Saat Vaachan Meaning Translations - Page 6

Rituals at the Bride's home-

Chuda
On the wedding day the rituals at the girl's home begin with the Chuda ceremony. To commemorate the Chuda ceremony, a havan or puja is conducted by the pandit. Thereafter, the pundit ties a mauli on the to be bride's wrist. The oldest maternal uncle and aunt play an important role in the performance of the ceremony. They fast till the event is completed. Chuda is basically a set of red and cream ivory bangles that is touched by all present. People touch the chuda and give their heartiest wishes to the girl for her future married life. Also, they sprinkle flower petals on the bride. Prasad is distributed to all. After that, the girl's uncle, aunt, friends and cousins tie kaliras (silver, gold or gold plated traditional ornaments) to a bangle worn by the girl.

Vatna
Four lamps or diyas are lit and the bride is made to sit facing them. Oil is constantly poured into the lamps, so that the glow from diyas is reflected on her face. Vatna involves applying the paste made from turmeric powder and mustard oil all over the girl's body by her female friends and relatives. This is done to make the girl look more beautiful on the special day of our life.

Ghara Ghardoli
The Ghara Ghardoli follows the Vatna. In the Ghara Ghardoli ritual, the bride's sibling or sibling's spouse visits the nearby temple and fills a pitcher with holy water. The girl is then bathed with this holy water. Thereafter, the bride wears their wedding attire.The ghara ghardoli and the vatna ceremonies take place at the groom's house too. But over there, the boy's sister-in-law brings the pitcher of water. As per the tradition, their wedding dress is presented to them by their respective maternal uncles.

Rituals at the Groom's home

Sehrabandi
Like the bride's home, the Vatna and Ghara Ghardoli are followed by the dressing up of groom in his wedding attire. After the groom has dressed up in his wedding clothes, a pooja is performed. Thereafter, the groom's father or any elderly relative ties the "sehra" on the groom's head. The boy also wears a pink color turban, which is touched by all the people present in the pooja. After the completion of Sehrabandi ceremony, all those who witness the function give gifts and cash to the boy as a token of good luck.

Ghodi Chadna
The Ghori Chadna is the final ceremony at the groom's place. The groom's sister-in-law lines the boy's eyes with surma. Thereafter, the groom's sisters and cousins feed and adorn his mare. To ward off the evil eye, people use cash and perform the Varna ritual. After that the boy climbs the horse and immediately leaves his home for the wedding venue.

Rituals at the Marriage Venue

Milni Ceremony
When the groom's barat reaches the wedding venue, Milni ceremony is performed. The bride's close relatives give a warm welcome to the groom and his relatives with flower garlands. Rose water is sprinkled on them. In the Milni ceremony, the girl's relatives give Shagun (a token of good luck) to the groom's close relatives. It is done in the descending order, beginning from the elder most. Cash and clothes are gifted.

Varmala
Varmala is the actual beginning of marriage rituals on the involves the exchange of garlands between the bride and groom. Friends and relatives of the bride and groom indulge in teasing and fun, to celebrate this happy occasion. An auspicious time or muhurat is chosen for the performance of wedding ceremony. At the time of muhurat, the purohit conducts a puja for the groom, in which the groom is asked to chant the first few mantras. It is during this time, when the bride's sisters indulge in stealing of shoes. It is a fun tradition, in which the girls charge a fee for agreeing to return the shoes.

The pheras information that was given on the site was wrong ill ask my mom and update by the evening

actually in this serial they have not shown before varmala that a girl take 3 rounds of his husband by greeting with the flowers...
That 3 rounds take as 3 pheras...
And rest 4 pheras they take together and that also by holding there hands....

Well i know this as i am Maheshwari

Originally posted by: rekha_garg

hi............ i m a silent member of this forum..................... n i just wanted to share something on the topic...................... actually they showed 4 pheras in the wedding.................. n it actually happens in marwari shadi that only 4 pheras are taken................ recently my cousin did get married n i had seen her pheras n i had asked the panditji as why only 4 pheras when its always said 7 pheras n he said its 4 pheras in actual in which the girl takes the 3 pheras first n then the guy takes the fourth phera, so the creatives have done complete research on the wedding thing....................n hats off to them to explain everything so properly

Originally posted by: Mages

with some relatives bad marriages its also difficult to trust in marriages at times....i was always afraid because i saw my aunt going through a very bad marriage and i lost all my trust on marriage...its because rajan sir that now i gain back the trust in marriage after watching NaKsh....

i learn what is true love from Prem-Heer as this the only couple whose love bring tears on my eyes evn though i have love alot of memorable couple....

i learn to gain trust in marriage relationship from Naitik-Akshara....it was actaully lost long before but now when i see NaKsh the trust is back all i wish is a good husband whom will be my best friend and support me throughout my life with Love....Trust...Faithfulness...Loyalty and Honeslty

i agree i never saw this type of weeding in any serial where they r showing proper meaning of pheres. rajan sir is doing a gr8 job.