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How to Plan the Best Bachelor or Bachelorette Party

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A novel idea and a little planning are all that you need to make your best friends’ bachelor or bachelorette party memorable. Gone are the days when the Indian brides and Indian grooms were confined to the house before tying the knot in holy matrimony. Today bachelor and bachelorette parties are the in-thing, and as your BFF gets ready to take the plunge, it is your duty to make sure that you give them something unusual to look back on.

Your best pal needs to unwind and relax before the big day, and the purpose of this party is just that. Let your friend celebrate their single status by making it the most memorable night of their life. To host a fun-filled pre-matrimony event, first thing to do is make a list of to-do things.

1. Mark a day for the party- Talk to the family to see if they are okay with the date that you are planning to have a party. Don’t plan it too close to the wedding day, the bride or the groom always wants to look the best and well rested on their wedding day and not with tired and worn-out looks. There are also a lot of last-minute function which will take up most of their time.

2. Prepare a guest list- The guest list needs to be well thought out. The would-be bride or groom will want their siblings, cousins, friends, and colleagues to be included in the list. Make sure to ask the bride or the groom if there is someone in particular whom they want to be included in the guest-list.

3. Plan your Budget- The friends throw the bachelor and the bachelorette party, and no cost should be passed onto the bride or the groom. Do a cost estimation for decorations, food, drinks, venue, transportations, etc. Friends pitching in with the cost should pay in advance, so there is no confusion later. Keep those bills, for referencing later.

4. Send out Personalized invitations- Your invitations will depend on the level of formality of the party. If it is a casual party, then you can even do away with the invitations and invite over the phone. But if it is a formal party make sure that your invitations are sent well in advance. You also have a choice of emailing the invitations and then sending text as a gentle remainder just a day or two before the party.

5. Pick a theme- To make the party even more interesting, pick a favorites theme from a movie or a series that will bring fond memories to the bride or groom. It could also be something form school or college days. You can also plan a costume party to make it even more interesting.

6. Pick a venue- You can plan a weekend getaway or a restaurant, but make sure that you decide on the venue depending on your friend’s taste and interest. If your friend is more of an outdoor kind of person, you can plan a pool party or a party at a resort.

Though matrimonial sites are playing an important role in bringing couples together, it’s the best friends who make it the most memorable for the Indian Bride and Groom.

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Interesting Facts about Telugu Weddings

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Telugu people belong to the land of Andhra Pradesh or Telangana. Telugu  matrimony follows the traditional Hindu wedding rituals.

Some interesting facts about Telugu Weddings, for this matrimonial site

1) Traditionally, these ceremonies lasted for sixteen days. These days, the ceremony lasts for just two or more days;

2) Matrimonial customs are performed depending on the caste of the Indian bride and Indian groom;

3) The families of the Indian bride and Indian groom personally go to guests’ houses and invite them with ‘kumkum’ (colorful, red powder);

4) In one of the pre-matrimony ritual, the Indian groom takes a holy bath, (known as ‘Snatakam’), few hours before the wedding. This bath marks his ‘graduation’ from bachelorhood to the householder. After the holy bath, the groom wears a silver thread on his body;

5) In another pre-matrimony ritual (known as ‘Kashi Yatra’), the groom declares celibacy and expresses his intent to go to ‘Kashi’ (also known as Varanasi) to pursue higher studies. The Indian bride’s brother stops the Indian groom, pleads him to reconsider his decision, requests him to marry his sister and become a householder. This ritual is light-hearted, involving camaraderie between the Indian groom and his future brother-in-law. The Indian groom, of course, agrees to marry his Indian bride in the end!

6) Telugu matrimony usually takes place towards midnight;

7) On the morning of the matrimony, the Indian groom performs the ‘Ganesha Puja.’ The Indian bride performs the ‘Gauri Puja.’ During this time, a ritual known as ‘Pravara’ is performed. In this ritual, the bride’s clan (‘gotram’) is changed from her father’s to her would-be husband’s;

8) Traditionally, the Indian groom would ride an elephant to the ceremony (‘GajaArohana’-arrival on an elephant), but this practice is declining with the passage of time;

9) During the matrimonial ceremony of ‘Kanyadaan’ (or giving away the bride), the Indian bride is brought to the wedding venue (‘mandap’) by her maternal uncle in a bamboo basket;

10) The Indian bride’s parents wash the Indian groom’s feet (who for matrimony, is considered the incarnation of Lord Vishnu).

11) After ‘Kanyadan,’ the bride is accompanied by ten married women. Six of them carrying plates of sacred rice (a mixture of rice and turmeric powder), while the remaining four carry small lit lamps. Rice for abundance and lit lamps for light.

12) There is a curtain that separates the Indian bride and the Indian groom, who are not allowed to look at one another;

13) Between recitations of wedding hymns, the bride and the groom place on each other’s forehead a paste of jaggery and cumin seeds, symbolizing the eternity and strength of the relationship;

14) The Indian bride and the Indian groom then pour the sacred rice on each other’s head, while cupping their hands to hold the rice as the priest recites wedding hymns.

15) The Indian groom adorns the feet of his bride with silver toe rings. He bends down to slip these rings on her toes, thus claiming her for himself.

16) Both the bride and the groom are shown double stars representing the union of Arundhati and Sage Vasista, who epitomize the perfect couple.

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The task of finding a perfect partner for you in life is a daunting one. The reason for such a dilemma isn’t the shortage of good prospects. But the prevalence of online fraudery. This is why LoveVivah reigns as the best online platform to find the best matches. The premium services of LoveVivah is your best friend in finding your soulmate.

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The Importance of the Father-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Relationship

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One will find reams and reams of writing on the complexity of a Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law relationship, but one hardly finds much advice, even on matrimonial websites, on how an Indian Bride can forge a healthy relationship with the father of the Indian Groom, i.e, the Father-in-Law and the importance of such ties.

In our patriarchal society, even though men are heads of the families and take all the major decisions, the truth is, it is the women who control the behind-the-scene actions. Be it managing the inter-connected , complicated relationships between various family members, the business of the running of the house, looking after the family members etc. The men, especially the father take a backseat.

An Indian girl grows up in the loving and pampering care of her family, especially her father. To a girl, her father is the best man ever. Upon matrimony, when she leaves the cocooned comfort of her father’s home and steps in the matrimonial home, the Indian bride is expected to deep dive and be a part of her new family from the word go. It is unfair. Even though there are more nuclear families these days, such expectations are still prevalent.

This is where the father-in-law can play an important role. He can pseudo step in the shoes of the bride’s father and take his daughter-in-law under his wing. It is essential for a newly wedded Indian bride to understand this. She is not expected to look up to the Indian groom’s father as her father because emotionally that is not possible, but she can look up to her father-in-law as a friend and a guide.

Look at this way, the father-in-law, though he takes a backseat in the day to day functioning of the house, knows everyone in the family well enough. The father-in-law can initiate his new daughter-in-law to understand every person in her new family, what works with what and whom. He can even stand up for her or mediate in case of misunderstandings or problems; something a mother-in-law or husband usually does not do. By creating a relationship of mutual trust and understanding with her father-in-law, the new Indian bride can slowly make inroads and her place in her matrimonial home.

An Indian bride should, therefore, make efforts (even before the matrimony) to find out more about her father-in-law: his routine, his favorite foods, his interests and tastes, his childhood and youth memories, his friends and even his problems. Such efforts will allow the daughter-in-law to create a warm and healthy friendship with her husband’s father; almost like a father and daughter relationship.

Remember, even though it is the women who rule the house, the father-in-law is the head of the family. When it comes to crises or serious family tension, he is expected to stand up and take a call/decision. It is essential for an Indian bride to be in a favorable relationship with her father-in-law because more often than not, he will stand up to her and support her.

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Role of Family Support behind a Happy Married Life

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The rudimentary concept of the society is that it is in a state of interdependence. While growing up, we learn the values and acclimatize ourselves according to the same society we live in. In our lives, we come across a web of diverse relationships from our immediate family in particular and to society in general.

These relationships shape our lives. But as the general notion goes, the basic fundamental relationship that makes our society is of marriage. Good marriages are the nitty-gritty of strong societies.  Marriages are bolstered together not only by two partners but by a chain of relationships that surrounds them.

What else goes into a happy marriage besides the bride and groom?

Many argue that it is just two partners who ultimately make a marriage work out. This is obviously a gospel truth, but we live in a social setup wherein additional support counts and makes a huge difference. None of us can live in solitary on a long lost island with our partner and never grow tired or irritated at some point in time.

There is always something special about an  Indian groom and Indian bride as they are always regarded as not just two individuals, but a part of a larger family.

Our current social setup is a hierarchy, and our family is the crown. When a relationship like marriage is thought upon, the families of the bride and groom provide the ultimate support. Families are the ubiquitous web of relationships which boosts the growth and development of every member throughout the life cycle, from birth to the old age.

The culture we live in considers matrimony as a family affair. Marriages are validated, witnessed and supported by our families in most of the cases. We undertake a lifelong commitment to supporting loving and caring for a partner we choose. Our families act may act as strengthening glue and minimize the friction. Relationships become much more amicable and gratifying when you have the additional support to make them work.

Nothing Can Take the Place of Family Support

A strong and supportive family protects and strengthens a couple’s matrimony by making it facile for the partners to endure marital stress. In many cases, families help couples to see the best in each other. Families keep on reminding a couple about how good both are together, or how good the chemistry is. Now as applicable to every other relationship, boring is lethal in marriage too.

If the family is friendly and supportive, they might encourage the couple to live life fully together. This encouragement is most important when a couple is trying to adjust as newlyweds. It is stressful when two partners are entirely dependent on each other. Here is when family support comes in. Family in such cases provide additional support so that the partners in a marriage are not solely reliant on one another.

If you think about it, the stare of a matrimonial resides in a gravitational field. The two partners are of course in a union which is strengthened by convivial charges instilled in them, but they are also strengthened and held together by all the other forces moving around in the same gravitational field.

Marriage can survive between two individuals against many odds, but it’s a confidence booster when you can count on additional support to tackle those odds!

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