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Culture and
Tradition of
Rajasthani
Marriage

2.
Culture and Tradition of Rajasthan
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One of the prestigious events of life
is wedding. Wedding is a ceremony
which unites two people, man and
woman in a strong bond of love,
care and commitment. Well, every
couple has an enthusiasm of celebrating
their marriage in an imperial and
majestic way and Rajasthan has proved
to be one of the favored places to have a
grand celebration of wedding with rituals
and customs of Rajasthani wedding.
Wedding dress is a choosy custom as far
as wedding is concern. Lehenga choli is
among one of the most famous and
preferable dress in traditional Rajasthani
wedding. …

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Culture and Tradition of Rajasthan
In addition, a dress reflects its
prestigious culture and personality, by
what its people wear and how they
wear.
Rajasthani Wedding customs: The
entire Rajasthani wedding have some
common pre and on marriage customs.
Pre marriage Rajasthani ceremonies
and customs:
•Engagement: Inthis wedding ceremon
y, bride and groom exchange rings as a
part of acceptance of each other which
is being followed by the blessings of all
the elders and an offerable feast for
relatives and friends.
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Culture and Tradition of Rajasthan
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•Ganpati Sthapana: The idol of Lord
Ganesha, god of intelligence is being
worshipped and accompanies with the
shower of blessing from the almighty
Lord Ganesha for a
successful Rajasthani wedding.
•Pithi Dastoor: In this Rajasthani
wedding, the custom of applying paste
of turmeric/haldi on the hands and feet
of bride and groom in their homes after
which they are not allowed to leave the
house until marriage is completely
done.

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Culture and Tradition of Rajasthan
• Mehfils: Before the day of marriage a
small party or mehfil is planned in the
home premise which is an important
custom in Rajasthani wedding. The
event is accompanied by dance and
songs along with a dinner for both
families.
•Janeva Ceremony: In this ceremony,
on the day (morning) of
the marriage day, groom is dressed in
saffron robes and is supposed to
perform a Havan, in which he is
supposed to wear a pious thread which
signifies that he will seek renunciation
from the worldly affairs and step into a
married life.
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Culture and Tradition of Rajasthan
•Palla Dastoor: In the early morning
hours of wedding day, the father and
brother of groom visit bride’s house with
a girt of jewelry and wedding dress for
the bride.
•?Toran: The entrance of bride home is
decorated with beautiful flowers called
Toran. The groom hits the Toran with a
straw to ward off evil eye from his to be
bride. This custom is called Toranchar.
Rajasthani Marriage customs and
Ceremonies:
Granthi Bandhan: After applying
turmeric paste on girl’s hand, father of…
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Culture and Tradition of Rajasthan
bride gives her hand in the hands of
groom which signifies to hand over her
responsibility to groom. This custom
of Rajasthani wedding is called
Kanyadan.
•Paani Grahan: In
this marriage ceremony, the groom
promises to take her responsibility for
lifetime.
•Phera Ceremony: The couple goes
round the fire for seven times which is
called Phera.
•Satapadi: The bride and groom take
seven steps together toward the…
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Culture and Tradition of
Rajasthani Marriage
direction of Sun God Direction which
signifies to wall together in all situations
in life.
•Bidai: After completing all
the Rajasthani wedding customs the
girl is sent along with the groom to start
with the new life.
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