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Khatri Wedding Rituals: Enjoy The Colors Of Celebration & Excitement!

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Kharti community basically belongs to Punjab state. Their wedding rituals are more or less similar to Punjabi wedding rituals. The people of this community like to marry their son or daughter within the community. They are Khatri brides and groom within their community. Their wedding rituals are full of life, excitement and enthusiasm. Let’s take a look at some of the wedding rituals of Khatri community.

Sagaai: Once the alliance is accepted between the families of Khatri boy and girl for marriage, the family members and close relatives of the bride go to groom’s house with fruits, gift, sweets and other things to confirm this new relationship. The elder members of the bride’s family apply tilak on groom’s forehead and offer him gifts, clothes and sweets. This whole ceremony is known as Sagaai in khatri community.

Godh Bharai: This ritual is generally conducted two or three days prior to the wedding. The groom’s family and relatives visit the bride’s house with gifts, dry fruits, sweets, jewelry, clothes and other things. The mother and other elder ladies of the family offer all these things to would-be-bride. The groom’s mother places silver platters containing all these gifts in the lap of the bride. They also apply tilak on her forehead.

Kangna: This ritual is conducted in both bride’s and groom’s family. The pujari performs all the rituals related to this important ceremony. He ties a sacred red thread on the hand of bride/groom which contains betel nuts, tamarind and tiny shells. This is generally done to protect the bride/groom from the ill/negative powers and all the rituals of the marriage end peacefully. They are supposed to keep it on their hands till the end of all wedding rituals.

Mehendi: This ceremony is performed in both the houses. The heena is applied on the hands and feet of bride by the mehendi artist. All the females of the family also apply heena on their hands. This is really important ceremony. Heena is important and has its relevance too. As per a common belief, if the color of the bride’s mehendi is really dark, then her husband/mother-in-law will love her more.

Sedhe hath tanni kadhai: This ceremony is also conducted in both the families wherein the relatives and family members of both the family apply paste of besan paste made by mustard oil, fresh milk, curd and turmeric. The paste is applied on face, shoulders, hands and feet of the couple. After this ceremony they take the bath.

Chuda ceremony: In this ceremony, the bride’s maternal uncle and aunt slip a set of red chuda bangles on bride’s wrist after a puja is done by the priest. She receives blessing by all the family members after this ceremony.

Sehrabandi and Ghodi chadhna: An elderly male of the groom’s family tie the veil on the forehead of the groom. This ceremony is known as sehrabandi. The next ritual is Ghodi chadhna, after which the groom’s  family proceeds with baraat towards the wedding venue.

Varmala: After reaching the venue the bride and groom exchange the garland as ritual, it is known as varmala ceremony. After this, rest of the ceremonies takes place.

Kanyadan: After the vermala ceremony, the bride and groom is taken to the mandap, where father of the bride performs kandyadan ceremony. This is followed by the mangalsutra ceremony in front of the sacred fire.

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6 Honeymoon Myths Busted: Solving Your Confusion!

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Honeymoon is the most awaited event after marriage. As soon as the wedding date is fixed, couples start dreaming of their honeymoon. People around you like your family members, friends, peers, and relatives start giving you different advices related to honeymoon.

 

Generally couples have a pre-set notion about their honeymoon. They only refer to those things which they have heard from others, read online, in newspapers, or magazines. Therefore, you as newly couple start filling your head with their advices and thoughts for your honeymoon. When you start planning about your honeymoon, try to ensure that if you are going in right direction and don’t have any confusion regarding honeymoon. A perfect honeymoon is all about a perfect destination, filled with fun and excitement. Here are five common honeymoon myths that you want to consider. This is the first time when you and your life partner is going to take this first exciting and fun filled step together.

 

You need to be likeminded to enjoy honeymoon: Generally people believe that to enjoy your romantic honeymoon to the fullest you need to be like minded. You need to agree over things and think and act in sink and in similar manner. But, hold on, how could you forget the fact, opposite attracts. To enjoy your honeymoon it is not important that you need to think and act alike, but you need to act in a manner that you will get maximum out of your honeymoon.

 

Honeymoon is just about fun activities and excitement:  Most of the people believe that honeymoon is all about fun and adventurous activities, excursion, visiting different places and full of excitement. But, it is much more than that. Your honeymoon is all about building life-long relationship & understanding. Not rushing for things rather enjoy the company of each other, romancing, spending quality time together and capturing some precious moments and happy memories for life time.

 

Honeymoon period ends soon:  This could be right if you relate it with the situation. We relate this with your return ticket. Generally, you will listen the statements like now you are back home. So your honeymoon is over. It is true that that the official honeymoon might be over, but you can continue to enjoy the same love and passion afterwards too. You can build your relationship by devoting more time together and keeping aside all personal issues. This way you can build a strong relationship and never let your honeymoon end.

 

Honeymoon is only for newly-wedded couples: No, that’s not true! It is not a mandatory notion that only newly-wedded couples can go for a honeymoon and older couples can’t go for a honeymoon. You can plan your honeymoon any time after marriage. It is not mandatory that only newly-wedded couples can go for honeymoon. There is no written rule book for booking your honeymoon package and it has nothing to do with years of your marriage.

 

Honeymoon period has nothing to do with your level of intimacy:  The intimacy in your relationship has nothing to do with your honeymoon. In fact, honeymoon period of love relationships is the critical stepping stone, the true gateway of starting and nurturing a long-lasting relationship. This is the quality time, where you both can spend good time together in knowing each-other better. To build the right level of understanding and intimacy, it is really important that you put all your efforts in developing the right intimacy level for a smooth life journey.

 

Honeymoon is for rich only: In India, there are many families who believe that honeymoon is just for rich people only. Only they can afford it. You can’t plan a budget honeymoon. You can’t visit a place within Rs. 10K or Rs. 20k. But, that’s not true, there are many places in India, where you can plan your honeymoon within Rs. 10K-Rs. 20K. So, it is not an extravaganza always. You can plan it according to your pocket.

 

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Avoid Some Money Mistakes To Save Money In Your Honeymoon!

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Most of us plan the budget for our wedding and want to sum up all the expenses within the budget, but we hardly decide any budget for our honeymoon. We don’t pay much attention to the budget related to honeymoon. Honeymoon is no doubt a romantic gateway, but going beyond your budget can spoil the feel of it. If you are planning honeymoon at some international destination, in that case, you are not going to spend less than Rs. 50K-80K on your honeymoon. Even if you are going for some exotic honeymoon destination in India as well, your overall expenditure will be more or less same. Therefore, it is really important that you decide a budget for your honeymoon and plan everything accordingly. Here are some mistakes in honeymoon one should avoid on his/her honeymoon.

Don’t rush for your honeymoon: You both must have enjoyed the wedding rituals to the fullest. Leaving just after your wedding could be more tiring. Besides, you must have spent a good amount on your shopping and other expenses in your marriage. So, there are chances that you are left with less funds, so plan your honeymoon accordingly. Don’t rush for honeymoon.

Don’t plan a place that is out of your budget: It might be you and your wife has different opinion related to the honeymoon destination. Always go for destination, which is very much in your budget. Don’t book a location which will create a hole in your pocket and after your honeymoon you will be left with no fund in your account.

Don’t book a plan out of your budget: Before booking any plan compare your plan with other plans. It might be the plan you have chosen must be offering ten different things, but don’t forget your budget. Book a plan, which is very much in your honeymoon budget, moreover you will be able to save some money as well.

Don’t book in peak season: It is always good to book your hotel and travel tickets in advance. Don’t book in peak season. In peak season you end up paying high rates for your travel and hotel stay. If you know the seasonality of your desired destination and your travel dates fall in the peak season, try to postpone your plan for some time if possible to save some money.

Miscalculation of your budget: If you are going out of country for your honeymoon, then it is really important that you calculate your budget well. At times we don’t calculate the expenses based on the currency on that country, rather we calculate the expenses in our currency only. This gives a rocket high jump to our overall budget.

Not adding shopping and dining in your budget: Generally, we calculate the cost of travel, accommodation in our tour package. But, we forget to add the cost of shopping in that city. We always love to buy something for our loved ones as memory gift. We love to explore the different cuisine of that place and end up burning some more money. So always calculate the cost of shopping and dining as well to get the close estimate of your budget.

Planning too many paid activities beyond your package: Many of us to make the honeymoon fun filled get involved in too many fun and adventure activities and end up paying more money. If you are on a shoestring budget, then it is always good to go for a few activities or for free activities only.

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