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An Indian Hindu wedding procession, baraat, with the bridegroom on a horse, led by a brass band, Pushkar, Rajasthan. Baraat (Hindi: बरात, Urdu: بارات) (pronunciation ⓘ) or Varayatra (Sanskrit: वरयात्रा, romanized: Varayātrā) [1] [2] is a groom's wedding procession in the Indian subcontinent.
This is the beginning of the marriage process. Traditionally, the parents and grandparents of the Indian Hindu bride search for a suitable alliance from their own community. On finding a prospective groom, the bride's parents invite the groom and his parents for an initial face-to-face interaction. This match-making is known as Pelli Choopulu.
An Indian girl holding an umbrella for a Hindu wedding. In North Indian weddings, the bride and the groom say the following words after completing the seven steps: We have taken the Seven Steps. You have become mine forever. Yes, we have become partners. I have become yours. Hereafter, I cannot live without you. Do not live without me.
'seven circumambulations'), is regarded to be the most important rite (Sanskrit: rītī) of a Hindu wedding ceremony. In this rite, the bride and the groom tie a knot and take seven steps together, or complete seven rounds around a sacred fire, accompanied by one vow for each step. After the seventh, the marriage is considered complete. [1] [2]
One day before the wedding, the ceremony of mayian is performed at the couple's respective homes. The prospective bride or groom is seated on a wooden plank called a patri, and a red cloth is held above by four female relatives, while married women of the household and biradari, led by the mother, rub a paste of turmeric, flour and mustard oil on his or her face, arms and legs.
A wedding photographer taking a picture of the bride and her new husband with his family A newlywed couple standing in front of a church and their wedding photographer, Westmount, Montreal, 1945. Wedding photography is a specialty in photography that is primarily focused on the photography of events and activities relating to weddings.
A bride restored lost footage from when she first met the groom. But he had no idea until their wedding day. Bride surprises groom with ‘lost footage’ of the first time they met: ‘That is a ...
Among the Bombay East Indian Christians, the Umbracho Pani ceremony is held, a day before the wedding, in which water drawn from a well is used to bathe by the bride-to-be and groom-to-be. [12] On the wedding day, the couple meet in the presence of a priest at a church. Passages from the Bible are read out. The bride and groom take their ...