In October 2015, Arun and his family came to Singapore to discuss and confirm the marriage. It was like being separated from a very important relationship when they left,” said Arun. Soon, they openly expressed their love for each other. I began developing feelings for him, but I didn’t explicitly express them.”Īfter the family returned to Singapore, she continued to be in touch with Arun through video calls and messages. “I already knew that destiny had something in store for us. “ I ended up seeing his (Arun’s) face,” she said. Raynuga received a hint of who her future husband would be after she circled the deity nine times. The Hindu temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The family decided to pray at the Sri Kalyanasundareswarar Temple in Thiruvelvikudi, Nagapattinam district, which is famous as a place where singles seek divine intervention to find suitable spouses. Raynuga was 28 then and her parents were keen to see her get married. It may have seemed like a small gesture, but I was very touched by it.” The eateries and shops in India close early. Once we returned to the hotel late because of an accident on the way and we couldn’t find dinner. “It was important to have a reputed guide who could be trusted as we were travelling overseas for the first time. “I used to work at Changi airport and my colleagues recommended Arun to me,” said Raynuga. Their tour guide was Arun, who was based in Chennai along with his other family members and had eight years’ experience taking people around cities and towns in the state. It all started in June 2015 when the Suppiah family decided to go on a 10-day sightseeing trip to Tamil Nadu. SPARK LIT IN 2015ĭestiny played a role in all three couples coming together. The other brothers, who have long-term visit passes, are seeking jobs. Only Arun, among the brothers, is working here as a landscaper. The sisters are Singaporeans and hold decent-paying jobs in private companies. The three couples share the cost of the rental flat equally. The first Pongal celebrated after marriage is called “Thalai Pongal” and is considered auspicious as it symbolises the joy they will receive for the rest of their lives.Īll three couples live together in a four-room rental flat in Compassvale, a neighbourhood in Sengkang New Town. The couples recently celebrated their first Pongal (an Indian harvest festival celebrated by Tamils) together. The wedding ceremonies involving the three couples took place almost at the same time on Nov 24 last year at the Singapore Khalsa Association. My daughters are in safe hands,” said a beaming Mrs Jaya Lakshmi. I am sure that no matter what issues arise, they will be able to tackle it together as one family. “Now my eldest three daughters have the same in-laws. Their eldest daughters – Raynuga, 30, Jayanthi, 27, and Gowri, 25 – have married three brothers – Arun, 31, Balaji, 30, and Hariharasudan, 29, respectively – who hail from the Ramalingam family with origins in Sirkazhi, a town in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, India. Now, Mrs Jaya Lakshmi, 50 and her husband Suppiah Manikam, 57, are happy parents. “I also felt that too many problems could arise if they got married into separate families.” If they married separately, I was afraid that they might get separated over time,” she said. “For many years I did prayers and made vows to see my daughters marry into the same family. Little did she know that it would become reality. Mrs Jaya Lakshmi Kanniyappan, a Singaporean mother of five children (four daughters and a son), had nurtured the hope that her three eldest children – all girls – would get married to boys from one family, like her mother and two aunts had done in the ’60s.
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