Indian Wedding Traditions

Indian wedding occupies a vast area as it comprises the wedding traditions of a number of communities. First of all, Indian wedding traditions are applicable to both Muslim and Hindu wedding traditions. Again, among the Hindus, there are several castes such as Punjabi, Guajarati, Bengali, and Marathi who have diverse wedding traditions.

Sweets, eggs and money are inextricably linked with the wedding themes of India as they respectively symbolize a sweet life, fertility and prosperity. Hindu wedding ceremony has the ritual of warding off the evil spirit from the new journey of life of the newly wed. After the wedding vows are exchanged, the family members of the bride and the groom showers flower petals to the newly wed.

An Indian groom often wears a turban on his head. Traditional Indian brides wear pink or red sari or lehenga on the day of wedding. They adore themselves with as much jewelry as possible. The custom of putting mehendi on hands and feet of the bride is also common to almost all the communities.

On the wedding reception, special wedding gifts are given to the couple by all the near and dear friends and relatives.

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