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Matchmade couples come together for Ponggal

By K. KASTURI DEWI and ANNABELLE LAWRENCE
Couples who found their matches through the Suyamvaram programme cooking traditional sweet rice at the Rokkumalai Sri Muniswarar Bathrakaliamman Temple in Air Itam, Penang. -Photos by ZHAFARAN NASIB and RONNIE CHIN/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Engineer P. Gunashareene was about to leave the Suyamvaram Hindu matchmaking programme when she received a call asking her to return to meet her match.

The 32-year-old was paired according to the Tamil horoscope with P. Sughanth Sarathy, 33, a Grab driver from Kuala Lumpur.

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