On the morning of the wedding, both the families dispatch gifts called tattva to the other. Members from the groom’s family bring a new saree to be worn by the bride during ‘gaye holud’. They also bring oil, a big, decorated carp or rohu fish, personal grooming and toiletry products, sweetmeats and other edibles. A lot of attention is paid to the number and decoration of the ‘tattva’.
The turmeric paste which is applied on the body of the groom, in a ceremony called gaye holud, is carried along with the tattva to the home of the bride and the same paste is then applied to her body. Then the water brought from the water body at the day break is used to bathe the bride. This is known as snan.
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