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Hindu Wedding Rituals Vratham Kankana Nandi Kasi Yatra Detail

In an ideal Nandi Srardha, 12 Brahmins are invited, Dhotis and Angavastras are ditributed, their feet washed amidst the chsning of the Srardha Mantras.

Kasi Yatra.

In Hinduism a Man has Four Stations in Life,

Brahmacharya, the Ceibate,

The Grihastha, The Married,

The Vanaprastha, the detachment state, and

The Sanyasin, The Renounced State.

Boys aged 5 are anointed with Upanayana(read my post on this ceremony) and sent to a Guru for the Adhyayana or the repeated learning of the Vedas.

When they reach the age of 13 they are married.

Now the marriageable age has changed.

When the boy comes of age for Marriage,after the Vratham, Kankana Dharanam and Nandi, the Boy goes to Kasi(Benares, Varanasi ,the Holy City of The Hindus, to meditate on the Brahman, The Reality.(Symbolically)

The bride's father intervenes and requests the Bridegroom not to undertake the trip,become a Grihastha as Grihathaasrama is the fundamental Stage of Dharma or the Path of Righteousness, and offers his daughter in Marriage , promising that she will be his soul mate in performing the Vediac rituals that would guarantee spiritual enlightenment.

South Indian Hindu Wedding Rituals Detailed List

Wedding is one of the important Samskaras in a Hindu's Life, as ordained by the Smriti(Guidelines for Day to-day Living).

Forty Samskaras are listed(please read my posts filed under Hinduism)

Pandhalkal, Hindu Wedding ceremony.
The Wedding ceremonies are elaborate.

Typical Marriage arrangements consist of these parts.

1.Finding a Boy of Girl.

2.Matching of the Horoscopes.

3.Visiting the Girl's House by the Groom with his close relatives to know more of the Girl and the Family.

4.Nischyathaatham of the exchange of MOU between the parents of the Groom and Bride( If Grandparents are alive they will perform this-Paternal Grandparents. At this function only close relatives are invited;The Religious aspect id s very minimal and this is more of a Social Occasion, when Date , Time and Venue of the Wedding is announced.

5. Sumangali Prarthanai, when those women who died remaining Married are propitiated.This is normally performed about a couple of days before the Marriage.

6.Samaaradhanai or Dadhyaaradhanai is performed normally after the Sumangali Prarathanai to the family Deity.

7.Pandakkal Naduthal

8.Inviting the Bridegroom is done a day before the Wedding.

9.Wedding Ceremony.

Here I post the procedure for the Wedding ( A post on Sumangali Prarthanai has been shared already)