{"id":16445,"date":"2019-06-21T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T05:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=16445"},"modified":"2019-06-21T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T08:44:47","slug":"visit-to-an-indian-marriage-with-traditional-indian-attire-ltv-cultural-event-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/visit-to-an-indian-marriage-with-traditional-indian-attire-ltv-cultural-event-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to an Indian Marriage with traditional Indian attire – LTV Cultural Event, April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 22nd<\/sup> of April 2019, FSL-India Kundapur organised a Cultural Event for 2 LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Kundapur. This month, the Cultural Event was mainly focused on an Indian Marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LTV Coordinator Dinesh\u2019s friend named Bharath was getting married, so he invited FSL-India’s volunteers to his marriage. First, we all met at Kundapura bus station and had a small meeting about marriage customs and buying a gift for the groom. Then, we traveled towards the marriage hall named Sri Narayana Guru Kalyana Mantapa, which is a very old marriage hall in Kundapura. After that, the volunteers witnessed all the traditional Hindu marriage customs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a tradition which is imperative  and is held at the bride\u2019s house a day before the wedding. In this ceremony, only the parents of the groom and the relatives of the bride are invited. After the Madarangi (Mehendi) ceremony, the radiant looking bride comes to pray to the sacred tulsi plant which symbolises the Goddess Lakshmi. The bride is then made to sit on a beautifully festooned chair facing east. For completing the tradition, a silver plate is filled with raw rice mixed thoroughly with kumkum (vermilion powder) and haldi (turmeric), and a coconut is placed on them, which symbolises the presence of Lord Ganapathi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this, a\ntall wick lamp is lit, which is adorned with jasmine flowers. Then, all the\nwomen present in the ceremony and wearing red and green bangles glass bangles,\ncome forward near the bride. The eldest married woman, known as \u2018Sumangali\u2019,\nstarts the ceremony by putting a toe ring on the bride\u2019s second toe. Then, the\nother Sumangalis put red and green bangles in the bride\u2019s hands in a sequence\nand also put jasmine flowers in her hair. The bride is also made to wear one\nblack bangle to remove any drishti or evil eye effect. Since the bride is\nconsidered the Lakshmi in the house, the ceremony is ended by doing an aarthi\nof the bride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With aarthi, the\nactual wedding ceremonies begin. As the bride enters the wedding hall, half an\nhour before the dhare, she is welcomed by her sister-in-law, who lets her in\nafter washing the feet of the bride. As the bride comes in, the Sumangalis\npresent in the ceremony and the bride\u2019s aunt do the aarthi and put haldi and\nkumkum on her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nThe mantap, where the wedding ceremonies takes\nplace is decorated with jasmine flowers, mango leaves and arecanut. The bride\u2019s\nsister-in-law takes her to the mantap and lets her sit on the right side. The\nbride is welcomed in the mantap with trumpet music and the same procedure is\nfollowed for welcoming the groom also. The brother of the bride washes the\ngroom\u2019s feet and takes him to mantap making him seat on the left side next to\nthe bride. The groom\u2019s family and mother give haldi-kumkum, poov sere (sari and\nflowers) and wedding jewellery to the bride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin this\nceremony, the bride\u2019s parents fill a brass vessel with water and take it to all\nthe elders hailing from both the families to seek their blessings. Then the\nritual known as \u2018Dhare\u2019 or \u2018Kanyadaan\u2019 begins. \u2018Nanya\u2019, an antique gold coin is\nplaced on the palm of the bride underneath which the groom places his hands. The\nbride\u2019s parents start pouring water onto the hands of the couple from the brass\nvessel that was blessed by all the elders of the family. The FSL-India coordinator\nand volunteers went to the stage, wished the couple and gave them a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this, the groom\nis required to put a \u201cMangalsutra\u201d on the bride\u2019s neck which has been blessed\nby 5 Sumangalis. After this, the groom places the wedding ring on the right\nring finger of the bride. Similarly, bride slips a gold ring onto the groom\u2019s\nfinger. Then, the couple holds the \u2018chombu\u2019 (the vessel), sits down and rises\nswiftly 3 times. This ritual is known as \u201cDhareyeruna\u201d. In this ritual, a\nbrahmin lights up a scared fire known as \u2018Homa\u2019 in the midst of vedic chants.\nThe bride\u2019s brother gives a fistful of puffed rice in the hands of the couple,\nwhich they offer to the sacred fire each time they take a \u2018Fera\u2019 (go around the\nsacred fire). Everyone present in the ceremony takes the raw rice mixed with\nkumkum and haldi and gives their blessings to the couple. The Sumangalis\nperform the aarthi and put kumkum-haldi on the couple. All the elders then\nbless the couple as the wedding ceremonies get over. Afterwards, we moved to have\nlunch, which was prepared in the temple. All the volunteers were very surprised because they served food\nin big banana leaves and also, so many varieties of food, as well as a sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The volunteers said it was worthwhile program from FSL-India. As volunteers they were looking forward to have a new cultural experience. The volunteers said the enjoyed the function and learnt about Indian tradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orane, France<\/strong> : This is the first\nwedding I attended. It was a really interesting and nice experience. As\nexpected, the traditions are really different from France (except for the\nrice). And weddings are part of the culture, so I am really glad that I had the\nchance to see all the rituals during the ceremony with the groom and the bride.\nAfter the ceremony, I also enjoyed the delicious food served on the banana leaf.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanan, Sweden<\/strong>:Today\u2019s cultural event was surely interesting and different from any\nother wedding I have attended to. It was a super nice atmosphere and also nice\nto see so many people all together. I have to say that after being in India for\nalmost 5 months, you never get used to all the colourful places and clothes,\nand you always get amazed by it. In today’s wedding, all the women were wearing\nvery beautiful saris with many different colours. Even the bride and the groom\nwere also wearing breathtaking costumes. You never experience these colourful\ndresses and saris in European weddings. For that reason, I think it\u2019s so cool\nto experience this and to participate in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus, Spain<\/strong>: Very interesting experience. We discovered how it is have an Indian\nwedding in the best way… living it! Traditions, rituals, celebrations… so\ninteresting and very nice Indian culture immersion!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 22nd of April 2019, FSL-India Kundapur organised a Cultural Event for 2 LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Kundapur. This month, the Cultural Event was mainly focused on an Indian Marriage. LTV Coordinator Dinesh\u2019s friend named Bharath was getting married, so he invited FSL-India’s volunteers to his marriage. First, we all met at Kundapura bus station…<\/p>\n

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