Kappiya Classics - 1

1. GIRL CHILD In a Hindu Tamil family, the birth of a girl child is greeted with great happiness. They see the child as goddess Lakshmi (Lakshmi is the Goddess of Wealth, food, courage, etc). Therefore, they say that Lakshmi has been born in their family. In some families, there will be no girl child for some generations. Such families used to consult with their ancestors or some Poojaris (Hindu saints or Rishis) for the reason and they ask them whether it is a spell or curse of any woman in their generations and the way to get rid of it, so that they have a girl child in their family thereafter.