About Indian Wedding Cards
November 20, 2009
The Indian culture celebrates marriage as a sacrament (sanskara), a ritual that allows two people to start their journey in life together. At a Hindu wedding, the multiplicity of creation becomes possible when (spirit Purush) unites with matter (Prakritti). The Hindu wedding emphasizes three essential values: happiness, harmony and growth.
The institution of marriage goes back to the Vedic era. The ceremony was held on a day when half the "brilliant" northern course of the sun. Months before the wedding an engagement ceremony known as Mangni takes place. This is to bless the couple, who are then given gifts of jewelry and clothing from her new family.
The wedding ceremony is one of the oldest traditions of Indian culture. The elements of the ceremony were established more than forty centuries in the ancient Hindu scriptures called the Vedas. "Marriage (Lagna) in the presence of all guests,
not just the union of a man and woman, but also their families. This section covers most aspects of a Hindu wedding, the preparations and traditions to specific details of the wedding ceremonies for nine different branches of Hinduism. Hindus believe in many gods (Devas), but only one Supreme Being.