Jodhpuri Suits for the Indian Bridegroom

Indian men dressing have come a long way. From wearing dhoti-kurta to western styled shirt-trousers, this shift in dressing pattern for Indian men is due to many reasons; important among them are the comfort factor and changing work culture. Dhoti-kurta was the traditional dress of men in most parts of India with regional variations like shirt-dhoti and kurta-pajamas. For regular wear, men in India wore cotton clothes. The influence of western culture in India also affected the dressing. Shirt-trousers soon became the daily wear. The comfort factor and corporate culture introduced in the country, western men wear soon became a norm.

Even for regular wear, men started preferring jeans-T-Shirts. However, when it comes to wedding ceremonies, Indian me still wear the traditional clothes. The Indian Bridegroom dons the traditional attire on the wedding day. Different Indian states have their distinctive attire on the wedding. Bridegroom from the northern state wears the traditional jodhpuri suit or sherwani.

These are Indian-styled suits, which gives the bridegroom elegant and classy look. The Jodhpuri suits are closed jackets suits, which gives bridegroom a regal appearance. This was the princely attire of the Rajasthan, which soon was popular in masses.

The suits have clean cuts and style. They are available in solid shades as well as white, beige and pink. This garment is mostly customized and is simply designed. It can be worn on any formal occasions like weddings and family functions. For marriage, jodhpuri suits are available in rich embroidery. Not just the Indian bridegroom dons jodhpuri suits; male members of the family also prefer wearing these simple yet stylish suits.

The style and cut of the jodhpuri suit makes the entire dressing complete. No accessories are required for this attire. The simplicity of the suits makes up for the accessories. For the bridegroom, wearing a bejeweled necklace completes the look.

Author: Shipra Sinha

The Indian Bridegroom

When you think of the Indian Bridegroom, the first thing that you picture is the traditional Indian attire on the groom. The Indian men wear traditional attire to their wedding. The traditional India garment is the Kurta–Pajama though men now wear western styled coat, trousers and shirts to office. However, in their wedding, men still prefer to don the Indian traditional wedding attire.

India is a land of numerous religions, castes and communities. Each caste and community has their own matrimonial rituals and customs. Even their wedding attire is different. Visit from north to south and east to west, you will find difference in the wedding costumes of the Indian Bridegroom. The southern part of India has wedding mostly during the daytime while the communities belonging to the northern part of India has main wedding function in the night. The hilly regions of the country have wedding attire of the bridegroom quite distinctive from the plains.

The bridegroom from the communities in the southern and eastern part of the country wears traditional Indian clothes-the dhoti and kurta during the wedding rituals. Bridegrooms from the southern states of India wear a Mundu or a Lungi. On top the lungi, they wear a shirt of similar color. The lungi-mundu is usually white and of silk. They also put the Angavastram to complete the look.

The bridegroom from Bengal, the eastern state of India, wears silk dhoti and kurta. During the time of wedding rituals, they remove their kurta and cover themselves with a silk shawl.

In the Northern states of India, like Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, the bridegroom wears a sherwani or jodhpuri suit. The sherwani are heavily embroidered kurtas with crystals and silk threads. Another common bridegroom item is the headgear. The headgear is known as the ‘sehra’ and has flowers covering the face.

Author: Shipra Sinha

Love has No Boundaries

No Boundaries in LOVE

We meet hundreds of people in our life, some become friends and some remain strangers forever. Friendship is the result of the match in frequency of your heart and your mindset with the other person. To develop any kind of positive bond with a person, you must be friends with him. Marriage in India is also following the route of love to a great extent. Love is a feeling, which is generally followed by a strong friendship and which with time gets groomed with the elements of care and understanding. You cannot stop yourself from falling in love with the other person. Feelings are like a free bird, which cannot be controlled and same is the case with the eternal bond called love. It is known to be the purest of the bonds, we feel and form in our lifetime. Lifelong commitment or marriage is a result of the bond of love, you form with a person.

There is supposed to be no looking back from there and you must make your love a success by marrying him/ her. Many-a-times, we face problems in love marriage, which is mostly due to difference in the caste or religion of the bride and groom. You do not love a person after asking his religion; it is something, which happens automatically. Love cannot be a planned activity; our heart unknowingly starts humming the tunes of the one, which he likes. That is how the fight of mind and heart begins.

Ultimately, the heart has to win, therefore, from the very starting; you must make every possible effort to convince your parents. They should be made to realize that you are truly and madly in love with him/ her and are made for each other. It is rightly said, you can’t control your feelings for someone, but you can surely convince your elders for the marriage and make your love a success.