Let this ring be a symbol of my promises to you and a reminder of my devotion to you. I am honored to call you my (wife/husband).
Ring Ceremony is one of the vital Pre-Wedding Ceremonies. Which is held day or 2 days before wedding. ring ceremony is also know as as engagement, Mangni and sagaii in some other parts of the country. Tradition and rituals are still alive in India arrange marriages are still common in India. Traditionally parents would choose their children’s partner to ensure their wealth would stay within the same caste or to form alliances with another religion and were sometimes determined at birth. in this ceremony groom and bride exchange there rings as symbol of love n devotion . This is the main charm of Indian weddings. Herein lies the essence of Indian customs and traditions. Extremely ritualistic, Indian Hindu Marriages are still following the Vedic rites and Purana Philosophy.
The family members and relatives of bride and groom meet on this ring ceremony. The bride and the groom are laden with gifts, jewellery and clothes from each other’s family. They also receive gifts from the other guests. Often the bride’s family bears the expenses of the ceremony. The groom’s side also receives gifts from the bride’s side for the prominent family members, like the mother father, brother and sister of the groom. This gift includes clothes jewelry and other accessories. Dowry in India is given by parents of bride to groom as symbol of blessings. Dowry includes all the household items like (bed, TV, refrigerator, cupboard, sofa set, air conditioner) it is not necessary to give all these items dowry is given according to the choice of bride parent. Dowry now a days is given on the day of ring ceremony
Tradition of ring ceremony
Puja with groom
Ring ceremony start with some sort of puja that groom does with bride family member bride’s father and brother applies tilak (made of kesar, rice grains and flower petals) on the boy’s forehead. All the relatives and friends of the girl’s side come forward to bless the to be groom, offer sweets to him and give him cash/gifts. . Bride is not allowed to be part of this puja
‘chuni chadana’ ceremony
. The ‘chuni chadana’ ceremony is mostly clubbed with the ring ceremony and essentially conducted in the same manner as in a Punjabi wedding.. girl’s future mother-in-law places a red chunni on the girl’s head and gives her jewelry. Following this is a ritual in which the girl is fed boiled rice and milk by all the relatives of the boy that are present at the time. The ceremony comes to an end with the exchanging of rings between the prospective bride and groom..
Ring ceremony usually conducted in a banquet hall or a club. The bride is dressed in clothes and jewellery that have been presented to her by her future in-laws. She is also presented a red chunni by the sister/sister-in-law of her future husband. She receives more jewellery and gifts from her in-laws as part of the ceremony. Nowadays people also have arrangements of music and dance at the RING CEREMONY Bands and DJs are called upon to play music and all the people present dance away the evening to tunes being played. People cut cakes to celebrate the event.
cost of engagement ring
cost of ring depend upon choice ,you can take diamond or gold ring depending upon your budget.girls like diamond so i will prefer to take diamond ring for your newly bride .
Things to know for ring ceremony
1) Beautiful ring
2) Nice decorated plate for ring (I brought it from chandni chowk Delhi why not u try it)
3) Beautiful ethnic wear
4) dj to play a music
5 ) chunni (dupatta) chuni must be of red color
6) Don’t forget yummy yummy cake
7) Proper ring size of bride and groom
tilak thali(plate)
9) Don’t forget to call pandit for puja
10) Girl has to wear clothes n bangles, which her future mother in law gives her
kumkum19
/ August 7, 2008very nice article on indian marriage tradition. some of them like chuda ceremony is observed only in punjaby community and not in all. haldi really make the bride beautiful.some of the brides shown here are gorgeous,i am sure effects of haldi. finally i must admit that reading of your article reminded me about my marriage and its associated ceremonies.my husband begane admirer of my beauty, rather i may say became completely infatuated by me when he saw on our SUHAG RAT{weding night} my mehandi painted body,i.e. my palms and arms upto elbows, my feet and legs upto thighs[I HAVE GOT HIS NAME WRITTEN ON MY THIGHS BY HINA), and my naval where my friends have tattooed acircle with arrow