Hindu Wedding Rituals, Indian Weddings

Hindu Wedding Rituals are many in number and involve not only the bride and groom but family members and even the community.

Hinduism believes that there are four stages of life and married life of Grihastha is the second stage. It is the time of life when two individuals come together and learn the actual values of life through the institution of marriage.

Hindu Pre-Wedding Rituals
One of the earliest rituals is the Misri or ‘Ring Ceremony’. It is a pre-wedding ceremony and involves oral agreement and ‘Lagna Patra’ or written declaration. It proceeds with the ‘Mehendi Ceremony’ and ‘Sangeet Ceremony’.Each family member, who belong to the bride's relations adorn the groom's relatives with perfume, costumes and flowers. The ‘Nav-Graha Puja’ (Worship to the Nine Planets) is performed to ask for blessings from the Gods associated with the nine planets.

Hindu Wedding Rituals
The actual marriage ceremony

begins with the ritual of the ‘Vara Satkaarah’ in which the bridegroom and his friends and relatives are welcomed and received at the entrance of the hall where the wedding is to be conducted. The officiating priest chants mantras and the bride's mother blesses the groom

The most important among the various ceremonies is the ‘Saptapadi’. After the tying of the Mangalsutra, the Saptapadi is symbolised by the marriage knot, tying one end of the groom's scarf with the bride's dress.

The last process in the Hindu wedding rituals includes the ‘Aashirvad’ or benediction by the elders followed by the Vidai Ceremony
Hindu Post Wedding RitualAn integral part of every Indian wedding ceremony is the post wedding rituals. One of the more important post Indian wedding rituals is the ‘Griha Pravesh’.

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