We had followed this even during the marriage of our elder daughter Kshama, and Kalburgi had appreciated it. Instead of the customary akshata (sanctified rice grains), the couple opted for a petal shower. Scrolls of paper with vachanas and poems related to marriage formed the backdrop.Pt Narasimhalu Vadavati played the clarinet and presented the 'Lingayat Vivaha Panchaka', a poem composed by Prof Kalburgi. The couple, Bengaluru-based IT professionals, chose to tread the path shown by late scholar MM Kalburgi and break the barriers of superstition.Prof Kalburgi was gunned down in Dharwad by unknown assailants over alleged ideological differences, on August 30, 2015.The big day was different. I have never been interested in the conventional marriage either, where we shell out lakhs of rupees ."

Source: Times of India June 13, 2016 00:15 UTC