Wedding

Hriday Sparsh
 The couple touch each other's hearts and promise to be tender-hearted and gentle with each other.


 

   Sindoor Daan
The groom fills the parting on the bride's parting with sindoor or vermilion. He does this thrice and put a red mark on the forehead of bride, all present must bless the newly weds.The red dot signifies 'saubhagya', meaning may your husband live a long and happy life.

 
   Mangalsutra
Mangalsutra (Holy Necklace)
   Kanya Daan
Kanya Daan literally means 'giving away the girl.' The parents of the bride must give their daughter away to her new family. The priest recites mantras from the Vedas which are repeated by the couple as they hold hands. They seek the blessings of those present so that their love for each other may grow strong. At the end of this ceremony, the couple go around the sacred fire.

  Food Offering (Ghas Bharavane)
 The bride's mother brings some Indian sweets for the newlyweds. The bride feeds five mouthfuls of sweets signifying I am your wife and it will be my duty to cook for you and your family. The groom does the same signifying his duty to provide for her and their family.

 

Bidaai
The departure of the marriage party commences, which is known as 'viday'. Farewell to the bride by her parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends is indeed a very emotional part of the whole event. The bride is leaving her parental home to build an entirely new life with her husband and members of his immediate family in a different environment altogether. She leaves with tears of joy and sorrow, but carries the very best wishes of all who witnessed her matrimonial ceremonyI promise to love you wholly and completely without restraint, in sickness and in health, in richness and in poverty, Till the death do us depart.

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