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.      

 

 

MEHENDI CEREMONY this is the second ceremony which takes place the day before the wedding at a ladies-only afternoon tea. Intricate(complicated) patterns drawn with mehendi (henna) are applied to your hands and feet and symbolize the deepening of bonds with your future husband. Often this ceremony will merge with Sagri – also known as the “acquaintance party”, where the groom’s female relations visit bearing gifts and flowers with which to adorn you. At some point on the day before your wedding, your priest will perform the Nav-Graha Puja in both the groom and bride’s homes, in which he will say prayers to the Gods of the “nine planets”, thus bestowing the couple with their blessings. Next he will perform the Ghari Puja – a series of prayers combined with offerings of wheat, coconut, betel nuts, rice and spices for prosperity. Both mothers will don their wedding clothes and walk to the doorways of their respective homes with earthenware pots containing water on their heads – the water will be cut with a knife to ward off evil spirits, and relatives and friends will then grace the parents with flowers and money. Next, it’s time for you and your fiancee to put on old clothes which will be torn of with glee by family members, symbolizing the end of your single lives!
 
The fun is just getting started as you begin the next ceremony called Sangeet. This is a joyous nighttime party held the evening before the wedding and is an opportunity to enjoy the spirit of the moment with music, dancing and food. Just make sure you get some sleep – you have a big day tomorrow! 

BEFORE THE WEDDING:- FIRST DAY OF WEDDING STARTS with this, there are several important ceremonies that take place in the days before your wedding; the first is Misri – the ring ceremony. This will take place several days before your wedding and calls for seven married women to draw the sign of Lord Ganesha in red powder spread above a bowl of rock sugar. Prayers are said by you and your fiancee and your parents and you will exchange flowered garlands and gold rings with your beloved in the presence of your priest. The groom’s parents will place in your lap a basket of fruit or other gifts to welcome you then feed your family misri – rock sugar – confirming the engagement and promising a life full of sweetness ahead.this a very special ceremony that is called engagement in american terms.