Tag Archives: Wedding Ceremony

The Telugu Way Of Tying The Knot..

17 Feb

The Telugu Wedding, traditionally called Teluginti Pelli aptly reflects the sense of warmth and the love for culture the people of this community possess. While earlier the rituals lasted for almost 15 day, a modern day Telugu wedding can last for 5 days. This write-up presents an overview of the beautiful wedding ceremony of Telugus.

Before The Wedding:

  • Manglam Snaanam: The Bride and the Groom take a sacred bath before the wedding and they are anointed with oil.
  • Aarti: After the holy bath, both along with their families offer prayers to the God and seek wisdom.

The Wedding:

  • Ganesha & Gauri Puja: After the couple and their families reach the Mandap, they perform a puja to seek blessings from lord Ganesha and Goddess Durga.
  • Kanyadan: The Bride’s Maternal Uncle carries her in a Bamboo Basket to the mandap. In the Mandap, where a curtain is raised between the bride and groom, the parents of the bride wash the Groom’s feet. The priest then starts the wedding rituals by seeking blessings of ancestors belonging to the last seven generations of the families.
  • Jeelakarra Bellamu: The bride and the groom apply a paste of cumin seeds and jaggery on each other’s hands.
  • Madhuparkam: This is the ritual where the bride and the groom wear white cotton Saree with red border and a dhoti respectively.
  • Sumangli: In this beautiful ceremony, the bride is accompanied by ten married women. Six out of these women carry plates filled with rice and turmeric and the rest four carry trays with lit diyas that are made with rice, flour, sugar and milk.
  • Mangalsutra Ritual: To represent the physical, mental, and spiritual union of the couple, the groom ties magalsutra to the neck of the bride with three knots. It is this ritual when the curtain between the bride and the groom is removed.

The Concluding Wedding Rituals:
Kanyadaan Akshata, Saptapadi, and Sthaalipaakam: The mangalsutra ritual is followed by the Garland ceremony in which turmeric colored rice along with flowers are showered on the couple. Then, they walk seven holy steps together while their families exchange gifts and good wishes with each other. For the last wedding ritual, the groom puts toe rings on the feet of the bride and takes her to be the companion for the rest of his life.

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MatrimonialsIndia.Com – Blogs Release November 2011

2 Dec

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Oriya Wedding Rituals
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Unique Parsi Wedding Ceremony!
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Unique Parsi Wedding Ceremony!

29 Nov

A Parsi wedding is full of fun-filled customs that one enjoys while observing. The rituals are primarily divided into pre wedding, wedding and post wedding basis.

Rituals of Pre-wedding phase:
Some time before the marriage, the bride and groom go through the Nahan ritual. This is done so that the bride and the groom are physically as well as mentally purified before starting a brand new phase in their life. The Tradition says that after this, the bride and groom cannot touch any third person who is neither a part of their family nor belongs to their caste.

Parsi lagan usually takes place either at a Baug or at an Agiary – the Fire Temple. The Zoroastrians consider the period immediately after sunset or very early in the mornings auspicious for marriage. Most weddings generally take place at about 6.40 p.m. A chalk or rangoli pattern adorns every staircase and doorway on the day of the Parsi lagan. Even the gates of the wedding venue or baug are decorated with large colorful designs.

Rituals on the wedding day:

Achumichu: At the wedding venue, the bride’s mother performs this ritual. She takes a tray with a raw egg, supari, rice, coconut, dates and water. The coconut is taken by her and circled around the groom’s head for seven times and then broken on the floor to his right side. The bride then steps onto the stage for her future mother-in-law to perform the same.

Ara Antar: The couple sits facing each other separated by a cloth and given rice. The priest circles the couple seven times and the couple showers the rice at the end of the rounds.

Chero Bandhvanu: With seven strings binding the couple, the marriage prayers start. Rice and rose petals are showered, rings exchanged and fire from the agiary is brought for paying respect.

Haath Borvanu: This is the custom of extracting money from the groom by his new sister-in-law and he is made to keep his hands in water till he pays up. In pag dhovanu, the sister-in-law threatens to pour milk on his shoes to get money and in Chero Chorvanu, she unties the strings binding the couple, again on the promise of getting payment. Later, the couple visits the fire temple for blessings.

Rituals in Post-wedding phase:
The bash is celebrated in a big way with freely-flowing drinks, food and music. Traditional four-course meals include delicious Parsi bhonu like sarya (crisps), achaar – rotli (pickle and rotis), patra ni macchi (steamed fish), salli margi (chicken with potato crisps), lagan nu custard, pulao-dal and ice cream.

The wedding day finally ends with the couple being escorted home by the bride’s family and the achumichu being performed once again by the groom’s mother for the newlywed couple in togetherness.

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Oriya Wedding Rituals

8 Nov

A typical Oriya Wedding reflects the simplicity and beauty of the lifestyle of people residing in Orissa. An Oriya Wedding resembles common Hindu ceremonies, yet is different in many aspects. The most astonishing fact about Oriya Wedding is that the groom’s mother doesn’t take part in the ceremonies and rituals of the wedding. The Oriya Wedding has many interesting rituals that make it special like:

Jayee Anukolo ceremony:
As a part of pre-wedding preparations, the rituals begin with this ceremony wherein invitation cards are distributed to the guests.

Mangan Tradition:
Like a typical Hindu marriage, this ritual follows the application of turmeric on the groom’s body which is followed by a holy bath.

Diya Mangula Puja:
In this ceremony, the bride worships at Devi’s temple and offers bride’s bangles, sari, toe rings and sindoor. The ritual is later followed by Barajatri, when the groom arrives at the wedding venue with the procession.

Similarities With Hindu customs:

  • The Oriya Wedding takes place in a mandap where the father of the bride performs kanyadaan. Here, he gives the responsibilities of his daughter to the groom and asks the groom to take care of her.
  • Next is the Haatha Ghanti custom, where the couple takes seven rounds, around the holy fire which concludes their wedding.
  • After the wedding is over, the newly wed then head off for the groom’s house.
  • Known as the Grihapravesh, the couple then enters the groom’s house wherein the bride is given a warm welcome by the groom’s family.
  • The newly weds are then supposed to visit the bride’s home on the 8th day as a part of Astha Mangala custom. The couple is here given a warm welcome by the bride’s family.

The revelry, food and music of an Oriya Wedding set it apart from the other Hindu Wedding Ceremonies and are a true reflection of the culture of the state.

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MatrimonialsIndia.Com – Blogs Release September 2011

3 Oct

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Muslim Wedding
Muslim Wedding, which is popular by the name of ‘Nikah’, is an immensely joyous and a love filled occasion. Just like most of the other Indian weddings, a Muslim Wedding too has many rituals before and after the marriage. However, the rituals of a Nikah are greatly different from the weddings of other religions.[...]

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Muslim Wedding

27 Sep

Muslim Wedding, which is popular by the name of ‘Nikah’, is an immensely joyous and a love filled occasion. Just like most of the other Indian weddings, a Muslim Wedding too has many rituals before and after the marriage. However, the rituals of a Nikah are greatly different from the weddings of other religions.

Before The Marriage:
Some of the important pre-wedding rituals are mentioned below:

Istikhara- The head priest, under whose guidance the wedding is supposed to takes place, seeks permission from God for the marriage.

Imam-Zamin- A silver or gold coin is wrapped in a silk cloth. This silk cloth, which is also called as Imam-Zamin, is tied to the arm of the bride by the mother of the Groom.

Mangni- The families of the bride and the groom visit each other’s place with fruits and sweets. These days, the couple also exchange rings in this ceremony.

Manjha- The bride is dressed in yellow clothes and a turmeric paste is applied on her body.

Mehndi- The hands and feet of the bride are decorated with beautiful designs of Mehndi. This is one of the most important rituals for a bride.

Sanchaq- The Bride is gifted the dresses and jewellery by the Groom’s family. She is supposed to wear the same on the Nikah and Chauthi.

The Big Day:
Just when the Baraat reaches the wedding venue, the groom is offered some Sharbat, which he is supposed to enjoy in the company of his brother-in-law. Then the actual Wedding Ceremony begins in the presence of two Maulavis. One Maulavi represents the Bride’s family and the other represents the groom’s family. After the amount of Mehar, a mandatory amount of money to be given to the bride by the groom, is decided, the bride is asked to give her consent three times for accepting the groom as her husband. Same is asked to the Groom. Once they give their consent, families and friends congratulate each other and the newly wedded couple. Then Khutba, a religious hymn, is recited.

Aarsi Mushaf- The bride and the groom are asked to seat in front of each other. A dupatta acts as a shed on their heads. Then they are asked to see each other with help of a mirror placed between them in the presence of the Holy Quran.

After these rituals are over, the bride proceeds for the ‘Rukhsati’ to leave for her new home and start her married life. Seeped in culture, a Muslim Wedding forms a strong link between the families of the groom and bride as well.

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Sikh Wedding

20 Sep

Sikh Wedding is a joyous occasion which is considered very sacred and pious. Though the actual Wedding ceremony does not take more than thirty minutes yet the wedding rituals start a week before the Wedding. The Wedding ceremony takes place in a Gurudwara, in the presence of Guru Granth Saheb ji. All the family members of both the bride and the groom are present in the wedding. Most Sikh families take any wedding in their house to be a reason for being together and enjoying the marriage celebrations to the fullest. Some of the popular Sikh Wedding rituals are discussed below:

Roka
In this ritual, the families of the bride and groom declare that they are soon going to get their children tied in the sacred knot of marriage.

Chunni
This ceremony is for the bride. The ladies of the groom’s family gift the bride a Duppatta, which is also known by the name of ‘Chunni’. It is done to indicate that now the girl belongs to the family of Groom.

Sagan
Grooms are presented with some gifts by the family of the bride. Father of the bride plays a big role in this ritual.

Chura Ceremony, Vatna Ceremony and Ganna Ceremony
A day before the wedding, the maternal uncle of the bride gifts her set of traditional red and white colored wedding bangles. The Vatna ceremony is equivalent of Haldi ceremony of Hindus. In Ganna Ceremony, a moli (sacred thread) is tied to the wrists of the bride and groom.

Anand Karaj
The wedding ceremony of Sikhs is called ‘Anand Karaj’, which means a joyful occasion. The sisters of the groom tie a Sehra to his turban before reaching the gurudwara for Anand Karaj. Before the ceremony actually begins, it is taken off. Then the father of the bride gives the Groom’s stole in the hand of the bride. After these pre wedding rituals, the actual wedding begins. The priests of the Gurudwara recite wedding hymns, which are called ‘lavas’. In the meantime, the bride and the groom take rounds around the holy scripture of Sikhs- Guru Granth Saheb ji. There are four lavas for the wedding. The couple has to take one round for every hymn. After the ‘Lava Phere’, the couple is declared to be married.

Therefore, combining all the rituals and ceremonies a Sikh wedding is a celebration, a happy occasion that joins two lives into an unbreakable bond for a lifetime.

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Special Moments In Indian Wedding Ceremonies

3 May

The first thought about a Big Fat Indian wedding that strikes our mind is a grand gala affair celebrated with full fun and grandeur. Indian weddings are an elaborate affair and include many interesting rituals and ceremonies that brighten up the whole atmosphere. You must be aware of pre-wedding ceremonies i.e. the Mehndi and Haldi ceremony, but, there are other special moments that pertain to the traditional Indian wedding and add up to the fun quotient.  Take a sneak peak at them…

Arrival of Baarat
Baarat is actually a procession comprising the groom’s family and his friends who dance to the tune of music played by the band members till the time they reach the wedding venue. Once, they reach the venue, the family members and friends of the groom are given a grand welcome by the bride’s family. But, they are allowed to enter the venue only when the groom pays a token of cash to the bride’s sisters who throng at the entrance of the venue.

Varmala
Varmala or Jai Mala is one of most important rituals at the Indian wedding. But, what exactly is a Varmala? It is actually a garland made using fresh flowers. Both the bride and the groom put the Varmala around each other’s neck. Mostly, the bride and the groom’s friends or relatives respectively lift them up to make it difficult for the other one to put the Varmala around him/her. It brings an element of enjoyment at the wedding and makes everybody smile.

Shoe Stealing Ceremony
As soon as the groom removes his shoes to sit into the mandap for the “saat pheras”, the bride’s sisters who are waiting for this opportunity, steal his shoes. In return for the same, the groom pays certain amount of cash that the bride’s sisters demand.

Post – Wedding Games
Once the bride and the groom reach home after tying that nuptial knot, they play certain games arranged by the groom’s family members. Out of all, the most popular is one whereby the bride and the groom are asked to put their engagement rings in a large bowl of milk. Then, they search for their rings in that bowl and the person who finds it first is deemed to have an upper hand in their future life.

These are only few, there are various other such ceremonies that take place during the wedding procession. All these special wedding ceremonies make the event truly memorable and a long lasting experience. Actually, it is these traditional rituals and ceremonies that make the Indian weddings stand out from the rest.

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