Wedding Traditions Across India

Have You Ever Thought that There are Wedding Rituals That We have Never Even Heard Of ? We Believe We Have Seen Everything That An Indian Marriage Has To Offer. Unsurprisingly enough , We Have not . Today Hans Matrimony Brings Forward Some Unheard Wedding Traditions From Across The Country. Some Of These Are Weird , Yet Fascinating To the Extent , That There Was No Way That  We Could Ever leave Them Out Of This List.

1. Inauspicious Mothers of Groom And Bride

As per the Bengali wedding traditions, the bride and grooms mothers are not allowed to attend the wedding due to the emotional attachment which is considered inauspicious. It is considered that the mother has some evil effect on the married life of the child. While There Is No Certain Logic Or Reasoning To It , This Tradition is Followed In Majority Of Bengal Even Today . Many Of Us Can't Even Imagine Marrying Without Their Mother's presence But Isn't It Interesting , How a Bengal Marriage Has A Tradition Of Considering The Mother an Inauspicious Presence.

2. Marry The Tree First

Yet Another Eerie Yet Interesting Ritual Coming From the Depths of Our Tradition, In Hindu marriages , If The Bride Or Groom Have the Manglik Dosh , It Is said That According to Indian Tradition , They Should Be Married To a Tree or a Pot First , So that the Dosh is Passed onto the Tree and The Bride/Groom Is Freed From The Dosh. In Many Parts Of India, A Goat Is Also Used Instead Of a Tree Or A Pot , as a mean to free a Manglik person before marriage. While Some People Rub It Off as a kind Of n Old Superstitious Practice , Many Parents still Consider This as a Pivotal Point while making the Final Decision. One Way To Know About Such Fatal Dosh and More Is To Contact Us At Hans Matrimony. We provide Kundli Matching Options , To Keep You Out Of Hassles.

3.Something Fishy

In Manipur , This Tradition Stands Out as the Most Odd One Out Of All. It is the oddest ritual in Manipur weddings and in fact the last ritual. At The End Of Wedding , The Groom And The Bride , Release Two Taki Fishes in the Water , At the Same Time. It Is Said That, These Two Fishes Represent The Bride And Groom and Their Journey After Marriage. If The Fish travel together ,It is Said That, The Couple Will have a Happy Married Life.

4. Balance The Pots

In Bihar , A Newly Wed Bride Is Asked to Lift Earthen Pots on Her Head and She has to Balance Them Over Her Head. It is Said , The Number Of Pots That She Is Able To Balance on Her Head are The Number Of Qualities That The Bride Has to  Manage Her New Household. This Has Been a Tradition , that can be considered a Cultural Heritage , Since ,it has been passed down from generation to generation. You can Find Out More about This From Here.

5. Groom In The Well

While it Is The Danger That Scares Us All , The Goans Tend To find the Fun Behind This Tradition to the Fullest. This festival is named as “Sao Joao” and it is said to bring the fortune of fertility to the groom. This is said to be an occasion for the families of the bride to get to know about the groom a little better. You Can read More About 'Sao joao' by clicking here.

6. Exchanging Garlands  

Well , this Is Something That We have seen a lot , since Hans Matrimony is a Matrimonial Organization that is set in Delhi-NCR. In Northern India , exchange of Garlands is pretty common. It signifies That the Bride and Groom Belong To Each other and These Garlands are also Called Varmala. These Are Very Essential to The Hindu Marriage Tradition.

7.Kashi Yatra

To Finish This List Off, Divine Tales of Hinduism had to Appear. Coming From The Southern Regions Of The Country , This Tradition is sacredly Followed In Tamil Nadu. When the Groom and His Followers Get ready to Depart for The Bride's House, Suddenly , the Groom Acts as If He Is Going On a Pilgrimage to Kashi to Find His Wife. Then The Father Of The Bride , has to Convince the Groom To marry His Daughter. This Stems Out from ancient tales of Hinduism. If You want To Know More about This Ritual , We Recommend Reading This.

Conclusion

Marriages , Especially When Indian Marriages Happen ,Fun Elements Are Bound To be There , it Is The beauty Of Our Indian Culture , That The Hindu weddings Have Fun combined with their Traditions. From 'Sao Joao' To 'Kashi Yatra' ,Indian Marriages Resemble Festivities to a Great Extent. Well , They Should , because Parent's work Tirelessly, To see Their Children Settle and Start Building Their Own Family. If You Want To See Your Children Get Married , That Too With the Right life Partner, then Connect with us Today at Hans Matrimony on 96-97-98-96-97 and Join Our Parent's WhatsApp Group From Here.

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