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**LottiFurmann** · 09-23-2006, 08:00 AM

Friends,

We have to also understand, Psycological reasons for Celebrating this festivals in Family.

Average Life time for Indians around 45 during Independance, which of course have improved to around 75 now.

So to encourage elders, who would have lost all their friends of same age, these functions came in, but its Historical position is equivally important, as put by my Seniors.

Kanagabishekam is another which Sudamagi can explain.
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Solomon,

Yours is a very interesting analysis ... on age factor before independence... Could be possible....
Is that one of the reasons that our ancestors had too many children.... as the medical facilities were not that great those days and children had died even on small small problems ??
Take for example my Grand father ( from Amma's side ).. He had in total 8 children... 6 survived ( 5 of them were women ) and 2 died while they were kids... for lack of medical support....
Besides, I have also observed from my relatives and friends, the same trend those days....a family with minimum 5 or 7 children....

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LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	Friends, We have to also understand, Psycological reasons for Celebrating this festivals in Family. Average Life time for Indians around 45 during Independance, which of course have improved to around 75 now. So to encourage elders, who would have lost all their friends of same age, these functions came in, but its Historical position is equivally important, as put by my Seniors. Kanagabishekam is another which Sudamagi can explain. **** Solomon, Yours is a very interesting analysis ... on age factor before independence... Could be possible.... Is that one of the reasons that our ancestors had too many children.... as the medical facilities were not that great those days and children had died even on small small problems ?? Take for example my Grand father ( from Amma's side ).. He had in total 8 children... 6 survived ( 5 of them were women ) and 2 died while they were kids... for lack of medical support.... Besides, I have also observed from my relatives and friends, the same trend those days....a family with minimum 5 or 7 children....
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