The Indian wedding ceremony is believed to be three to four thousand years old. It is traditionally performed in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India, per Vedic traditions.\u00a0\u00a0 The Sanskrit word for marriage is \u2018Vivah\u2019.<\/p>\n
Arrival of the guests, groom and his family. The bride\u2019s mother and grandmother welcomes the groom to the Mandap (wedding altar) amongst music and showering of rose petals by guests<\/p>\n
Ganesh Pujan: Offering of prayer to Lord Ganesh – <\/strong> Prayer ceremony is performed for auspicious beginning of the ceremony<\/p>\n Kanya Agaman: Arrival of the bride – <\/strong> The bride is led to the Mandap by her friends and is greeted by the groom\u2019s family<\/p>\n Jaimala: Garland Exchange –<\/strong> Bride and groom exchange flower garlands signifying their acceptance of each other<\/p>\n Shani Pujan: Offering of prayer to Lord Ganesh – <\/strong>Prayer ceremony is performed with the bride for removal of all obstacles to a happy marriage<\/p>\n Kanyadaan & Pani Grahan –<\/strong> Bride\u2019s mother places her hand into the hands of the groom to signify offering her hand in marriage. Holding hands, the bride and groom accept each other<\/p>\n Granthi Bandhan: Tying the Knot –<\/strong> A pink cloth is place over the bride and groom and a knot is tied between them to signify their union<\/p>\n Agni Puja: Invoking the Sacred Fire \u2013<\/strong> Invocation of the sacred fire symbolizing the illumination of mind, knowledge and happiness. Offerings of ghee (clarified butter) and rice are made to the fire<\/p>\n Mangal Phera: The Seven Vows –<\/strong> The couple walks around the fire seven times to signify seven blessings in their journey through life: Livelihood, prosperity, strength, happiness, loyalty, harmony and life-long friendship. The groom\u00a0leads\u00a0 the first four\u00a0pheras and the bride leads\u00a0the last three<\/p>\n Sindoor: Applying the Vermillion<\/strong> – The groom applies a small dot of a red powder called sindoor on the bride\u2019s hair welcoming her as his partner for life and signifying her status as a married woman<\/p>\n Exchanging Rings –<\/strong> The bride and groom exchange rings symbolizing devotion to each other through all times<\/p>\n Ashirwaad: Blessings –<\/strong>The couple seeks blessing from the priest, their families and friends<\/p>\n Food, drinks and cake followed by followed by music,dancing and henna. A henna artist will be at hand. All guests are encouraged to participate!<\/p>\n The bride\u2019s family bids farewell to their daughter. Guest shower rose petals as the couple begin a new phase of life as a family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Indian wedding ceremony is believed to be three to four thousand years old. It is traditionally performed in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India, per Vedic traditions.\u00a0\u00a0 The Sanskrit word for marriage is \u2018Vivah\u2019. Swagat \u2013 Welcome 4:00 – 4:30 PM Arrival of the guests, groom and his family. The bride\u2019s mother and grandmother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mital.info\/wedding\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reception 6:30 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Vidai \u2013 Farewell somewhere between 9:30 \u2013 10:00 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n