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Arran and Ratana Stephens married through an arrangement before dating

Arran Stephens · Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens · May 23, 2022 · at 14:57

Nature's Path co-founders Arran and Ratana Stephens describe how they met in India in 1969 through their spiritual mentor Sant Kirpal Singh.

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“Yeah, we actually ended up getting married without dating Without living together, but it felt perfectly fine. It felt this was the way it really was meant to be. We got married and fell in love in that order.”

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