 The ceremony of Mangana is done one day before marriage mostly during afternoon.During 'mangana' people bless the bride and groom and then anointing turmeric paste on her body followed by the bride's ceremonial bath where turmeric paste (haḷadi baṭā) is put on her body by seven un-widowed women.Similarly the groom also undergoes turmeric anointment by his sister in law whose husband is alive.