Weddings are filled with customs and traditions. Planning a wedding has always been a meticulous and a time consuming affair. Time has always played an important part as one always found that it as always in short supply. Luckily times have changed and there are wedding planners who take care of every aspect of the wedding from ceremony to the reception in an absolute professional manner. Of course, the bridal couple and their families will have to sit an iron out the details.
The most important part apart is the location – whether it is indoors or outdoors. Nowadays, weddings are planned at hotels, resorts, beaches, and underwater locale … or at a foreign locale.
The physical comfort of those attending the wedding needs to be considered along with the decorations, catering music and dancing. The space chosen will have its own ambience and one will have to decide whether it needs to be transformed into something wonderful or merely complemented. One will have to take into account space itself as the guests will need to feel comfortable with adequate temperature control, seating capacity, parking and restroom facilities and a back-up in case it rains.
Flowers and floral arrangements form an integral part of the decorations; lighting too, plays an important role along with the table setting and place settings for the overall look and feel of the reception. In fact, lighting can transform a room into something magical! Other elements can include draped fabrics, fountains, potted plants, ribbons and bows made of satin or sheer organza. Balloons can add a fun touch to the celebrations especially floating from the ceiling. Ribbons trailing down add to the effect.
Themes for the wedding could run into several from an Enchanted Forest – Sherwood style, a Winter Wonderland, a Renaissance Wedding with minstrels and jesters or any other western concept. Traditional Indian weddings no matter which locale they are held it is imperative to have the torans to decorate the auspicious entrance, decorative diyas, multi-purpose thali, rumaals among others.
Jewellery are girls best friend.Jewellery and girls relation is like fish and water. In India it is traditionally said jewellery is beauty of the girl jewellery are essential part of women in India .Indian bride is decked with jewellery from head to toe and every single piece of jewellery compliment each other and making bride to look charming.wedding is most auspicious in India.Now Indian bridal jewellery turns from classic to trendy jewellery .
Tradition and modernity understands the need of today’s bride to be who prefers elegance yet never wish to surpass the generations of traditionalism.wearing heavy bridal jewelry does not end up with wedding. But also on the engagement party that an Indian bride-to-be might be having before her big day. Bride wedding jewellery is decided as per wedding outfit.The Indian bridal jewellery would have to include earrings, nose rings, necklaces, bracelets or bangles as well as anklets and other possible adornments of the body that could be made with precious stones. These jewelries could be made of the most precious gems like diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds among others, set in gold, silver or platinum.
Jewellery for both occasion will be different .For engagement jewellery will be not as heavy as on wedding day one may prefer to wear light jewellery in stone .Bridal jewellery can be booked or it may purchased depending upon choice. I will suggest you take ewelry on rent because jewellery is very heavy that can not be used in future .very good quality n design may cost you 3500Rs in India there are certain term for rented jewellery on Day rent can be 500Rs to 1000 thousand .Rest security that you have to submit to shop dealer. For the Indian bride, the most opulent the Indian bridal jewellejry is, the better.
The mandap or wedding pavilion are major part of Indian wedding.Most essential ceremony of Indian wedding take place under the wedding pavilion or mandap.wedding mandap is well decorated with beautiful colored flowers.A sacred structure supported by four pillars under which the bride and groom are seated and exchange their wedding vows.The four-pillared structure is said to represents the four Vedas as well as the four goals of a fulfilled Hindu life (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha). The symbolism of the mandap goes further with each pillar being understood to represent the four parents of the couple, without whose support, love and blessings, the marriage would not have come to take place.
My wedding mandap was decorated with sky blue an white colored combination.My wedding color theme was also same so we followed same as for mandap and trust me it vows me and everybody else
The basic requirement of a wedding is actually only the basic structure with four pillars/ corners .As per Indian tradition wedding mandap is made of bamboo stick decorated with mainly red and silver color beautiful color flowers are used for mandap decoration.But trebd is changed now modern and contemporary mandap decoration is more in demand red and silver is replaced by blue and vine colors traditional touch is always given to these weddingmandaps .four pillars are tradition of mandap as tehy represent for vedas .Mandap is usually set up in open place it said mandap should not be setup under a roof.
1)four pillars
2)havankund
3)havan samgari
4)chowkis or chairs, depending on your cultural preferences
5)pundit (without pundit marriage cannot be perform so he is in top most list )
“Everything else is a luxury. All other extras is basically representative of how much you can afford or how much you would like to spend” .You can find number od mandap decorators online .
Bride mother in law welcome bride by droping few drop of mustard oil on main door of home in order to protect newly wed couple from evil eye.Bride is welcomed to her new home by traditional arti perform by her mother in law.As per rituals she kicks rice filled in pot after that bride puts her right foot onto a tray of vermilion powder mixed in water or milk, representing the arrival of good fortune and purity and she is ask not to look back which symbolize the arrival of fertility and wealth in her marital home. According to the traditions, the new bride is regarded as Goddess Laxmi.There take place certain games between the bride and the groom and other family members
Ring finding game in which ring is left in mixture of milk n roses padels groom n bride put there hand into a mixture to find ring .Traditionally it is said whomsoever found ring first will be leading her spouse entire life.
In this ritual bride-has to stay at home in her old clothes for a couple of days before her wedding. All the shopping of marriage is done week before the marriage because bride is not suppose to went out 4 or 5 days before marriage as per Indian tradition, She must sit in the vicinity of four lit diyas or oil lamps so that the glow from them is reflected on her face
The Ghara Ghardoli ritual involves the groom’s sister-in-law along with other female relatives going to a nearby temple to fill up a earthen pitcher with water that the bride will use during his bath.. Closed relatives accompany the family member to the temple and dance on the beat of dhol . Before her bath, vatna or uptan (a paste of powdered turmeric and mustard oil) is applied on her body by female relatives and friends. The uptan is believed to have purifying. Both, the ghara ghardoli and the vatna ceremonies are also performed for the groom at his house. Here the decorated pitcher of water (ghadoli) is brought for his bath by his bhabi (elder brother’s wife).the old garment of bride n groom is given away to a poor person according to tradition
1)bride not supposed to went out of house 6 days before marriage .
2)bride n groom supposed to take bath from pitcher water from temple
3)old garment are given to poor people
4)seven married women apply upatn to bride as the blessing
5)bride must sit in vacinity of four diyas for glow.
6)puja thali with four diyas.diyas are blow by bride
7)groom elder sister in law fills water
uptan or turmeric paste
9) good dhol wala
