The Hindu ritual and culture marriage is one of the most important sentiments and rites of passage in their life. In the Hindu wedding tradition, the most common belief is that the wedding isn’t only for the two individuals rather for two families.so this wedding ceremony is going to bring two individuals with their family together. The Hindu wedding is for full of ritual and culture and each of those things shows us symbolic of beauties and sentiments. Brides and grooms propose to married each other and enter them to the grahasthashrama as a married couple. This wedding has three types of parts in the celebrations. Pre wedding, wedding on that day and post wedding.
Pre wedding- Rituals are starting with panda Kaal Muhurtham wherein the groom and the bride with their family prayer to the god for succeeding of wedding ceremony on before the third or fifth day of wedding and including all preparation like Poojas, family together shopping,etc. Finally Mehndhicelebrating, entertainments and other rituals held the day before of wedding, this two family with the couple meet together with party and have many fun in the full night and happily enjoy their celebration.
On the day of wedding– The grooms and the Brides are welcoming by two families on the beautiful stage of mandap separately and the couples are looking very gorgeous with garland. A pundit who has selected the day for the wedding based on groom and bride horoscopes, starts the ceremony by conducting prayers and poojas to the god to bless this occasion, with their family member andtheir relative for the couple happy married life.so on the muhurtham time the grooms ties three knots by the yellow thread to the Brides neck and the pundit chants the sloka for the couple in front of fire like
“Mangalyamtantunanena mama jeevanahetuna: kanthebadhnamisubhagetwamjeevasaradasatam”
“Grooms wish Bride like this sacred threads purpose is for my long life that should be tie around the neck. O maiden of many auspicious attributes while starting with you my life, May you live happily for hundred years”On that time the whole family and the relatives are wish them with full of emotions and blessing by throwing the akshathai (rice with turmeric) to the new couple. Then they will exchange their garland to each other’s and end up with some other formalities in the mandap.In the wedding both of the family and relations exchange their gifts each other and end up with lunch with glorious menu items with rice. After the wedding ceremonies over, the bride leaves with her husband marital home with full of emotions.
Post wedding-On her marital home bride is welcomed by her new family with the traditional aarti with sweets .In the Evening the reception Party can be take place with full of events and enjoyment in night with heavy dinner with ice-creams .so finally the guest and the friends are meet the newlywed couple and bless them happily and enjoy the celebration. Finally the couples are end up by their santhi muhurtham following with so many rituals while their starting new life happily with full of dreams.
Meaningful of every tradition:
Marriage-Actually Hindu marriage ceremony is based on marriage of surya, the daughter of savita (The sun) to Ashwinikumar as mentioned in the Rig-Veda is one of the oldest Hindu scriptures, written about 1500 BC.
Wedding Day-It’s also called as lucky day while choosing by their family members, astrologist or priest figures out the auspicious day for their wedding.
Colour code-following the date fixed for wedding our Hindu culture create and send out the wedding invitations in red and gold colour which means this combination of colour indicate wealth(Gold) and health(red).
Couples in the holy fire(Agni)-Act as a light, Knowledge, power and the witness of ceremony and the couple prayed in front of fire for children, Wealth, properties and long healthier life.
Circle the fire for four times-Couples are circle in the fire with bride brother which means after her married life his support is always for them throughout their life journey and the four time rounded which means grooms tell her bride that I am the strength but you are the beauty.Im the purush and you are my prakriti(wife) and lets live our life peacefully, lovingly and a joyful life of hundred years and bring up our progeny.
Fresh Flowers-It means fresh, beauty and colourful likewise couple starts their new life with beauty and colourful happy life. So that only on that wedding day the mandap, bride and garland all the beauty made by the fresh flower with colourful.
MangalaArathi-In the plate of red colour water with lime, turmeric and chuna by that with ghee for create the fire and around circle the new couple for protect them for bad eye evil and welcoming them.
“Happiness in marriage is a moment by moment choice,
A decision to love, forgive and grow old together”
Ndoa ya kidesturi ya Kihindu ni moja ya sherehe muhimu zaidi za maisha ya watu wa India. Katika utamaduni wa harusi ya Kihindu, imani ya kawaida ni kwamba harusi si tu kwa watu wawili bali kwa familia mbili.Kwa hivyo sherehe hii ya harusi italeta watu wawili na familia yao pamoja. Harusi ya Kihindu ni ya ibada na utamaduni na kila moja ya mambo hayo inatuonyesha ishara ya uzuri na hisia. Bibi-arusi na bwana-arusi hujipendekeza kuolewa na kila mmoja na kuwaingiza katika grahasthashrama wakiwa wenzi wa ndoa. Harusi hii ina aina tatu za sehemu katika sherehe. Kabla ya harusi, harusi siku hiyo na baada ya harusi. Maadhimisho ya harusi huanza na Panda Kaal Muhurtham ambapo bwana harusi na bibi harusi pamoja na familia yao huomba kwa mungu kwa mafanikio ya sherehe ya harusi kabla ya siku ya tatu au ya tano ya harusi na ikiwa ni pamoja na maandalizi yote kama vile Pooja, familia pamoja ununuzi, nk. Katika sherehe za Mehndi, sherehe za burudani na sherehe nyingine zilizofanyika siku moja kabla ya harusi, familia hii mbili na wanandoa hukutana pamoja na sherehe na kuwa na furaha nyingi katika usiku mzima na kufurahia sherehe yao. Siku ya harusi <unk> Mabinti wa kiume na mabinti wa kiume wanakaribishwa na familia mbili kwenye hatua nzuri ya mandap kando na wanandoa wanaonekana kuwa wazuri sana na shanga. "Mwanamke na bwana-arusi huanza sherehe kwa kufanya sala na puja kwa mungu ili kubariki tukio hili, na mwanachama wa familia yao na jamaa yao kwa ajili ya maisha ya ndoa ya furaha. ""Mwanamke anafunga kamba tatu kwa kamba ya manjano kwenye shingo ya bibi-arusi na bwana-arusi anaimba sloka kwa ajili ya wanandoa mbele ya moto kama ""Mangali Nanthanamthana mama jeevanathana: kantha-bhabdhanamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamthamtham "O bikira wa sifa nyingi nzuri wakati wa kuanza na wewe maisha yangu, Na uweze kuishi kwa furaha kwa miaka mia moja. "" Wakati huo familia nzima na jamaa wanawatakia kwa hisia kamili na baraka kwa kutupa Akshathai (mchuzi na turmeric) kwa wanandoa wapya." Kisha watachanganya shanga zao kwa kila mmoja na kuishia na taratibu zingine katika mandap. Katika harusi wote wawili wa familia na mahusiano hubadilishana zawadi zao kwa kila mmoja na kuishia na chakula cha mchana na vitu vya orodha ya utukufu na mchele. Baada ya sherehe za arusi kumalizika, bibi-arusi anaondoka pamoja na mume wake nyumbani kwa ndoa akiwa na hisia nyingi. Baada ya harusi, bibi harusi huwakaribishwa na familia yake mpya na aarti ya jadi na peremende.Usiku, sherehe ya mapokezi inaweza kufanyika na matukio mengi na kufurahia usiku na chakula cha jioni kizito na aiskrimu.Kwa hivyo mwishowe mgeni na marafiki wanakutana na wanandoa wapya na kuwabariki kwa furaha na kufurahia sherehe. Mwishowe, wanandoa hao wanaishia na santhi muhurtham yao ikifuata na desturi nyingi wakati wanaanza maisha mapya kwa furaha na kamili ya ndoto. "Hii ni kwa sababu ya kuwa harusi ya Kihindu inaitwa ""Sura"" na inaonyesha kwamba binti ya mungu wa jua, Siva, aliolewa na Ashwinikumar, kama ilivyotajwa katika Rig Veda, moja ya maandishi ya kale zaidi ya Kihindu, iliyoandikwa karibu 1500 KK." Siku ya harusi- Pia inaitwa siku ya bahati wakati wa kuchagua na wanachama wa familia yao, mtaalamu wa nyota au kasisi huamua siku nzuri kwa harusi yao. "Kutokana na tarehe ya harusi, utamaduni wetu wa Kihindu hutengeneza na kutuma mialiko ya harusi kwa rangi nyekundu na dhahabu, ambayo inamaanisha mchanganyiko huu wa rangi unaonyesha utajiri (dhahabu) na afya (nyekundu).""" "Wenzi wa ndoa katika moto mtakatifu (Agni) - kutenda kama mwanga, maarifa, nguvu na shahidi wa sherehe na wanandoa kuomba mbele ya moto kwa ajili ya watoto, utajiri, mali na maisha ya muda mrefu na afya.""" "Wenzi wa ndoa wanazunguka moto mara nne, na ndugu wa bibi-arusi, yaani baada ya ndoa yake, msaada wake huwa kwao wakati wote katika safari yao ya maisha, na mara nne, na wakati huo huo, bwana-arusi anamwambia bibi-arusi kwamba ""Mimi ni nguvu, lakini wewe ni uzuri, wewe ni mke wangu, na sisi tunaishi maisha yetu kwa amani, upendo na furaha ya miaka mia moja.""" Fresh Flowers - Maana yake ni safi, uzuri na rangi vivyo hivyo wanandoa huanza maisha yao mapya na uzuri na maisha ya furaha ya rangi. Kwa hiyo, siku ya harusi, mandap, bride na garland, na uzuri wote uliofanywa na maua safi na rangi. Mangala Arati - Katika sahani ya maji ya rangi nyekundu na limao, turmeric na chuna na hiyo na ghee kwa kuunda moto na kuzunguka wanandoa wapya kwa kuwalinda kutoka kwa jicho baya na kuwapokea. <unk> Furaha katika ndoa ni uchaguzi wa wakati kwa wakati, uamuzi wa kupenda, kusamehe na kuzeeka pamoja <unk>