Hindu Weddings

Hindu Weddings

Hindu Weddings

Hindu Weddings

This is because we do not drag faith into our everyday life Not because of Hindu, but because of my friends and neighbors. I believe, to this day, the most safe place in the world is my home in India. My sisters and brothers also have the same.

My father has the same story and a similar childhood. I was not the only one. We lived in a safe and friendly environment. When I was growing up all, or the majority of my friends, were Hindu.

My family were Hindu, my friends at school were Hindu, and when I went out to play after school, the children played with were Hindu. We lived, and still do, in a predominantly Hindu area. I grew up in Gujarat in India. Let me share my own experience with you.

We spend most of our time with each other. We have very strong bonding with one another and whether or not we believe in the same things, we do believe in each others friendship. We know each others family, we know and celebrate each others festivals. From childhood we have lived and played and grown up together. And yet we know each others faiths very well, and we have mutual respect too.

in fact we share almost everything - except faith. Indians share a lot of things such as culture, school, university, cinema, restaurants, sunshine, rain... We Indians have lived in India as one family, regardless of our faith. When we think of Indian weddings, the second thing we think of is Indian food.

Kannada Wedding Ritual

The bride then arrives to the mandap and both the After this ceremony, the father of the bride welcomes the groom by washing his feet which is called the var puja. Wedding ceremonies – the very first ceremony that is performed in the wedding ceremony is the mandap Puja, where the main hall or mandap where is the wedding is to take place is purified. After that, turmeric paste is applied on their bodies. Here all the wedding items are placed in front of lord ganesha before the groom leaves for the bride’s house.

The last ceremony before the weeding is dev karya. This is followed by kashi yatra, in this ceremony the groom pretends to leave for kashi, and the bride’s father or his maternal uncle tries to lure him back by showing him the bride he chose. The significance of this ceremony is to make sure that there are no interruptions in the marriage ceremony. Pre-wedding rituals – the very first ritual is the naandi ceremony, both the bride as well as the groom participate in this ceremony. There is no fixed wedding ritual that is followed in Karnataka because there are multiple sub-kannada communities each having their own style of performing marriages.

The people of Karnataka, also known as kannidias, have many communities hence the marriage ritual varies in each of them unlike other communities in India like Punjabi matrimony, Orissa matrimony, Bengali matrimony, Tamil matrimony etc. The weddings in Karnataka are a simple and joyful affair unlike other weddings in India, which are bright and pompous.