Sashtiyabdapoorti:’Shasti’ being 60,’Abdam’ the year, with ‘Poorti’ signifying the completion of 60 years in a man’s lifetime. Turning sixty is a social-religious event in India especially in south. Shashtiyabdapoorthi is a family event, when a ‘re-marriage ‘of the couple, is performed .This unusual custom marked by rituals, reverberating with the ‘mantras ‘ is spiritually and mentally rejuvenating for a couple who are ‘graduageing’. Witnessed by the next generaton, it is a social event that reflects continuity. When a person reaches 60, he is in the year of the same name as in which he was born and hence the successful completion of one cycle. So, we give thanks for this longivity and pray for a trouble-free old age.