KASI YATRA
The groom decides to give up wordly pleasures and prepares to go to Kasi to lead the life of an ascetic. The parents and the Guru advise the groom to marry the bride to enter Grahastashrama (Family life). This is a ritual enacted priorto the actual wedding where the groom’s uncle, persuades him that he should get married and not to go to Kasi.
THE ‘UNJAL’ CEREMONY
The bride and the groom sit on the swing. Friends and relatives display their talent in classical music,providing festivity to the atmosphere. The Unjal(Swing) signifies the ups and downs of life.
VRATHAM
This is conducted to convey a message to the groom thathe has to prepare himself to move from bramhachariyam(Bachelor) to grahasthashramam (Married). Prayers will beconducted to seek the blessings of the ancestors.
RITUALS IN OUR WEDDINGMANGALYA DHARANAM
The most precious moment in one’s life. The bride sits on her father’s lap. The groom ties the Mangalya Sutra around the bride’s neck with prayers for his well beingand for her to live hundred years.
PANI GRAHANAM
The bride groom holds the bride’s right hand and recitesthe marriage vows in four mantras. He prays to Agni, theGod of fire, Saraswathi, the Goddess of knowledge andVayu, the Lord of air, for blessings, long life and confluence of mind.
NALANGU
The evening of the marriage day is the time to relaxand play. The newly-wed wife calls her husband for play, inviting him through a song. Much to the merriment of one and all gathered, there follows alist of playful items, the bride applying the groom’s feet with turmeric paste; fanning him; showing him a mirror; breaking papads over each other’s head(symbolic what hapens after marraige) ;wrenching the betel pack from each other’s hand;rolling the coconut between them as in ball-playand so on.
SAPTHAPADHI
Holding the bride’s hand, the bridegroom walks sevensteps with her.
The groom decides to give up wordly pleasures and prepares to go to Kasi to lead the life of an ascetic. The parents and the Guru advise the groom to marry the bride to enter Grahastashrama (Family life). This is a ritual enacted priorto the actual wedding where the groom’s uncle, persuades him that he should get married and not to go to Kasi.
THE ‘UNJAL’ CEREMONY
The bride and the groom sit on the swing. Friends and relatives display their talent in classical music,providing festivity to the atmosphere. The Unjal(Swing) signifies the ups and downs of life.
VRATHAM
This is conducted to convey a message to the groom thathe has to prepare himself to move from bramhachariyam(Bachelor) to grahasthashramam (Married). Prayers will beconducted to seek the blessings of the ancestors.
RITUALS IN OUR WEDDINGMANGALYA DHARANAM
The most precious moment in one’s life. The bride sits on her father’s lap. The groom ties the Mangalya Sutra around the bride’s neck with prayers for his well beingand for her to live hundred years.
PANI GRAHANAM
The bride groom holds the bride’s right hand and recitesthe marriage vows in four mantras. He prays to Agni, theGod of fire, Saraswathi, the Goddess of knowledge andVayu, the Lord of air, for blessings, long life and confluence of mind.
NALANGU
The evening of the marriage day is the time to relaxand play. The newly-wed wife calls her husband for play, inviting him through a song. Much to the merriment of one and all gathered, there follows alist of playful items, the bride applying the groom’s feet with turmeric paste; fanning him; showing him a mirror; breaking papads over each other’s head(symbolic what hapens after marraige) ;wrenching the betel pack from each other’s hand;rolling the coconut between them as in ball-playand so on.
SAPTHAPADHI
Holding the bride’s hand, the bridegroom walks sevensteps with her.
1.We take the first step to provide for a happy andhealthy home.
2.We take the second step to develop physical,mental and spiritual powers.
3.We take the third step to increase our wealth bydiligence and righteousness.
3.We take the third step to increase our wealth bydiligence and righteousness.
4.We take the fourth step to acquire knowledge,happiness and harmony by mutual love and trust.
5.We take the fifth step to be blessed with strong,virtuous and loving children.
6.We take the sixth step to promise to care for eachother for a long life toget
7.Finally, we take the seventh step to be true companions and remain partners by this marriage.
y6.We take the sixth step to promise to care for eachother for a long life toget
7.Finally, we take the seventh step to be true companions and remain partners by this marriage.
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