Hindu wedding
Hindu wedding ceremony
Marriage is one of the three rites of passage made in the life of a Hindu.
It is celebrated as a sacrament that allows two individuals to start their journey in life together.
Marriage is considered an important step towards spiritual perfection.
There are customs, traditions and religious ceremonies performed by the priest, with each stage having a symbolic connotation, philosophical and spiritual own.
Rituals form the basis of all wedding ceremonies and most rituals are there to invoke the gods and ward off evil spirits to ensure a bright future.
For a Hindu, fire is considered the pillar of life, it follows that the ceremony takes place in front of a sacrificial fire, "homam".
While the husband and wife are sitting in front of the sacrificial fire, the priest recites verses from various religious scriptures in Sanskrit, which is the oldest language in the world to still be used today. The priest also told the members of each family to make offerings in the fire while chanting mantras and sacred hymns.
1. Ganapati Puja (worship of the elephant god)
All pujas or prayers begin with the worship of Lord Ganesh, the elephant god of good fortune, the Lord of the initiation and the one who removes obstacles. No deity will accept the offerings before Ganesh gets his due (The Lord Ganesh is invoked to bring peace, kindness and blessings for a smooth ceremony st of success, without disadvantages and that the couple share together a complete and full life of happiness).
2. Grahashanti (prayers to the gods of the planets)
For starters, the priest offers prayers to the gods associated with the nine planets of the solar system, to bless the couple and their new life together.
(Early studies indicate that various celestial bodies have a considerable influence on the destiny of each individual. Among these, the effects of the nine planets are deep. Exists and 9 varieties of seeds that are prevalent in the sacrificial fire. Recent represent the abundance and purification).
3. Raksha Bhandan (tightness of the sacred thread, for protection)
Prayers are chanted by the priest. A bead soaked in turmeric powder charge energy through prayer is tied around the wrist of the first husband and later wife to invoke the blessings of the gods, with the hope that they protect each other and take care of one another.
(The circular shield symbolizes the divine power cord protecting the couple against the wounds of life and ensuring a successful event. The priest also asks bodies and souls of both members of the couple to be washed of all past sins and form of selfishness so they can integrate the sacred institution of marriage.
4. Dhaanam Kanya (The gift of the bride)
Kanya is the daughter and Dhaanam refers to the donation. Before doing so, the priest by his prayers invoke three families ancestors respective families, the universe and all those present to bear witness to the event and bless the couple.
In this part of the ceremony, the bride sits, usually on his knees with the palms of her hand facing up and placed on those of his father turned up also.
A coconut, betel leaves and nuts are placed on the hands of the bride.
Water is poured over the hands of the wife by her mother. Then the father removed his hands from his daughter while placing the hand of the bride on the hands of the spouse accepts daanam (donation).
(In fact the wife's parents offer her hand in marriage, provided it is treated right and fair.'s Wife is then offered as a gift to the husband and entrusted to her care. The spouses mutually agree to turn the hand of the bride.)
The husband usually has the koorai (the sari the wedding) to the wife for him that he will give her what she needs and fill the benefits. The wife can then leave to dress her new sari or accept while he ties the thali.
Before that, a couple married for a long time, which is a close relationship of the wife, takes the stage with the thali or "tirumangalyam" signifying that the matrimonial chain around the guests in order to receive their blessings.
5. Exchange of garlands
The bride enters the room accompanied. Five women on each side wear plates filled with clothes, wedding saris, gold, the Thali, sweets, fruit and garlands. The couple exchange garlands three times, symbolizing the formal mutual acceptance and the other as a partner for life, sharing their lives in order to adapt and accommodate themselves to each other.
In accomplishing this, the bride and the groom are helped by their maternal uncles.
The bride and the groom are then seated. Women perform several rituals each family
to ward off evil spirits by throwing colored rice balls in four directions of space
after turning around the couple three times.
The couple receives an offering of milk and fruit to start a fresh life together, with the support of both families.
6. Thirumangalaya Dharanam (The tightening of Thali)
Once the tray is made thali blessed, while the bride sits on the lap of his father,
the groom ties the yellow cord with pendants of the family of the young bride embossed emblem of the family. The bridegroom is the first node for love, while its emissions sister second and third node to the loyalty and unity of the family.
This is accompanied by a crescendo of music, and throwing yellow rice grains from the guests. The bride symbolically takes place to the left of the bridegroom.
7. Paani Grahanam (holding hands)
The groom then takes the right of the bride as a sign of acceptance and hand solemnly declare before God that they became a single being and continues to hold his hand with a promise to follow his thoughts and actions to the Scriptures sacred in Hinduism and four goals of human existence which are Dharma (duty), Aartha (prosperity), Kama (sensual pleasures) and Moksha (spiritual salvation) through his love and support.
This ritual symbolizes the sacrifice of the heart of the bride in the hands of the bridegroom, on the occasion of the wedding.
8. Pradhaana Homam (fire ignition)
Agni, the god of fire, is then invoked to witness the wedding vows and
the fact remained devoted to each other.
Crushed sandalwood, herbs, sugar rice and oil are offered in the sacred fire ceremony, as tributes to the couple. The wedding ceremony is performed solemnly
before the main symbol of knowledge and control, stability, durability, power and purity.
(The flame of fire represents the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance The couple offers prayers to the cosmic gods through fire From Ghee is offered with prayers for the well being,.. A long life, health, offspring, protection and abstinence over sins.)
9. Saptha Padhi (The Seven Steps)
In this most auspicious and most important stage of the ceremony, the groom takes the hand of the bride and circunambule seven times around the sacred fire.
At each step, an appropriate mantra is recited to express noble sentiments
sense of duty, love, fidelity, mutual respect and also express that they
that do not form a single being in mind, body and soul in relation to their future
married life together.
They also formulate the wish to follow the basic principles of human life through marriage.
Saptha Padhi means the beginning of the couple's life through cohabitation.
The significance of the steps is as follows:
1st-What they have in common, respect and honor
Developing second-psychological and physical health
Third-Increase spiritual health
4th-Acquire knowledge, happiness, harmony and contentment
5th-Being blessed with a prosperous family
6th-Develop mutual restraint and gain longevity
7th-symbol mutual love, friendship and devotion to one another.
With the crossing of the last step, the marriage is now religiously
celebrated in its entirety and includes irrevocable. The couple now
is united by a marriage indissoluble. This step is concluded with a prayer
imbued with a deep devotion.
(Apart from the religious significance of the seven steps, there is also a logical
Math is run by seven circunambulations around the sacred fire.
Indeed, a circle is 360 degrees and all the numbers between 1 and 9 are
dividers 360 except number 7, by an irrational number to
portray marriage as indivisible.)
10. Shila Rohan (climb the slab)
Shila is stone and Rohan refers to the fact of the climb. When the seventh stage
was completed, the groom places the right foot of his wife on a granite slab
flat or "ammi" (which represents the gothram or horoscope of the spouse).
(The stone symbolizes strength and confidence. Each married couple is supposed to meet the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows, prosperity and adversity, sickness and health. Despite everything which they face, they are encouraged to remain united, dedicated, sincere towards each other and stable as the "ammi".)
The bride is then presented with a silver ring with toes,
symbolizing that she is welcome in the family.
Then the couple has three handles all puffed rice to Agni, to seal his marriage vows.
11. Aarathi
The priest invokes the blessings of the heavenly gods, while two elderly women perform the Aarathi. This is when a mixture of lemon, saffron and turmeric powder prepared on a tray is swirled around the couple and thrown in all directions to ward off evil spirits.
12. Ashirvâdam (blessing)
Family and friends offer their congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds.
The custom is that grains of rice sprinkled with turmeric and saffron are thrown on the couple sign a long and happy married life together.
With that the wedding ceremony is over.
A vegetarian buffet is served at the end of the ceremony to honor and thank the guests for their kindness.
Thank you to you for joining us to celebrate this auspicious event and giving us your blessings.
Marriage is one of the three rites of passage made in the life of a Hindu.
It is celebrated as a sacrament that allows two individuals to start their journey in life together.
Marriage is considered an important step towards spiritual perfection.
There are customs, traditions and religious ceremonies performed by the priest, with each stage having a symbolic connotation, philosophical and spiritual own.
Rituals form the basis of all wedding ceremonies and most rituals are there to invoke the gods and ward off evil spirits to ensure a bright future.
For a Hindu, fire is considered the pillar of life, it follows that the ceremony takes place in front of a sacrificial fire, "homam".
While the husband and wife are sitting in front of the sacrificial fire, the priest recites verses from various religious scriptures in Sanskrit, which is the oldest language in the world to still be used today. The priest also told the members of each family to make offerings in the fire while chanting mantras and sacred hymns.
1. Ganapati Puja (worship of the elephant god)
All pujas or prayers begin with the worship of Lord Ganesh, the elephant god of good fortune, the Lord of the initiation and the one who removes obstacles. No deity will accept the offerings before Ganesh gets his due (The Lord Ganesh is invoked to bring peace, kindness and blessings for a smooth ceremony st of success, without disadvantages and that the couple share together a complete and full life of happiness).
2. Grahashanti (prayers to the gods of the planets)
For starters, the priest offers prayers to the gods associated with the nine planets of the solar system, to bless the couple and their new life together.
(Early studies indicate that various celestial bodies have a considerable influence on the destiny of each individual. Among these, the effects of the nine planets are deep. Exists and 9 varieties of seeds that are prevalent in the sacrificial fire. Recent represent the abundance and purification).
3. Raksha Bhandan (tightness of the sacred thread, for protection)
Prayers are chanted by the priest. A bead soaked in turmeric powder charge energy through prayer is tied around the wrist of the first husband and later wife to invoke the blessings of the gods, with the hope that they protect each other and take care of one another.
(The circular shield symbolizes the divine power cord protecting the couple against the wounds of life and ensuring a successful event. The priest also asks bodies and souls of both members of the couple to be washed of all past sins and form of selfishness so they can integrate the sacred institution of marriage.
4. Dhaanam Kanya (The gift of the bride)
Kanya is the daughter and Dhaanam refers to the donation. Before doing so, the priest by his prayers invoke three families ancestors respective families, the universe and all those present to bear witness to the event and bless the couple.
In this part of the ceremony, the bride sits, usually on his knees with the palms of her hand facing up and placed on those of his father turned up also.
A coconut, betel leaves and nuts are placed on the hands of the bride.
Water is poured over the hands of the wife by her mother. Then the father removed his hands from his daughter while placing the hand of the bride on the hands of the spouse accepts daanam (donation).
(In fact the wife's parents offer her hand in marriage, provided it is treated right and fair.'s Wife is then offered as a gift to the husband and entrusted to her care. The spouses mutually agree to turn the hand of the bride.)
The husband usually has the koorai (the sari the wedding) to the wife for him that he will give her what she needs and fill the benefits. The wife can then leave to dress her new sari or accept while he ties the thali.
Before that, a couple married for a long time, which is a close relationship of the wife, takes the stage with the thali or "tirumangalyam" signifying that the matrimonial chain around the guests in order to receive their blessings.
5. Exchange of garlands
The bride enters the room accompanied. Five women on each side wear plates filled with clothes, wedding saris, gold, the Thali, sweets, fruit and garlands. The couple exchange garlands three times, symbolizing the formal mutual acceptance and the other as a partner for life, sharing their lives in order to adapt and accommodate themselves to each other.
In accomplishing this, the bride and the groom are helped by their maternal uncles.
The bride and the groom are then seated. Women perform several rituals each family
to ward off evil spirits by throwing colored rice balls in four directions of space
after turning around the couple three times.
The couple receives an offering of milk and fruit to start a fresh life together, with the support of both families.
6. Thirumangalaya Dharanam (The tightening of Thali)
Once the tray is made thali blessed, while the bride sits on the lap of his father,
the groom ties the yellow cord with pendants of the family of the young bride embossed emblem of the family. The bridegroom is the first node for love, while its emissions sister second and third node to the loyalty and unity of the family.
This is accompanied by a crescendo of music, and throwing yellow rice grains from the guests. The bride symbolically takes place to the left of the bridegroom.
7. Paani Grahanam (holding hands)
The groom then takes the right of the bride as a sign of acceptance and hand solemnly declare before God that they became a single being and continues to hold his hand with a promise to follow his thoughts and actions to the Scriptures sacred in Hinduism and four goals of human existence which are Dharma (duty), Aartha (prosperity), Kama (sensual pleasures) and Moksha (spiritual salvation) through his love and support.
This ritual symbolizes the sacrifice of the heart of the bride in the hands of the bridegroom, on the occasion of the wedding.
8. Pradhaana Homam (fire ignition)
Agni, the god of fire, is then invoked to witness the wedding vows and
the fact remained devoted to each other.
Crushed sandalwood, herbs, sugar rice and oil are offered in the sacred fire ceremony, as tributes to the couple. The wedding ceremony is performed solemnly
before the main symbol of knowledge and control, stability, durability, power and purity.
(The flame of fire represents the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance The couple offers prayers to the cosmic gods through fire From Ghee is offered with prayers for the well being,.. A long life, health, offspring, protection and abstinence over sins.)
9. Saptha Padhi (The Seven Steps)
At each step, an appropriate mantra is recited to express noble sentiments
sense of duty, love, fidelity, mutual respect and also express that they
that do not form a single being in mind, body and soul in relation to their future
married life together.
They also formulate the wish to follow the basic principles of human life through marriage.
Saptha Padhi means the beginning of the couple's life through cohabitation.
The significance of the steps is as follows:
1st-What they have in common, respect and honor
Developing second-psychological and physical health
Third-Increase spiritual health
4th-Acquire knowledge, happiness, harmony and contentment
5th-Being blessed with a prosperous family
6th-Develop mutual restraint and gain longevity
7th-symbol mutual love, friendship and devotion to one another.
With the crossing of the last step, the marriage is now religiously
celebrated in its entirety and includes irrevocable. The couple now
is united by a marriage indissoluble. This step is concluded with a prayer
imbued with a deep devotion.
(Apart from the religious significance of the seven steps, there is also a logical
Math is run by seven circunambulations around the sacred fire.
Indeed, a circle is 360 degrees and all the numbers between 1 and 9 are
dividers 360 except number 7, by an irrational number to
portray marriage as indivisible.)
10. Shila Rohan (climb the slab)
Shila is stone and Rohan refers to the fact of the climb. When the seventh stage
was completed, the groom places the right foot of his wife on a granite slab
flat or "ammi" (which represents the gothram or horoscope of the spouse).
(The stone symbolizes strength and confidence. Each married couple is supposed to meet the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows, prosperity and adversity, sickness and health. Despite everything which they face, they are encouraged to remain united, dedicated, sincere towards each other and stable as the "ammi".)
The bride is then presented with a silver ring with toes,
symbolizing that she is welcome in the family.
Then the couple has three handles all puffed rice to Agni, to seal his marriage vows.
11. Aarathi
The priest invokes the blessings of the heavenly gods, while two elderly women perform the Aarathi. This is when a mixture of lemon, saffron and turmeric powder prepared on a tray is swirled around the couple and thrown in all directions to ward off evil spirits.
12. Ashirvâdam (blessing)
Family and friends offer their congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds.
The custom is that grains of rice sprinkled with turmeric and saffron are thrown on the couple sign a long and happy married life together.
With that the wedding ceremony is over.
A vegetarian buffet is served at the end of the ceremony to honor and thank the guests for their kindness.
Thank you to you for joining us to celebrate this auspicious event and giving us your blessings.
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