Indian Weddings

First Online September 1, 2001
Page Last Updated: March 09,2008

Introduction

In this potpourri of pictures of brides, grooms, and wedding festivities, we cover the function of the matrimony as celebrated in various communities in India. I have also included references to interesting wedding anecdotes as they appear in Indian traditions and mythologies.

- Vikas Kamat 

Table of Contents

• The Indian Wedding -- customs, traditions, and localization of weddings in India, including meaning of some of the rituals.
• Marrying of Cousins and Mutual Weddings
• Arranged Marriages of India -- Article discusses the tradition of arranged marriages in India and lists the process, criteria, and advantages.
• The Sacrament of Marriage

• Anxious Groom
• Boy Gets Girl
• The Bride of India
• A Coorgi Bride Carrying Water
• Decorating the Bride
• Decorations of a Bride
• Flowers and Rice on Head
• Hindu Symbolic Marriage
• Konkani Bride and Groom
• Marrying of Maternal Uncles and Cousins is Quite Common
• Martial Rituals During a Kodava Wedding
• Mass Weddings at Dharmasthala
• The Mehendi (henna) on a Bride's Hands
• The Newly Weds in Traditional Wedding Attire
• Remarrying After 50 years of Marriage!
• Wedding Reception, India
• Wedding without the Bride!

See Also:

• Wife of Five Husbands -- The story of Draupadi through the works of great artists
• Rangoli -- Painted prayers of India
• The Dowry System