Growing up in India and in a Hindu family, I am seeing big fat Indian weddings from my childhood. I am really obsessed with the Wedding wow’s. I just love the Indian culture, fun-loving atmosphere, lavish exhibitions, gifts, mouth-watering food and everything which can be the part of a memorable celebration.

As most of you have seen in the Bollywood movies that all the girls have a lot of dreams for their Sapno ka Rajkumar and their dream wedding. I am also one of them. Whenever I going to attend any wedding, I always like to store all the unique wow’s in my mind for my dream wedding. So, here I am going to list out all the rituals, without all these functions a Hindu dream wedding can’t be complete:

1. Engagement
2. Pre-wedding Photoshoot
3. Mehandi Ceremony
4. Haldi Ceremony
5. Sangeet Ceremony
6. The Wedding Ceremony
7. Vidai Ceremony

Here, I am going to explain each ritual in details with their beliefs. I am also sharing few pictures of each ritual which will be representing my dream wedding. I just want a similar type of functions in my wedding.

1. Engagement

Somewhere in India, it’s called as Roka Ceremony. This is a formal announcement to all the party guests that the girl(bride) and boy(groom) are going to marry. The bride and groom will exchange the rings during this function. You can give an extra touch to your engagement with some hand madded decorations and gifts. Take a glimpse of my dream wedding’s engagement function.

2. Pre-wedding Photoshoot

This is not any ritual of the wedding. But it’s been in the trend from last few years to make the pre-wedding moments memorable for the lifetime. So, here I am sharing few wow’s pics from my collection to make your photoshoot just memorable.

3. Mehandi

The most often believe about this ritual that the darker color of the mehndi on the hands on a bride, the more she will be loved by her husband and mother-in-law. So, it’s been the most important ritual of Hindu wedding for a bride. There is also something special for the groom. Bride hide the groom’s name on their palm’s Mehandi and she asks to groom to find their name in Mehandi on the first night and she gets a gift from their life partner for this romantic and lovely ritual.

4. Haldi Ceremony

The Haldi ceremony is the one in which a paste of natural turmeric, Chandan and rose water is applied on the groom and bride body before their wedding. The specialty of this ritual is supposed to simultaneously bless the couple and moisturize their skin.

5. Sangeet Ceremony

A sangeet party is a big party thrown the night before the wedding day and it’s called DJ Night. It’s most popular among Punjabis and Gujaratis.

Usually, the both side families and guests attend this function. Generally, the bride’s and groom’s parents and several sets of uncles and aunties from each side also prepare dance performances on popular Bollywood tunes.

6. The Wedding Ceremony

Finally, the day came after all the pre-wedding poojas and rituals. This is a full night function. Which start’s with the groom has made his way to the hotel/house with his Baraat to where the wedding is taking place. He is greeted by the bride’s parents and the bride’s mother who performs an Aarti over them. After that, the bride and groom exchange Jaymala and sometimes deliver a sort of vow in which they promise to be united forever.

Next, the groom and bride are brought to the mandap for Kanyadaaan, Gath Bandhan, and Sath Phere. Among the Hindu communities in the world, each phera may mean something different. But the basic meaning of seven promises are, the first one is to respect and honor towards each other, the second for strength to weather their problems together, the third for prosperity for their household, the fourth for wisdom, the fifth for children, the sixth for health, and the seventh for affection and a lasting companionship.

After all the Phere’s, the groom applies the Sindoor to the parting in his bride’s hair. He also strings the Mangalsutra around her neck. This piece of the necklace made up of gold and black beads are meant to be worn always by the bride as a symbol of her marriage.

7. Vidai Ceremony

The couple together seeks the blessings and Ashirvada from their parents by touching the feet. In the end, Bride and Groom with groom’s relatives and parents leave for the groom’s house. This is a littile sad moment for the bride’s family as the bride is going to leave their birth house for whole life and going to be a part of the new family.

After all these, few posts wedding rituals going on both side families.

Do let me know your views in the comments section to make my dream wedding more lavish and memorable. (•◡•)

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I am Ekta. I am not a fashion critics. I am just crazy about fashion. I have personal views on fashion like you, everyone have own thoughts. So, I just wanna share my thoughts and views. You can also share with me in the comments. I will be happy to hear your tips or views.
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