs of welcome from Pavarti’s female relations.
Before they continued, Dean called up their daughter’s godparents to bless her.
By Hindu tradition the elements were already present as were the ancestors so they skipped ahead in the Dearborn Wiccaning ceremony. This ceremony was to be counted as a blessing…
Not only was their daughter to be named to today but she would be given magical protection.
“Before you is Parisa Matilda, daughter of the House of Dearborn. Lady Pavarti who do you name as godparents to bless her?”
“My twin Padma and best friend Lavender.”
“Do you Padma and Lavender stand with Pavarti?”
“I Padma Li, do.”
“I Lavender Keela Brown-Weasley do.”
“It is a great responsibility to guide a child to wisdom. It is to open as many paths as you can to her and lead her to her own path of light and wisdom that she may know goodness and knowing it choose it. Neither for the promise of Reward nor the fear of Punishment, but because it is the wise thing to choose. And having been chosen it is to be second parents to her. Ready to council, ready to love; ready to be there when needed physically and magically. Are you prepared to make this commitment? Do you offer your magic freely in love?”
Padma and Lavender’s hands were linked over Parisa’s cradle as they swore, “Yes. Freely we offer our magic in love to bless and protect this girl. To love her as our own, to counsel and guide her.”
From Padma came beautiful yellow; proclaiming her as cheerful, optimism and hope.
Lavender’s rose as a pink tinged lavender showing that she was sensitive with a loving heart as well as having clairvoyance.
Their magic weaved together almost dancing before wrapping itself around Parisa, their little girl shown with a clear red light promising that she would be powerful, energetic and passionate.
Lavender sagged and only Padma’s strength kept her from falling.
The magic dimmed leaving only the fire.
Lavender turned and threw her arms around Pavarti, “Thank you…you’ve made me happy. Parisa will be a strong woman someday, I only hope my Gwen will be worthy of her.”
The words were a whisper and Pavarti’s heart trembled, what did Lavender mean?
She spent the rest of the blessing in a daze…
Dean accepted the blessings and gifts for Parisa, aware of Pavarti’s confusion but willing to do his duty as her husband…
They broke for the traditional feast of course but Parisa was named, blessed and protected…
What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?