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The mandap was set... The baraat also came... Everybody was now now waiting for the bride to grace the mandap. Arjun sat on the mandap doing some little rituals,while,Sameer,Shree,Chotu and Karan stood behind Arjun to give him moral support..
Anika tied the pearl string around Shanaya's forehead,who was dressed in beautiful purple and yellow nauvari saree...The traditional nathni and her hands' full of green bangles' and some minimal jewellery brought in the glow of a traditional Maharashtrian bridal look. Anika took a dash of kajal and applied it behind Shanaya's ears...
''Nazar na lage tumhe...'' Anika said,smilingly and hugged her... Shanaya also hugged her... Then,Goldie came and took Anika away for the major rituals...
The Antarpat was brought in,to barr Arjun to see his Bride... As the Pandit was reciting the ''Mangalashtakas'',the Pandit signalled to lower the Natarpat,so that Arjun and Shanaya could see each other,who were standing in their respecive places,with ''Varmalas'' in their hand...
The Panditji signalled the couple to exchange the garlands.. Amidst laughter and flower sprinkles,Arjun and Shanaya exchanged their garlands,while,Anika and Goldie played the conch shell for three times...
As Arjun and Shanaya sat down,the couple performed the Ganpati Sthapana ritual.. After that,it was the Kanyadaan ritual. Sameer and Aayesha came forward and performed Shanaya's kanyadaan... Shanaya had tears in her eyes... She never thought that her wedding will take place,that too,Sameer and Aayesha doing her Kanyadann.. She silenly prayed to her Madhav for fulfilling her wish and prayed for their and Arjun and her's married life..
After a while,Anika and Goldie jointly did the Gatbandhan ritual. After that,the couple stood for the ''Pheres''. Arjun took the first step and took the first four pheres.. After that,Shanaya came and took the last three pheres'. All this while,Arjun took Shanaya's hand in his and took the pheres'. Flowers were being showered upon them. Sameer-Aayesha,Karan-Simran and Shree-Liza reminisced their wedding memories in this wedding... They all had a smile on their faces and thanked the God for listening to them..
Somewhere,very far away...
A person was very happy seeing the love birds' together... A girl,in her mid twenties' came and saw her love happy... She went towards him and kept her hand on his shoulder.
''Dekha,Radha... Main avashya satya hi kehta thha,ki,humesha sacchai aur acchayi ki jeet hogi aur aaj bhi wahi hua... Dono premiyo ki aaj vivaah bhi hogaya hai.. Kitne khush lagrahe hai dono..''
''Haan,Gokul naath Krishna... Sach mein... Uss larki ke shraddha mein bohut takat thhi ki usse uski sacche prem se milwaya hai... Aapki pujaran jo thehri... Aap toh prem ke devta jo thehre...''
''Hmm... Sadev hi iss jorey ka naam liya jayega... Do premi jo aaj aane har ek janam keliye bandh chuke hai... Jagatpita Shiv aur Mata Parvaati ki aashirwaad se iss jorey ko bohut aashirwaad milega...''
Later..
''Kanya ke maang mein sindoor bhariye...'' Pandit said...
Arjun took a pinch of sindoor and filled Shanaya's maang,marking her as his wife forever..
''Ab kanya ko mangalsutra pehnaiye.'' Pandit asked...
Arjun took out a mangalsutra from his sherwani pocket and told the Pandit and said, ''Panditji,yeh meri Aai ki mangalsutra hai.. Main yeh apni patni ko pehnana chahta hu...''
''Avashya putra..''
Arjun happily turned around towards Shanaya and tied the necklace around her neck... Shanaya was feeling blessed becoming Arjun's wife and she promised to herself that she will fulfill all the duties of of a wife and a daughter-in-law...
''Aaj se aap dono pati-patni hai... Aap dono aapke bare buzurg ka aashiwaad lijiye..''
Arjun and Shanaya came down and were congratulated by their friends,while,Shanaya bent down and touched Sameer and Aayesha's feet for their blessings... Sameer and Aayesha open heartedly blessed Arjun and Shanaya for their happy married life...
''Shera,ab toh shaadi hogayi hai teri.. Toh meko ek good news deni hai... Good news yeh hai ki Simmi Maa banne wali hai... Agle 6 mahino ke andar humara baccha aanewala ya aanewali hai...''
Everyone was really happy and excited and the others congratulated Karan and Simran...
''Sir.. Ek family picture hojaye..'' Shree asked..
''Sure... Aise mauke barbar nahi milte...'' Sameer said...
All of them sat accordingly and the wedding photographer took the family picture,where everybody smiled the hearts' out...
''I love you,Arjun...''
''I Love yo too,Shanaya..''
And,they lived happily ever after.
The End.
Edited by ...anika... - 11 years ago
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