Lord Ganesh is always the first deity to be propitiated at any significant event. His blessings are invoked before the preparations begin for the wedding so that no obstacles present themselves and all goes well.
Lord Ganesh is worshipped for success of the
ceremony and nine planets for good household life of bride and bridegroom.
This is a
very important religious ceremony. Both sets of parents are the primary figures
in the invocation. On behalf of the parents, the officiating priests ask the
deities to ensure stellar harmony and peace during the period of their son and
daughter's wedding.
The bride takes a coconut to her parents who are seated on 'patlas' (low stools) in front of the sacred fire and seats herself beside them. While the priest is performing the 'puja', which can take up to two hours - she hands this 'shriphal' (coconut) to her parents, who in turn hand it over to the priest for 'ahuti' (sacrifice). The coconut is consigned to flames, thus propagating peace and harmony between all the nine planets.
The bride takes a coconut to her parents who are seated on 'patlas' (low stools) in front of the sacred fire and seats herself beside them. While the priest is performing the 'puja', which can take up to two hours - she hands this 'shriphal' (coconut) to her parents, who in turn hand it over to the priest for 'ahuti' (sacrifice). The coconut is consigned to flames, thus propagating peace and harmony between all the nine planets.
When
the girl grows up and gets married, the 'mama' or maternal uncle comes with the
'mameru' consisting of clothes, jewellery and other gifts items including the
traditional 'paanetar' (silk wedding sari - usually white with red border) and
'choodo' (ivory bangle - now replaced with acrylic or plastic). The 'mameru'
ceremony takes place one day before the wedding.
In
this ritual, the groom's scarf or shawl is tied to the bride's saree. This knot
and the joined hands of the couple symbolise the union of two souls joined
together in holy matrimony. The acharya chants mantras to invoke the blessings
of Goddess Laxmi and Goddess Parvati for the saubhagyavrata or wife. The family
and relatives present also come together to bless the couple and shower grains
of rice and rose petals on them.
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it is the Hindu customs in which after marriage, the bride walks out with the Groom from her parent's home into a new world to lay the foundation for an entire new life with new family and a different environment. The tears of joy and sorrow can be witnessed not only on the daughter's face, but also on the Mother's.
"Years
of bonding and a separation within minutes."
It's
hard to describe that feeling her daughter being sent off which runs through a
mother's mind and the emotions which fill her heart. Unimaginable
it is to see a mother cry and smile at same time by hiding her tears.
When
you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts.
A
mother always has thought twice, once for herself and once for her child. A
daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family
confederacy, an extension of herself.
In
Gujarati they say "દીકરી તો પારકી થાપણ કહેવાય" ( Dikri
to Parki thapan Kevay )
Which
can also means – "The farewell of a daughter is inevitable".
