Main rituals and customs which all followed in south Indian wedding and main reasons of the rituals, which enhances and are the proud of Indian culture. https://weddingdoers.com

1. How Grand South
Indian Weddings Are
Done?

2. How Grand South Indian Weddings Are Done?
Marriage has many rituals and customs
in many of the Indian weddings which
are performed in different places of
south India. Which are performed with
samskaras which express sentiment or
idea of ancient noble sentiments which
details about south Indian culture? The
rituals of south Indian wedding are seen
in every part of the wedding location for
every one by entering in to that place.
The full grown plantain trees are
arranged in front of the main doors,
mango leaves and screw pine petals
are tied for the festoons which are
believed that should not fade. And
sounds of nadaswaram, rangoli at the
door steps these are the some…
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these are the some of the rituals which
should be performed before starting
wedding processes.
Rituals performed before wedding
ceremony
• Before wedding ceremony both bride
and bride groom should take part in the
mangalasnanam or sacred bath in their
respective homes which is performed to
follow the sacred rituals
• Pellikuturu or pellikoduku (making the
bride and the groom ready for wedding),
here both bride and groom are helped
by their parents or relatives…
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to get ready for their wedding which is
followed by shower of blessings from
their relatives and friends.
• Bride groom is brought to the wedding
mandap by flower adorned ride, here
bride and the bride’s parents welcome
bride groom to mandap along with the
nadaswaram bands
• Ganapathi puja is done to remove all
the evils and obstacles, this puja is
worshiped before wedding ceremony in
the presence of all the family member’s
• Worshipping for the pipal tree with the
milk b, which are mainly performed…
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by the 5 married women or bride who is
going to get married for long life of their
husband
• Navagraha puja is performed to
remove all the evils by nine planets
Customs performed in wedding
ceremony
•
By presenting the dhoti for groom and
saree for bride, a puja is followed by
bride and groom separately it is called
vratam. In this puja the bride is meant to
be tied the holy thread on her wrist
which removes all the evils and groom
takes a promise of being as grahista…
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or householder the acceptance of all
these rituals is vratam
• Followed by kaashi yatra which is an
important segment in the south Indian
wedding which makes the both families
closer. In this ritual groom pretends to
leave for kaashi by carrying umbrella,
Varanasi slippers and bamboo fan but
bride’s father or brother tries to stop you
to give her daughter and make her
daughter to marry with you. Followed by
nadaswaram groom is taken to mandap
for marriage
• Exchange of garlands is done by both
bride and the groom for each other …
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Main marriage customs
These are the main wedding customs
which are mainly followed by bride and
groom and their parents like
• Varapuja and Kanyadhanam is done
by bride’s father, in this process bride’s
father washes the legs of the groom
with milk and wiped out with cloth and
he gives his daughter to groom and
groom assures bride father that he will
be her companion for lifetime.
• Kanakadaranam, bride ties a thread
along with piece of turmeric to the wrist
of the groom to bind themselves by
religious rituals
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• Maangalyadaranam, groom ties
mangalsutra to bride’s neck which
makes a belief that bride is going to be
his responsibility for his rest of the life
which includes
love, commitment and happiness,
which is followed by nadaswaram and
drums music.
• Paanigrahanam, holding hands with
each other which bind the marriage
relationship, sapthapadi is walking
seven steps with each other, followed
by pradhana homam, showering the
rice, showing arundathi star,
mangalaharathi and ends with
gruhapravesam of both bride and groom
at groom’s house.
How Grand South Indian Weddings Are
Done?

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