Question

What is meant by self respect marriages?

Answer 1

• A major change brought by the self-respect movement was the self-respect marriage where marriages were performed without officiating by a Brahmin priest.
• It encouraged more of inter-caste movements, replacing arranged marriages with love marriages.
• The first self-respect marriage that was totally devoid of any Hindu ceremony was the marriage of the prominent self-respect movement writer Kuthoosi Gurusamy with another prominent leader, Kunjidham on December 8, 1929.