India is land of culture and traditions.Indian wedding is celebrated at grand scale lots of ceremonies take place before marriage .After long long wedding ceremonies celebrated by all family members now its time for newly wed couple to celebrate their wedding .Wedding night ceremony is for new couple .Suhaag raat is Hindi phrase used for wedding night ceremony in Indian tradition .The suhaag raat signifies the union between the bride and groom.According to Indian tradition groom and bride are not allow to meet before marriage .Nightof romance brings lots of hopes and suspense for both the mate as traditionally the groom met his bride for the first time on the suhaag raat.
The bedroom is beautifully decorated with fragrant flowers and the bed is decorated with hanging flowers, silk sheets and cushions, and rose flower petals. The room is lit with diyas (Indian oil lamps). Provisions are made for sweets, fruits, drinks, incense and perfumes .Humerous games are played with couple by there friends and family they have to give amount of cash demanded by their friends and families after that they are allowed to enter their room this is also one of rituals followed in indian wedding.
Visual concept of wedding night culture is shown in many bollywood movies.Now a days wedding night in India also not very cultural.Despite the modern vision of the suhaag raat, the importance of the night remains to be a significant part of Indian culture, whether living in India or other parts of the world.
Pag phera is one of post wedding ceremonies which is followed in all indian weddings.According to old tradition bride stay at there parental home for some days . The bride’s brother usually comes to the groom’s home to take back his sister for this ceremony.But now a days both bride and groom perform this ceremony they both visit bride’s parental home are blessed by there parent.Parents give both of them gifts as a shagun to couple as a symbol of there first visit to bride’s parental home after wedding.
When barat reach wedding venues, the bride’s close relatives give a warm welcome to the groom and his relatives with flower garlands. Rose water is sprinkled on them. In the milni ceremony, the girl’s relatives give shagun to the groom’s close relatives. It is done in the descending order, beginning from the elder most. Cash and clothes are gifted.beginning with his grandfather, father, uncles and brothers,mothers n sister perform this ceremony after this milni ceremony bride sister and friends welcome groom with flowers n groom give gift or cash to his siter in law then groom is allowed to entered.
1) flower -to shower on relative
2) rose water -to spring
3)flower garlands- to perform ceremony
4)gift or cash
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
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
