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INDIAN WEDDING IS A GALA OCCASION WITH BUNDLES OF CELEBRATIONS, FESTIVITY, LAVISHNESS AND POMP. THIS IS NOT ANY CLOSED AND SILENT AFFAIR BUT A MUSIC, DANCE AND GET-TOGETHER FILLED EXTRAVAGANZA. IT IS AN EMOTIONAL EVENT WHICH EVERY INDIAN FAMILY LONG TO CELEBRATE WITH DELIGHT AND ELATION.
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One of the most important pre-wedding ceremonies in Hindu, Muslim and Sikh weddings, the mehndi ceremony refers to the applying of mehndi (henna) on the bride’s hands and feet. To ring in the festivities, female family members, relatives and friends of the bride also decorate their hands. In some communities, mehndi is also applied on the groom’s hands. Generally, the mehndi ceremony is held along with the sangeet ceremony to double the celebrations.
Saat phere, also known as mangal phere or parikrama, refers to the seven rounds around the holy fire by the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony. The seven rounds are performed around the fire. In the first four rounds, the bride is supposed to lead as she is considered to be superior in all household and family matters. While the final three rounds are led by the groom as he is believed to be the provider and protector. Thus, while going around the fire, promises are made to each other that they’ll assist and support each other to lead a balanced conjugal life. Seven rounds around the fire denote that the couple is united for the next seven lives.
According to Hindu beliefs, the groom is considered to be Lord Vishnu at the time of marriage. The parents of the bride offer their precious daughter to him, with a promise that he’ll take care of their beloved daughter in all the three aspects of dharma, artha and kama. As a token of acceptance, the groom accepts his responsibility towards his wife by placing his hand over her right shoulder.
Mangalsutra is a derivation from two words: mangal meaning auspicious and sutra meaning thread. Thus literally, mangalsutra means an auspicious thread.
When the groom ties the mangalsutra around his bride’s neck at the wedding, it is symbolic of their union as mates for life. Till death does them apart, the wife is meant to wear the mangalsutra as a testimony of their marriage, love and commitment towards each other. The mangalsutra is traditionally required to be tied in three knots. The three knots signify three important aspects for a married lady; first, loyalty to her husband; second, dedication to her new family and third, adherence to the divine lord.
Sindoor is the red vermillion powder that a married Hindu woman puts in the parting of her hair. It is one of her most important marriage symbols. During the wedding ceremony, the bridegroom puts sindoor on his wife’s hair partition.