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Hindu Wedding Rituals: Traditional & Fun-Filled!

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Hindu Wedding Rituals

Wedding rituals are holds special place in Hindu family. Generally, hindu people also call it ‘Vivah’ and the wedding rituals are known as ‘Vivah Sanskar’. Hindu marriages take place all over India and even loads of Hindu’s who are settled abroad still prefer Hindu marriage traditions.  Hindu marriage has different rituals to follow in different regions, different color themes and ceremonies as well. Mainly you can divide these rituals in three main categories: pre-wedding rituals, wedding rituals and post wedding rituals. A lot of importance is given rituals and traditions in Hindu weddings. Here, we are discussing the seven most common and popular rituals of Hindu wedding.

Ganesh pooja: Most of the Hindu families begin their wedding rituals by invocation to God Ganesha, the Hindu god of wisdom and salvation. The main logic of invoking him was to remove all future obstacles from the wedding ceremonies. You can perform a Ganesh pooja anywhere from a few days before the wedding day.

Arrival of barat: The wedding procession from the groom’s side which include groom’s family members, relatives and friends. Barat is also known as vara yatra, which has a long procession including band, dhol and other drums. The bride’s parents, brother, male members of the family greet them with akshat, tilak, aarti and garland and welcome them to the wedding venue.

Jaimala ceremony: This is the first ceremony is generally conducted after receiving the barat. The bride and groom exchange garland. After jaimala, the bride and groom proceed for other wedding ceremonies.

Kanyadan ritual: The bride is generally led to the wedding mandap by her brothers or maternal uncle, where the groom waits for her with her parents. The bride’s parents offer their daughter in marriage in a pious and solemn ritual known as kanyadan in Hindu matrimony.  Her parents wash their feet with milk and water purifying them for their new life together. Hindu bride and groom hold their hands open and the father of the bride holds his open palm over their hands. The mother of the bride then pours water over her husband’s hand that subsequently falls on the hands of the bride and groom.

Mangalsutra bandhan and sindoor ceremony: Groom adorns bride’s neck with the auspicious mangalsutra, symbolizing good luck, love, commitment and care for rest of the life. Groom also applies kumkum on bride’s forehead as wedding ritual. This is a very important wedding ritual in Hindu marriage.

Saat phere/ saptapdi: In this ritual, the bride and groom take seven rounds to the sacred fire of havan. This is very important ritual and takes place tying the mangal sutra. Every phera is important and has its special meaning. After this ritual the bride-and-groom are lowfully wedding.

Aashirwad: This is the symbol of end of the wedding rituals. After completing the saat phera, the bride and groom touches the feet of their elders and take blessings.

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Some Unique Wedding Rituals Across The World: Extraordinary & Interesting!

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Marriage, Wedding Rituals

Different countries have different wedding rituals, some are sweet, some are confusing and some are funny. But, these rituals give you a sense of joy, togetherness and bind the people together. Knowing the different wedding rituals is really interesting. India is not the only county where you find and noticed different wedding rituals, but across the world you can notice unique wedding rituals making their wedding customs different from others. Let’s take a look at some of the most interesting and extraordinary wedding rituals across the world.

Mauritania wedding ritual, fatter wife for god luck: Generally most of the girls want to look slim and beautiful in their wedding dress. But, in Mauritania, a fatty, plump, full-bodied wife is said to signify good luck and prosperity in a marriage. Therefore, the family members of the girl often forced her to become fatter for the wedding day. Sometimes, it causes them endless illness and health issues because of sudden increase in the weight.

South Korea, beating the groom’s feet: In South Korea, the rituals of beating the groom’s feet takes place after the wedding ceremony. In this ceremony, the groom’s friends remove his shoes and tie his feet together with a rope of sash. They then lift his legs off the ground and start beating the soles of his feet with a stick or dried yellow corvine. They believe that it will make the groom stronger before the first wedding night. It is more a kind of fun tradition, where the friends and family members check the strength of the groom by doing so. Even they also ask different questions and quizzes to check his knowledge.

France, drinking the leftover from toilet bowl: This is probably one of the most weird and unique custom in its nature. Once the wedding ceremonies are over, the family members and friends of the bride collect left-overs and then stuff it in a toilet bowl. Once they fill the toilet bowl with it, they enter the couple’s room and threaten that they will not leave until and unless the couple drinks it.

Malaysia, newly wedded couple can’t use toiled: In Malaysia, the Tidong community don’t allow the newly wedded couple to use the toilet after wedding. They are not allowed to go to bathroom for three days. The family members keep a close watch on the couple and they are allowed to have minimal amount of food and drinks. If they break this custom they supposedly brings bad luck to the couple, in the form bad luck, in the form of broken marriage, death of their children or infidelity.

Kenya, spitting on the bride:  This is another unique and bizarre wedding rituals of Massai from Kenya. When the people of this community held any wedding, the bride’s head is shaved and lamb fat and oil is applied on her head. After all the wedding rituals, the father of the bride blesses his daughter by spitting on her head and breast. Generally, we consider spitting as symbol of disgrace, but here the custom is regarded as blessing and brings good luck and fortune in her life. After this ritual, the newly wedded bride leaves her home with the groom and doesn’t look back.

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No More Big, Fat Weddings-No More Extravaganza, Lok Sabha Asks To Cap On Guests

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Big Fat Indian Wedding

A recent bill placed in the Lok Sabha seeks to put a limit on the number of guests to be invited and different cuisines and dishes to be served in wedding to check ‘ show of wealth’. They also ask for a contribution towards marriages of poor girls from those who will spend more than Rs. 5 lakhs in wedding.

According to the bill introduced by the Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan, if any family spends more than Rs. 5 lakhs on a wedding, it has to contribute 10 per cent of the amount on marriage of the girls from poor families.

This Marriages (Compulsory Registration and Prevention of Wasteful Expenditure) Bill, 2016, may be taken up as private member’s bill in the upcoming Lok Sabha session.

Rajneet told that the main objective of introducing this bill is to prohibit extravagant and wasteful expenditure on marriages and to enforce simpler solemnization.

She further added, “Great importance should be assigned to the solemnization of marriage between two individuals. But unfortunately, these days a tendency of celebrating marriages with pomp and show and spending lavishly growing in the country.”

“These days, marriages are more about showing off your wealth and as a result, poor families are under tremendous social pressure to spend more. This is needed to be checked as it is not good for society at large.”

She also mentioned that “if any family intends to spend more than Rs 5 lakh towards expenditure on marriage, such family shall declare the amount proposed to be spent in advance to the appropriate government and contribute 10 per cent of such amount in a welfare fund which shall be established by the appropriate government to assist the poor and Below Poverty Line families for the marriage of their daughters.”

The bill says that once this proposed legislation comes into force, all marriages shall be registered within 60 days of the solemnization. It also requested government to fix an upper cap for guests and relatives and number of dishes to be served and the same criteria will be implemented on the reception held thereafter as it may help in minimizing the wastage of food items in the wedding.

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Choose A Perfect Wedding Card Online & Ease Preparation Burden

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Indian marriage invitation card

Wedding is such an amazing moment of your life that it brings lots of joy and happiness in your life. If your wedding is fixed and your wedding day is round the corner, the thing which is really tiring is selecting a nice wedding invitation card, getting it printed and distributing it. Earlier, people use to visit different printers or printing market to get their wedding cards printed. But, the online industry has made the task easy for everyone. Now, you can select your wedding card online and get it printed too. This sounds really simple and easy, but you need to pay attention to a few things before choosing a perfect wedding card.

Choose a design to match your style:  A nice wedding card design works amazing. You should choose a wedding design, which is smart and powerful and innovative. There are plenty of options available in traditional and western style. Nowadays, you can also get your wedding card customized and choose a design which is similar to your wedding theme or venue theme. However, you can also choose a trendy design such as cake box invitation, caricature style invitation card dry-fruits box wedding card, video book invitation and scroll invitation card. You can pick any of these cards based on your choice and taste.

Chose a perfect color: In Indian wedding, colors are really important and play significant role in wedding. A vibrant color can make your card live and bright, whereas a dull color theme can make your card boring. You can choose single color theme for your wedding card or you can also go for two or more colors for the wedding card. But, ensure that you are not choosing too many colors and spoil the whole theme of the card. Pick a perfect color theme for your card to make it as special as your wedding. Choose a perfect color theme in some nice eye catching colors like golden, red, silver, green, maroon, mustard, pink, magenta and light violet color are considered as auspicious colors for wedding cards.

Compare different wedding cards: Before you finalize one card, it is good if you compare different wedding cards. Compare the cards on different parameters like color combination, size, theme, packaging, presentation and more importantly pricing. Besides, consider delivery, time period, best deals, discount offers, paper quality and uniqueness in mind.

Use your words correctly: When you are writing something really special, be choosy about your words. Use your words creatively and glamorously. Write usage of words with some creativity can add more colors and weightage in your wedding message. Don’t be so casual in your approach. Use your creativity to write your wedding invitation uniquely.

Ask for a sample: It is always advisable to ask for a sample copy before buying or placing your order.  You should ask for a sample card with double check the text, location, date, time, names and other details, paper quality, printing style and packaging. After checking all the things, you can place your bulk order.

Ensure timely delivery: The timely delivery of the wedding card is very important. As you are supposed to send the cards to your relatives, friends and family members, therefore, timely delivery and distribution of cards is really important. Ensure that you are getting the timely delivery of cards.

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