Thursday, June 27, 2013

Hindi Brides

India is a land of mixed religion and customs. Marriage in the country is celebrated with high spirits. With rich cultural base and traditions to practice, marriage is accompanied by day’s celebration in the country involving a grand eve on the wedding date followed by feast, but cynosure in the wedding remains the bride. Decked up in most beautiful “shaadi ka joda” with accessories adding sheen to her persona, Indian bride reflects splendor and stands in the limelight. This article speaks about beautiful Hindi brides and grandiose celebration involved.

Hindi Bride
Hindi Bride
Hindi bride is a holistic term used for brides in various states of the country, but predominantly Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are the Hindi speaking belt. The populace in these states prefers Hindi over their vernacular speech. They need not necessarily to be of any specific faith, indeed they can be of any religion. Not all, but major chunk of the populace is of Hindus who have entirely different style of wedding and celebrations.

Following the Hindu mythology, matching of horoscope and gotras is essential in the communities .It is a strong held belief to get the “kundli matched” hence therefore proper matchmaking of the bride and groom is done for eternal bond of the duo. Once the horoscopes match, then only other proceedings takes place.

Marriages are considered as an important institution and therefore the auspicious occasion is marked by various customs and traditions to be implemented. Since the day marriage is fixed, both the families commence preparations. First ceremony marking the fixation of marriage is ring ceremony or engagement. Customs and traditions may vary as per the religion and play a major role as in what will be the ceremonial thread as Muslims have different ceremonies than Sikhs and so on.

Be it any religion but Hindi bride is the center of attraction, the attires worn by the brides involves rich embroidered lehangas with red and green patterns being the prominent colors preferred.

Author:
Subhadra Bhadauria