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'''Gauna''' is a northern [[India]]n custom and the ceremony associated with the [[consummation]] of marriage. It is associated with the custom of [[child marriage]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Anil Chawla |url=http://www.samarthbharat.com/childmarr.htm |title=CHILD MARRIAGES - Need for Better Understanding of Customs |publisher=Samarthbharat.com |date=2002-03-07 |accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref> The ceremony takes place several years after marriage.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sethi NK, Rao SS, Aggarwal OP, [[Abhaya Indrayan]], Chuttani CS |url=http://medind.nic.in/imvw/imvw20873.html |title=Age at Marriage, Gauna (effective marriage) and first child birth in rural women: changing pattern in various marriage cohorts by decades |publisher=Medind.nic.in |accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref><ref name="WadhvaSaxena2003">{{cite book|author1=Charan D. Wadhva|author2=B. N. Saxena|author3=Om Prakash Sharma|title=Population Stabilization Through District Action Plans: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilFjNqoo6UwC&pg=PA237|year=2003|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-514-2|page=237}}</ref> Before the ceremony, the bride stays at her natal home.<ref name="MurthySmith2010">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3xhL3e2eRsC&pg=PA512|title=Women's Global Health and Human Rights|author1=Murthy|first=Padmini|author2=Clyde Lanford Smith|date=25 October 2010|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|isbn=978-0-7637-5631-4|page=512|author-link=Padmini Murthy|accessdate=7 June 2012}}</ref> Marriage is considered only as a ritual union and conjugal life begins only after ''gauna''; that is marriage is consummated only after the ''gauna'' ceremony.<ref name="Nirula">{{cite book|author=Nirula|title=Women Problems & Their Oprression in U.p|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdpOAW03vb8C&pg=PA75|accessdate=7 June 2012|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0470-9|page=75}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
A 1950 Hindi movie carried the title ''Gauna''. It was directed by Aamian Chakaravarty, produced by Jagat Pictures, and its music directed by Husanlal Bhagtram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whereincity.com/movies/bollywood/2008 |title=Gauna Hindi movie, movie reviews, cast, song lyrics and photos - bollywood |publisher=Whereincity.com |accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref> The plot of the [[Hindi]] television serials ''[[Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo]]'' and ''[[Balika Vadhu]]'' mention the practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zeetv.com/shows/agle-janam-mohe-bitiya-hi-kijo/cast/laali.html |title=Zee TV Official Website: Zee TV Shows, Zee TV Serials Online, Videos |publisher=zeetv.com |accessdate=2012-06-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316075706/http://www.zeetv.com/shows/agle-janam-mohe-bitiya-hi-kijo/cast/laali.html |archivedate=2012-03-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2009/02/smita-bansal-sugna.html |title=Smita Bansal gets nostalgic on Sugna's Gauna |publisher=Realbollywood.com |date=2009-02-23 |accessdate=2012-06-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713064019/http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2009/02/smita-bansal-sugna.html |archivedate=2009-07-13 }}</ref><br />
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