The tradition stays on! Indian wedding customs !!

Indian wedding apart from being a biggest task in most of the middle class families also has some tradition and rituals which have been followed by generationg after generation.

The main ritual without which no north-indian wedding is complete both bride and the groom take seven rounds of a small fire which is lit while solomonising the wedding. And after the seven rounds the groom is suppose to put a red powder like stuff called 'sindoor' in the girls middle partitioned hair for about 1-2 inch working its way right through the middle of the head. These two things are like a 'MUST' in order to complete the wedding.

There are many more rituals which are actually followed some of them are firstly, the boy and the girl gets a sandal wood paste rubbed over his body on the day of wedding, in their respective homes, so that he looks fair and is clean and scented to its 'core'. Secondly, the girl generally is mos tof the cases whould wear red color dress as it is the color of prosperity and hapiness in india history. Thirdly, after the wedding the girl has to go back to her place for a brief visit the very next day as this is a custom to welcome the new family into the homes of the native daughter-in-laws place.

I hope , you have got little knowledge of what are the things indian people follow while getting a couple married. Thus, to more about the negatives of all the glitters please read on the next blogs as it rightly proves all the glitters is not gold.

Lavish Indian Wedding

We all have heard and read about how lavish indian weddings can be. There are people start worrying about the wedding and wedding expenses as soon as the doctor tells them that they have been blessed with a baby girl. Thus, from that moment on it becomes the responsibility of the father to actually make sure he saves and reserves enough money to get his daughter married.

With the preparation there is a considerable amount of money which is for dowry,yes its still a big part of every fat or slim wedding taking place be it in capital city like New delhi of be it in a small village of mere 50 people. Unlike any other country Indian Wedding in a way are a curse to the people who want to get their daughters married but dont have enough money-dowry to actually secure the future of their daughter in the new home she is about to leave for. It during this time many father actually take loan to make sure the wedding is upto the level that community accepts and not what they can afford.

For other Indian wedding is a way to flaunt and show the kind of power and money they have earned also is a mini festival for all the relatives who would apparently be around for atleast 4-6 functions depending on the arrangements set by the parents of bride and groom. Even the relatives get busy and getting their clothes stitched in most of the cases unless they have some new from some previous function as they want to look really flashy in whatever they wear during these functions. Indian wedding sometimes are also a money making tool for the groom's parent as they would literally give a price they would expect while getting to agree for the marriage. Believe it or not there are marriage , more such casses in non-metropolitan cities, where the bride and groom have least role in questioning or meeting their other half before marriage.

Thus, when we hear about Indian wedding it does cast a doubt as it is it really a blessing or curse as different people would react in different ways depending on the 'budget' they have rather than the actual feeling related to the right crux of this holy matrimonial. You decide!