Maharashtrian Post Wedding Rituals - Simple Yet Graceful

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Maharashtrian Post Wedding Rituals Simple Yet
Graceful
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Introduction

• Maharashtrian post-wedding rituals are as simple
  as the ceremony done on the day of the wedding.
• The post-wedding ceremony includes several cute
  yet traditional rituals that make the wedding
  ceremony very very attractive for all.
• The Marathi Matrimony website, PavitraVivah.com -
  helps families across the world to find a
  suitable Marathi Bride or Groom for their
  wedding, to begin a beautiful married life.

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Post-Wedding Rituals

1. Varat
2. Grihapravesh
3. Changing the Brides Name
4. Reception
5. Tond Dhune and Vyahi Bhet

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Varat Grihapravesh

• Varat is Maharashtrian Bidaai ritual where the
  bride leaves her house and arrives at the
  residence of her new family.
• While the bride completes this ritual, the groom
  takes the Parvati idol used in the Gaurihar Puja
  with him.
• A newlywed couple performs with Aarti on entering
  their new home. Thegrooms mother washes the
  couples feet with milk and water.
• The bride gently kicks a Kalash filled with rice
  at the entrance, hoping for the prosperity of her
  new family and enters with her right foot first.

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IChanging the Brides Name Reception

• Changing the brides name after her marriage has
  been a custom among many Maharashtrian families
  in India.
• The Kuldevta or their familial God and Om
  Ganeshay Nama are chanted and then the groom
  traces his wife name in a plate full of rice.
• After a long wedding, a final celebration party
  is organized where the bride and groom are
  introduced to the guests.
• The groom wears the outfit gifted by the brides
  family and the bride wears the outfit gifted by
  grooms family.

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Pavitra Vivah

• A vadhu var suchak mandal has years of experience
  in the field.
• He will know all the new trends and customs in
  Marathi wedding ceremonies.
• The list of words could be absolutely endless
  however, the simplest way to explain a marriage
  is two individuals decide to spend the rest of
  their lives together as companions. But we for
  us Indians there is a small little twist in this
  concept!
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