India, Feb. 16 -- At the time of a Hindu marriage, the groom is worshipped by the bride's parents as an embodiment of Lord Vishnu. They anoint his forehead with kumkum and rice, wash his feet and offer him "panchamrit" (mixture of milk, curd, honey, desi ghee and sugarcane juice). They give their daughter as a "Kanya Daan" to him. The father of the bride says that he gives his daughter to the groom, for him to beget progeny through her, for the prosperity of his clan and for them to do daan-punya (good karma) together....