Word: sharmista
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three days later hopeful Maiden Devi Sharmista journeyed to Barwaha, a seat of the semi-royal family of her fiance. There she was welcomed by a retinue of swarthy nobles riding upon elephants. Deep and throbbing came the pulse of heavy drums...
...Godavari River, at Gangapur, India. Priests invoked in her behalf the whole pantheon of Hindu deities. At the conclusion of the ceremony she approached the potent High Priest Jagadgur Shankarcharva, touched his feet, received his blessing, and walked away no longer Nancy Ann Miller but the Hindu Maiden Devi Sharmista...
...wedding rites now rapidly ensued, and Colonel Lam Bhate explicitly declared: "For the God of Love, for Wealth, and for the Blessing of Procreation, to you I offer Devi Sharmista." When news of these words reached the bride's grandfather, Mr. Louis Schaefer, in Seattle, he exclaimed: "I'm sorry I wasn't there to give Nancy away. . . . That is a gentleman...
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