Hindu wedding Rituals

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Hindu Marriage Rituals
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Hindu Marriage

• Hindu Marriage is a ceremony uniting two souls as
  instructed by Vedas, the sacred scripture of
  Hindus. Marriage motivation is to give an
  identity for man and woman as a couple and
  empowering their rightfulness in the society.
  There is a procedure for a marriage we need to
  follow one by one. Here I am going to explain
  about a traditional wedding which starts from
  Mehandi and ends with post wedding ceremony.

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Mehandi

• Mehandi is a conventional pre wedding ceremony. A
  few days before the marriage a Mehandi function
  will be organized usually by the bride family
  which happens within the presence of friends,
  relatives and family members.

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Welcoming Groom

• When groom arrives to the wedding place with his
  family and friends, he is welcomed by the Brides
  mother and father first with an Arathi (Few
  people calls Harahi also). Then the marriage
  rituals will begin at the Kalyana Mandapam (or
  Marriage Mandapam).

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Marriage Mandapam

• The groom and bride will meet each other at the
  Mandapam, and then the priest starts the wedding
  ceremony. The grooms stand facing the west and
  the bride sits in front the facing the east. The
  priest conjures the favour of god for the couple
  to be married.

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Kanyadanam

• Kanyadanam is a loyal custom viewed as extremely
  auspicious in Hindu religion where brides father
  (guardian if father has died) hand over his
  daughter to the groom. This denotes the giving
  bride away to the groom. The groom promises to
  father of the bride that he will help her
  daughter in understanding three finishes Dharma,
  Artha, and Kama. Then groom shall repeat this for
  three times.

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Mangalasutra

• The groom ties the Mangalasutra (thali) around
  the neck of the bride establishing bride as his
  wife and then groom keeps Sindoor in front hair
  of the bride that marks bride as a married women.

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Marriage Homa

• To seek gods blessing the holy fire function
  will beguine by putting rice, ghee, sugar, wooden
  pieces and other few things. The groom and bride
  tie their pieces of clothing in a knot. The
  married couples go round the fire three times
  chanting Vedic mantra. Groom and Bride touch each
  others heart and pray for prosperity and good
  fortune.

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Panigrahana

• In Panigrahana ritual Bride will sit in front of
  groom facing east and groom stands in front of
  her facing west, groom holds brides and chants
  few Vedic mantra. In this ritual father is
  handing over the responsibility of his daughter
  to the groom and groom promises for brides
  father to take responsibility of his daughter
  thereafter.

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Saptapadi

• The Saptapadi ceremony begins with a prayer by
  the priest after that couple of vows, the groom
  and bride make to each other which concludes
  their union is forever.

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Blessings

• The couples are blessed by their parents,
  relatives and that entire family member who have
  assembled for the wedding by showering the
  akshatha or flowers to the married couple and
  bless them for healthy and prosperous married
  life.

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Post wedding Ceremony

• Post wedding there will be a reception
  celebrations organised by the couple parents
  (usually it will be brides parents). Reception
  parties are seen as grand celebrations with lot
  of entertainment, super dance and a dinner.

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Conclusion

• These are the most important marriage ceremony
  traditions (rituals) following in Hindu
  Marriages. There may be small changes or
  differences between community to community and
  place to place. But it reflects the overall Hindu
  marriage system in India.

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