Dipping her feet in the holy doodh-alta, Uma stepped into her new home. She was grandly welcomed with rose petals being showered over them.
Her mother in law carefully helped her seat on the mat that was laid on the floor. After the couple settled down properly, Aditya's parents came and blessed them with a nowa (a iron bangle, sometimes coayed with gold, an important part of married woman). They were followed by several relatives. All of them gave her gifts which mainly were gold jwellery. Uma accepted the gifts with smile.
Aditya's cousins came and sat around the couple explaining them a bunch of games that were to be played. Kirti jumped on Uma's back startling her.
-"Kirti!", scolded her mother.
Kirti made a puppy face as Aditya tried to pull her on his lap. But before that Uma pu
