HALDI RITUAL

HALDI RITUAL Which is done a day before the wedding ceremony in which they couple is cleansed at yopur home with turmeric powder. This is followed by Swagatam ceremony, in which your female relatives help you dress in your wedding sari. Your fiancee also do the haldi ritual and will be dressed in his wedding dress at his home before coming to your resident.                                                                                                                                  When he arrives, at the threshold he will place his right foot gently over yours to symbolized the support and protection he will provide and will then be invited inside for his feet to be washed in milk and water or you will then move to the location where your wedding is to In traditional times you would have ridden in an ornately decorated horse-drawn carriage. at the temple, the ceremony will take place under a Mandap, the symbolic four-pillared canopy that is typically decorated with bright and vibrant colors under which burns Agni, the sacred fire that is witness to the ceremony. The ceremony begins with Madhuparka as your fiancee receives gifts from brides father. Mantras are chanted during Kanya Daan as brides father presents you to your future husband and takes brides left hand in his right in Pani Grahan as he accepts the bride as his wife.