No, it is stridhan which includes articles,jewellery, cash and kind payments,gifts given to wife etc. but it does not include banquet charges.For more information/ any clarification, you may call through this site.

dowry” means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly—

(a) by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage; or

(b) by the parent of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or to any other person,

at or before 1 [or any time after the marriage] 2 [in connection with the marriage of the said parties,

it means any property given directly or indirectly as a consideration for the marriage of the parties . it is in fact a quid pro quo for the marriage itself.banquet expenses would not fall in definition of dowry

stridhan includes articles,jewellery including gold and silver, cash and kind payments,gifts given to wife .

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