Month: July 2018

Weddings are a once in a lifetime deal, well at least that’s the plan for the most. The special moments must be captured and framed so that when you cannot visualise the beautiful memories anymore, you can relive your wedding day through these pictures. The most important part of any wedding is obviously the bride and the groom. These wedding photographs will help you capture the essence of your wedding day..

Essentials

Before moving on here are some prerequisites:

• Relaxed and Confident Bride and Groom: The disposition of the subjects is the most crucial thing. You cannot fake happiness. Even if the couple is happy generally, the wedding day adds pressure. The couple should be stress-free.
• Makeup: Of course the bride and groom will look their best on their wedding day, but a makeup artist should be present for touch-ups before every photograph.
• Professional Photographer: A professional camera is essential. You can hire a reputed photographer or assign the task to a skilled friend or relative whom you can rely.
• The List of Poses: You should have the list of the idea of poses ready so that the photographer can catch you at the right time for each pose throughout your wedding day.
• The Planning: The lights, dress, makeup, position, props, everything should be on point and ready before the moment so that it doesn’t pass before a good picture is taken.
• Cooperation of people: There will be hundreds of guests so the task could get a little tricky for the bride, groom, and photographer. People must cooperate and give the space, and be present to be in the frame when needed.

 

Once all these prerequisites are arranged, you can get started. If you need help with ideas for the Indian wedding poses, here are some.

 

1. Haldi

The Haldi ceremony is an ominous and indispensable ceremony. It must be captured on camera. The turmeric smeared smiling bride and the playing Haldi with friends, these types of poses are classic and joyful too. Make sure your wedding album has photographs of both, the bride and the groom smeared with Haldi.

2. Entry

The innovative entry ideas for brides and the groom are a big deal in every wedding. With the trend of the bridal entry getting more popular, you just cannot afford to miss capturing the bridal entry on camera. Don’t forget the groom either. Plan it out well and pose for the cameras. You never know, maybe a simple smartphone picture can turn out better than the professional ones. The magic of candid poses!

 

3. Mehendi and Jewellery

It takes hours of patience and backache to get the Mehendi right. Let it last for more than just a few weeks. Let it last forever. Get close-up shots of just the Mehendi of your hands, of your feet and both together.

 

4.Getting Ready

Never miss this classic pose. It takes time to get ready. The bride is already under pressure to be there in time after all the makeup and hairstyling and jewellery. The emotional moments between the bride’s siblings and parents often take place during this time. Don’t miss out on any of it. Let the wedding album be the witness of what was going on backstage, the emotions, the preparations, everything.

 

5. Sky Lanterns

It has become a trend to have sky lanterns or fireworks or both, during a wedding. This moment is a must capture. Have the bride and groom in focus with the sky lanterns or fireworks in the background. The terrace is a good place to get this frame right. Have a few photos focusing on the fireworks with the bride and groom looking at them, or at each other, unaware of the camera.

6. Balloons

If it is a daytime wedding, the sky lanterns and fireworks become balloons and colour bombs. Nothing screams joy like balloons and colour bombs. Time them right to capture the dazzling smiles and love-struck eyes of the bride and groom in front of a colourful and playful background.

 

7. Black and White Portrait

Take a few black and white portraits of the bride getting ready and of the groom candidly having a moment with his best friend. Bride looking at her father, mother, siblings, or cousins are must capture shots. Capture all the meaningful memories and also take time, so that the photographer can take a few clicks in the black and white mode. Edits work if there was no time for it. But the light and exposure come out best if the black and white picture is taken that way. Black and white pictures add a nostalgic feeling to your wedding album. You must have them.

 

8. Bride meets Groom

 

This moment is always special at a wedding no matter how many times the bride and groom have met each other before. The coy and happy gleam in the eyes of the bride and the groom is too precious to let go in a matter of moments. Capture the smiles, capture the shy blinks, capture their hearts in the photos and put them in the wedding album treasure.

 

9. Phere

This is a classic Indian wedding scene. With a professional camera and the right timing, you can make it look like something straight out of a Bollywood tale. Take as many pictures as possible and stop shortly for them.

 

10. Vermilion

This is another classic pose. The photographer must be ready to capture the moment and the groom should smear the first ever touch of vermilion in slow motion so the picture comes out perfect. The bride should proudly flaunt this picture in her wedding album and decide for herself if she wants to wear vermilion every day after marriage or not. But on the wedding day, the vermilion is there to grab all the attention.

 

11. Romantic Silhouette

Capture some silhouettes in the sunset or in the bright lights of the wedding hall. This picture must have only the bride and the groom in the frame. This one could be the perfect last picture in the wedding album.

 

12. The Coy Bride/Groom

This picture can be taken at any moment, before the wedding, during, or after. It should look candid. The coy bride is a classic. But the coy groom is more adorable. So capture the shy moments of the bride and the groom to put in the wedding album. If the bride and groom are not the shy types, have people embarrass them till they blush.

 

13. Twirl

The classic twirl of the lehenga is a happy picture to have. The wide smile of the bride or her oozing confidence, whatever she chooses to portray in her lehenga twirl picture. It is best taken from the balcony of the floor above, as the bride twirls looking up and everybody stares at her in adoration from a distance.

 

14. Best Friends

 

The groom with his best friends and the bride with hers, together in a single frame. Make funny poses and take lots of pictures. Imagine the nostalgia 10 years from the wedding day. Now imagine looking at these pictures with wrinkly hands. Nothing can be more precious.

 

15.Bye Bye

This one again is a must for the wedding album. This could go with the romantic silhouette on the last page or on the cover of the album. It can be shot with the bride and the groom looking back from their car, or waving back while walking away as the onlookers wave out of focus.

 

These beautiful Indian wedding couple photography ideas must make your wedding album a beautiful treasure. Happy wedding and Happy Memories.

 

Destination wedding! The word itself relays an exotic essence to your mind. These types of weddings are now getting immensely popular. The inspiration has been definitely bestowed by the celebrities who got married at some of the most alluring and extraordinary wedding destinations. Most of the Indian couples these days are looking for a perfect location that can add charm and heighten the glamour of their wedding. The idea of having a destination wedding doesn’t mean that it has to be a grand affair. If you have decided to spend your big day with family and close friends, then choosing a destination wedding venue would be a wise choice.

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Since, it is your wedding, having a memorable ceremony should be at the top of your to-do list and this will eventually fulfil your desire of having a dream wedding at some exotic location. If you’re planning a destination wedding in India, then will be an easy task because of its diverse terrain and topography, in the form of vastly spread beaches, hill stations and engulfed lagoons. India has a lot to offer for those who are looking for something different in their wedding venues.

Below are some of the best destination weddings ideas and locations that you should definitely explore for your marriage.

 

Udaipur: A Royal Entourage at your Service

If you are looking to give a royal twist to your conventional marital ceremonies, then Udaipur is the best location for your wedding. The City of Lakes has a magical crux in its ambience that makes the wedding celebration much remarkable. This city has witnessed many celebrities and upscale weddings. Udaipur has a romance of setting unmatched in Rajasthan and arguably in all India. What better place to get married than the most romantic place in India.

 

Mysore: A Southern Regal Affair

Famed for its glittering royal heritage and magnificent monuments this place is perfect if you want to have a grand wedding. The cultural capital of Karnataka will add a festive feel to your wedding. Organise a grand wedding procession with elephants and horses amidst this South Indian royal abode and make unforgettable memories.

 

Kerala: Say ‘I do’ at the Famous Backwaters

One of the most loved destinations, the backwaters of Kerala with its serenity and peaceful existence, it is also a perfect destination for your wedding. Known as ‘God’s Own Country’, it offers beach points for your tropical wedding celebration. Varkala and Kovalam are just perfect if you want to have a beach wedding. Even the tea gardens at Munnar or the Kochi fort have an equally pompous aura that could give your wedding an identity. Just visualise how the palm trees, backwaters and beaches are going to enhance your celebration and how lovely your wedding photographs will be.

 

Goa: Establish a Happening Ceremony

How can you leave Goa out of any list while searching for some exciting location? Being India’s most popular tourist location, Goa is gaining much popularity in the wedding locations’ ensemble as well. Adopting the reputation of being the trendiest spot, Goa’s ambience makes the best backdrop for a marriage ceremony as well as the reception.

Have your ritual performed at a beach or at a church, the choice is up to you. From the funny pre-wedding shots to a sleek wedding reception, Goa has everything you need for your mushy- romantic pictures.

 

Jaipur: Another Royal Splurge

The Pink City could never be left behind when you are considering exotic locations for your wedding. Jaipur is very famous for hosting extravagant wedding ceremonies that have a background of native life and modernity in one. Many celebrities consider it to be one of the best destination wedding locations and showcase their desire by organizing their flamboyant parties over here. And why not? Jaipur boasts to possess some of the grandest party locations in this world. Organise your grand wedding in this royal capital and don’t forget to have fun!

 

Mussoorie: In the Middle of Peaceful Valley

If you have always loved hills, then having your wedding ceremony at Mussoorie could be the best option for you. This location gives a beautiful aura to your celebrations. The far-reaching green hills, the surreal sunset and the clear night time that twinkles like a diamond, gives a romantic hue to your celebration. When you are planning a summer wedding, then keep Mussoorie on your pending venue list. Moreover, the calm and cold atmosphere of the place hikes up the mood of the celebration to the fullest.

 

Alwar: A Fort Wedding

The oldest town of the Rajasthani kingdom, Alwar is a perfect location for a destination wedding. The city’s vintage look and rustic architecture is an unrivaled place to add an ethereal feeling to your wedding preparations. Alwar doesn’t experience a huge amount of tourists and hence you can easily have a quiet ceremony experiencing the royal grandeur with it. Having a wedding with the unmatched royal feeling of this place will be a cosseted memory of a lifetime.

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Hyderabad: Do it in a Nawabi Style

Talking about the Royals and vintage periods, you just cannot ignore the magnificence of Hyderabad. Steeped in history and thronged with people, this place is India’s most evocative ancient quarter. Organise your wedding in this city of Mughals and the Nizams amidst spectacular architecture and monuments.

 

Agra: Closer to the Memorial of Love

When drafting a list of exotic locations, nothing could compare the eternal city of Agra with others. This place is where Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz. Agra possesses some of the great monuments and romantic feel that makes it an ideal location for your destination wedding ceremony. Now declare your love in front of one of the “seven wonder of the world”.

 

Jodhpur: In a Rajputana style

Want to have a fairytale wedding? Then, Jodhpur is the best place to accomplish your wedding ceremonies. The blue hues of this beautiful royal city will add the perfect contrast to your Royal Indian wedding. The towering ceilings, elegant chandeliers, carved arches and classic architecture, nothing is better than such a backdrop for your wedding.

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A wedding is a splendour, a spectacle to watch. Yet, it is always more than what meets the eye. All the decorations, sometimes even different venues for different functions, take a lot of hard work from the families of the bride and the groom. All the food is arranged with utmost care. The bride and the groom look their personal best and a lot of dedicated and skilled hard work goes into that as well. Every little detail is the result of hours of patience. The mehendi designs for bride being an important part of wedding planning ideas are chosen after a lot of thought and done for hours as the bride sits patiently and the artist does an amazing job.

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When you see a bride sporting the latest bridal mehendi design, don’t forget to compliment her on it. It will be sweet of you to even ask for the mehendi artist and compliment her or him. Moreover, if you really like a design, you should talk to the artist to the network. You too want to get to choose from a catalogue of the most intrinsic latest bridal mehendi designs, don’t you? Some brides are disappointed that the artist appointed for the mehendi turned a design down either directly admitting she or he cannot pull it off or by making excuses like it won’t go with the bridal outfit or with the hair! You don’t want to be that bride, do you?

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Mehendi is an indispensable element at a wedding, unlike sangeet ceremony. It signifies the strength and purity of the bond that is going to be made. One wonders why the groom too not wears mehendi then! After all, he is the person the bride is bonded with. But imagine the appearance of a beautiful mehendi design on rough, hairy hands. Why are we even thinking about it! Some latest mehendi designs can still be tried on a groom though. But primarily, the bride holds the significance of the day way more than the groom. Both her hands and also her feet can be adorned with beautiful mehendi designs for bride. The future of their marriage is signified in those beautiful hands. Don’t miss out on the options to choose your favourite. A mehendi design might not look too conspicuous under all that jewellery but the keen eyes will definitely notice it all.

 

Ideas for Bridal Mehendi Designs

If you are looking for the latest bridal mehendi design, you will find all the options with a good bridal mehendi artist. But you could also get a talented friend to pull off a doodle just for you. It is your wedding, it is your mehendi. You should get to choose how you want it. You can get the design from a tattoo artist as well. They have a number of mehendi designs for a bride. You can also have your bridal mehendi customized. You could add in elements you want to and the artists will incorporate those elements in a beautiful design. So, the options are plenty. Here are some ideas that are latest and unique or popular and classics.

 

King and Queen

The two hands of the bride can have two different but symmetrical designs. There can be a frame of the intrinsic artwork with the face of a queen on one hand and that of a king on the other. When she puts her hands together with the palms stretched out, it can be a beautiful frame together.

This design idea signifies the intimacy of the bond. It also signifies that the fate of the marriage is in the hands of the bride. Which bride wouldn’t want to get behind that idea? Or the two hands can signify equal responsibility of the two people to be bound in holy matrimony.

 

Asymmetrical Designs

If you are not being able to make up your mind about a design, it is understandable. It is an important decision. What if you like two similar designs a lot and cannot understand which one will be a better choice? Family and friends often confuse more than help in these situations. Too many people, too many opinions. So, the best solution in this situation is, ‘Why not both’? You can totally get two different designs on two hands. The artist will make it look good. There will be some points of symmetry but the details will be asymmetrical. So you get twice the compliments and twice the attention for the two different designs.

 

Best Foot Forward

Don’t forget a little something for that beautiful pedicure. Why go through all that trouble? Just to wear some painful new shoes? Adorn your feet with some beautiful mehendi designs so that when you walk or twirl and the feet play peek-a-boo under your beautiful bridal outfit, keen watchers are curious to find out what the entire design looks like. There will be plenty of time to actually see the design in the coming days as well. So, you get to choose a design for your feet. Go for the minimalistic <em>mandalas</em> or full checkers or jaali. It is your choice.

 

Full Hands

The days of having the bride covered up in jewellery are gone. Of course, the economy is a reason. But even a Richie rich bride won’t want to look like a clown. However, the arms cannot go all bare either. It is her wedding day! And the designer blouse or choli has to end at the upper arm. So, full hands mehendi is the trick. It is easy for the bride as there is no extra weight to carry. She gets to flaunt a beautifully elaborate design. Also, her hands look beautiful with the colour of mehendi. Win Win!

 

Glitter and Sequins

An elaborate design might look boring and cluttered. A simple design might look too minimalistic. Glitters and sequins make it alright! Mehendi without sequins and glitter is for the guests. The bride has to be extra. This is the right way to strike the balance between the necessary extra and yet classy beauty.

 

Colours

Thank heavens for coloured mehendi. You can match your outfit with a perfect contrast. You can also match the groom’s outfit so you both look perfectly made for each other. Colours add details to a mehendi design like nothing else can. Also, for full hand designs, colours are a must. Don’t go overboard though. It is still a mehendi and not <em>Holi</em>. Just add the ideal amount of colours to the mehendi to make it look absolutely gorgeous.

 

Anklets and Bangles

To add to the illusion of more jewellery or to go with the actual jewellery, anklets and bangles out of mehendi is a perfect idea. You will not be wearing the jewellery after the mehendi and the wedding is over. But you will get to wear these for weeks and the wonderful feeling of being a new bride will stay with you for more than just a few busily ceremonious days.

 

Mandala

The mandala design is for people who want to keep it simple and classic. Maybe you don’t like heavy jewellery, makeup, or even mehendi. Then this is for you. Have a medium or large sized mandala at the centre of the palms and feet and some designs at the wrists, ankles, fingers and toes. Make a chandelier like the connection from the fingers. It will be the most classic look and you can proudly flaunt it at your office too. It is simple and chic.

 

Peacock

The peacock is the symbol of heritage, culture, and vigour. You can flaunt the heritage at the mehendi ceremony and wedding while summoning the vigour for your marriage. The elegant charm of a peacock design is unbeatable, especially when teamed with blue and yellow details.

 

Floral Patterns

If you love floral patterns, don’t shy away from wearing them. Yes, many people find them boring and cliché and so outdated. But they are just the opinions of people who have different tastes. If floral patterns are a must for you, go ahead and have it. They look beautiful. Choose the best floral pattern, with intrinsic small floral designs with some mesh or chandelier details and people will keep staring at your hands admiring the design! These were some ideas for mehendi designs for bride. You can also get the artist to incorporate elements signifying your love into the designs so only the bride and groom know the complete story behind the idea. Artists who are good with latest bridal mehendi designs will surely understand what you want. They will beautifully incorporate the personalized elements and symbols in the design. It is a good idea, isn’t it?

 

Choose your classic or latest bridal mehendi design with patience. Browse through all your options and think about customizing them as well. If you have started the search well in time, you will surely find what you are looking for.

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Well, congratulations on your impending nuptials! You must be super busy with the booking of marriage halls in Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata or any of your desired location along with the search of perfect caterers, photographers, stylist for giving your wedding a rightful conclusion.

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But, the only thing that remains alive within your weddings is the photographs. Your album is the treasured possession of your marriage. While you are perfecting the pose with your husband-to-be, don’t forget that your brother who has given you the oath of protection is equally an important member to be clicked for your wedding photos.

Have a look at some of the poses that you might click up with your “Bhaiya” for your wedding.

1. Playful Pose

We all know how brothers are. They are always full of mischief and have some trick under their sleeves to be played on their sister. Why not give their playfulness a frame to capture? Get your brothers into the limelight and click your cherished bond with them.

1. Hugs and Kisses

Your brother knows that these are the few moments you have left as a maiden before you begin your marital journey with your husband. It’s the right time to get your pictures clicked while you both are hugging. So keep up your fashion and click the beautiful poses.

1. Click under the Perfect Coordination

It’s not always your husband who is going to complement your dress. Let your brothers do that in the same way. Wedding dresses for bride brother in Indian wedding are taking an equally fashionable twist.

Modern brothers know how to carry the swag with their modern sisters and sporting even a soft pastel look in their attires to make the wedding photos more enchanting.

1. A Sunglass Pose

How about clicking a photo under sun sporting your aviators? would definitely look cool when you both have your shades on. Shot the pose in this coordinated manner and the picture would surely take the spotlight in your album.

1. The Chaadar Pose

Well, this is a mandatory pose! Your brothers walking down the aisle with you is something to hold in your memories for life. Get your brother to wear coordinated colours and let them carry a coordinated Flower Chaadar above your head. This is surely a must-have picture with plenty of sentiments running in the backdrop.

1. “Don’t let her go” Pose

Involve your groom in this picture. How about your groom taking your hand while your brothers are pulling your dupatta to stop? Cover the humorous moment with your brother and you are surely going to cherish this picture for a lifetime.

1. A Flower Shower Pose

A cute pose indeed! Depict your brother-sister love in this beautiful picture where your brother is showering you rose petals while you are having your Mehendi ceremony or in wedding entry. A very fresh and jovial pose that you could arrange with your kid brother.

1. The Vidaai Pose

You don’t need to go through some additional photographic moments with your brother to do this. He is as much emotional as you are during your vidaai. This is a moment that will be captured by your photographer instantly because he knows how valuable it is for a sibling.

1. Make a Grand Entry

Nothing would look more royal than getting a grand entry down your wedding aisle. Just sit tight and let your brother take you into your ceremony on his bike. This would make a nice entry into Indian wedding design pictures if you get a nice background to go with it.

1. Jaimala Pose

Jaimala is the ceremony where friends and family make most of the fun moments. The bride and groom are given few lifts when at last they get to put the Jaimala around their necks. The brother here plays a very vital role because he is the one who would be messing around with your lifts when you finally get to do the deed.  Just click that moment and it will be a picture to torment when he is about to get married. Make sure to get the shot right while you are airborne to get the Jaimala done.

1. Doli Shot

This would surely be regal in every way when you are sitting inside the doli or palanquin while your brothers are lifting or about to lift it. Just get ready for this fabulous shot.

1. The Classic Pose

This pose is just like a portrait where your brother is standing behind you and giving a clean cut shot. It could be done in many different ways where you may sit on a royal chair while your brother is behind you. The colour combination is must in these pictures to enhance the overall look of the image.

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Everybody secretly has wedding plans for themselves or a close one soon to get hitched. It might be embarrassing, so people keep their daydreams to themselves. If you are about to get married soon, you couldn’t have thought about how you want to look, how you want the wedding venue or wedding banquet to look, and what kind of response the guests give.

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It is true that weddings are a big burden as far as the hard work, stress, and expenditures are concerned. But at the end of the day, it is all worth it. It isn’t just about flaunting your social status. It is about creating photographs to frame for life, creating memories of a very special day of your life. It is about the Indian wedding traditions and rituals that you follow for the wedding related events. The discipline that is brought by following these rituals will make you ready for a married life, no matter how unconventional you choose your married life to be, you will need discipline to even follow your own rules.

The little things like the songs list for the wedding entry, the flower chaadar for bride, the little items for the rituals, are difficult to keep a track of. The best thing to do is to write down every action or event in separate pages with the ingredients or components below so that even if you forget, you can refer to the diary to check if you have arranged everything.

Just to help you out a little, we will suggest you some awesome flower chaadar ideas for the bride. The entry of the bride is a very important moment. All eyes are on her. All cameras are on her. She needs to feel beautiful and everything around her needs to be pretty too. The flower chaadar that her dear ones hold above her head gets a lot of attention, so do not keep it for the last moment. Use these ideas to come up with a really fitting flower chaadar for the perfect bride.

1. Marigold

People mostly use roses and white flowers for a flower chaadar and that is too mainstream. Use marigold instead. They are a little heavy, so make sure the strings are taut. If the bride is wearing anything reddish, yellow or orange, marigolds will create very bright and beautiful contrast.

1. White rose

If you must have roses, you can go for white roses. They are more elegant and will stand out in the mostly red background. The bride is likely to wear red. The carpet is probably red too. Even if it is other colours, white will stand out anyway. Go for half bloomed roses than fully bloomed ones. This way they will last longer and they look better too.

1. Tassles and Pompoms

A wedding is full of flowers anyway. So if the flower chaadar for bride does not have some, it won’t be a very bad idea. Tassles and pompoms hanging from the chaadar is even better than flowers. Choose bright colours of tassles.

To make them stand out, get a white or beige chaadar and hang many tassles from it. Another style could be, to go for a bright shade of chaadar and hang a contrasting single colour of tassles from borders.

1. Mesh

Most flower chaadars are put together by strings. They are either in straight lines or in crisscross patterns. But if you want to make your flower chaadar unique, try out thin iron meshwork to hold the flowers together in various shapes. Go for any kind of flower you want. Smaller flowers will help make intricate designs along the thin wires. Your flower chaadar will be uniquely beautiful and sturdy with this process.

1. Zardosi

Weddings call for bling. If you want a traditional wedding style in every little detail of the wedding, go for a traditional colour for the chaadar, with a lot of zardosi work on it. You have to be very careful with this one though. Assign someone to take care of it before use because zardosi work can start getting ruined if it is not kept safe.

1. Family Heirloom

Many families have the tradition to use the wedding chaadar of the ancestors. These are very well maintained, safely kept. Right before a wedding, they are pulled out. No matter how well it is kept, there is a chance of wear and tear. So, do not wait for the last moment. Take it out a few days prior to the wedding so that any damage to the threads can be repaired.

Use the same fabric and same colour of threads to repair them. Adorn the chaadar with small flowers and sequins, making sure the patches are covered. All this is in case there is damage at all. If not, all you need to take care of is it is free from the odour of being in a closet too long. Also, you need to put light flowers on it so that it does not tear. Maybe someday your daughter will need it.

1. Umbrella

Floral umbrellas are fun and a hassle-free solution for a flower chaadar. Make sure it is a huge umbrella. Most of them are red or pink but it doesn’t have to be.

 

You can use orange, yellow, purple, green, blue, any colour you want. Make sure that the flowers hanging from it or stuck on it are of a contrasting colour so that it is all bright.

1. String Lights

Use fairy lights on the chaadar to brighten things up. This is the best idea for a unique flower chaadar. You can even put the lights in a circle right at the centre of the chaadar so that when the bride walks under it, she looks like an angel with a halo.

1. Bandhni

If simplistic and traditional is your style, go for bandhni. This is the best way to uphold local art and craft. Use it at your wedding. This is quite a statement. It can have mirrors on it or you can put sequins. Simply stick them instead of stitching them on. It is time saving and good enough for the time it will be in use. The flowers once again should be of contrasting colours.

1. Pinwheels

If you want to go quirky and all postmodern, maybe a little western, hang pinwheel from the chaadar. As the bride enters, the pinwheels will rotate if there is enough open space to allow some air. To make it work, make sure the chaadar has long handles so that it is held higher to let the air get to it. Also, you don’t want the bride’s hair to get stuck in them.

1. Orchids

If you want to go all the way classy with the flower chaadar for Indian wedding, go for the rare orchid. Pick white and pink ones. Peach is a beautiful colour too. Avoid black because most Indians consider it a bad omen to have anything black at happy ceremonies. Whether you believe in it or not, just avoid them anyway. White and peach orchids are the best anyway. Purple is good too. Contrast it well with the bride’s wedding attire. If she is wearing pastels, go for the lilac orchids. If she is wearing pink or red, go for the white ones.

1. Multicoloured Roses

Thinking of multiple colours, one must come back to roses. You can use yellow, white, red, pink, and peach roses on the flower chaadar to make a perfectly rosy affair. It also represents every aspect of a partnership, friendship, peace, and romance.

1. Dahlias

If you want big flowers, go for dahlias. Also, if it is grown in your own terrace, that is a huge personal touch nobody will miss. Make sure the fabric is thick enough to bear the weight of the flowers though. You can go for some dahlias scattered around with smaller flowers covering the spaces, or leave it minimalistic.

1. Paper Lampshades

Paper lampshades surrounding little fairy lights is a very good idea for a floral chaadar Indian wedding. This is a little complicated so ask the professionals if they can pull it off. If they can, it will be amazing.

1. Dome Shaped

Most flower chaadars are either square or rectangular. If you can get a dome shaped framework and wrap flowers around it or hang flowers from it and put a chaadar on, it will look unique. This isn’t too difficult to pull off either if you have a readymade framework.

Nobody can deny how stressful it is to arrange the perfect Indian wedding dresses, the perfect jewellery and accessories, and getting the best makeup done. Choosing the wedding venue, decorations, deciding on the menu, inviting guests, everything is just too much for the small families of the current generation. These ideas for flower chaadar for Indian wedding will help you save some time and focus on other things.

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A Marwari wedding is full of fun and riches. But the rituals are elaborate and strictly followed. Every Marwari wedding ceremony or wedding reception rituals signifies the holy bond between the bride and the groom, and their respective responsibilities in the marriage.

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1. Sagaai

We all know sagaai means engagement. In the Marwari marriage, the sagaai ceremony takes place at the groom’s home. Contrary to most wedding rituals, a Marwari sagaai sees involvement from the males. The male members of the bride’s family go to the groom’s house. The groom’s brother applies kumkum and rice teeka on the groom’s forehead to sanction the marriage. This is the customary acceptance of the relationship. The women do not participate in this event.

1. Ganpati Sthapna

A Marwari’s faith in Lord Ganesha is powerful. They always seek the blessing of Lord Ganesha in everything positive they try to do. Two days before the wedding, the bride and groom, both ritualistically put an idol of Lord Ganesha with their families.

1. Griha Shanti

They also perform a havan for the wellbeing of the two families. Both the families get their family priest to follow all the wedding traditions and rituals of a Griha Shanti pooja. This is done to appease the Gods and seek their blessing for the new wedding and the entire family. The Fire God is worshipped during the havan to bless the sanctity of marriage.

1. Pithi Dastoor

Pithi Dastoor is the Marwari haldi function basically. They use sandalwood in their turmeric paste, sometimes, even besan. The bridal haldi ceremony dress usually consists of wears yellow or orange colour on this day. The rituals are similar to the usual haldi functions in any Indian culture. The women in the groom and the bride’s families apply the pithi on them. They bathe them in holy water or water from any nearby pond.

The bride and groom traditionally don’t leave their own homes from this day to their wedding day. The event is accompanied by dhol and singing.

1. Mahira Dastoor

The maternal uncle of the bride and groom visit them with gifts and blessings. The bride’s uncle gives her the bridal wear and jewellery. The groom’s uncle gives him the wedding suit and ornaments. The mothers of the bride and groom host the event in their respective homes. A lot of good home cooked meal and treats are involved. This ritual signifies the involvement of a woman’s family at expensive family events like the wedding of their children.

1. Mehfil

Mehfil is an evening of festivities, singing, and dancing. This is basically the Marwari wedding way of bachelor’s and bachelorette’s party. The women are not allowed in the mehfil of the men and vice versa. Though the bride and the groom may make an appearance at the other’s event for just some time.

1. Janev

Janev is a pre-wedding event that commences on the wedding eve. It involves a pooja by a priest, where the groom is given a sacred thread. This ritual signifies the transformation of a man from the Brahmacharya Ashram into the Grihasthya Ashram. The aim of this pooja is to symbolise that the groom is ready to accept the responsibilities of a marriage.

1. Palla Dastoor

This event is about the gifts the bride receives from the groom’s family. A close relative of the groom carries jewellery, clothes, and a lot of other gifts for the bride. Most of these are meant for her to wear for the wedding. The gifts are all displayed in the bride’s home for all relatives and friends to see.

1. Nikaasi

This wedding day event is an elaborate ritual that gets everybody busy. In this event, people tie the sehra on the groom’s head to practice. They adorn it with pearls, flowers, and zari. Traditionally, the groom’s brother in law ties the sehra on him for the wedding. He takes a bit of teeka from his wife’s, that is, the groom’s sister’s kajal, and puts a dot on the groom’s forehead to ward off evil. The sister of the groom ties a golden thread on the rein of horse the groom is to enter the wedding on.

1. Baraat

After all the ominous evil warding rituals, the groom is ready to enter the wedding venue. The baraat appears in an enthusiastic procession. In a Marwari wedding, the groom enters on a mare and carries a sword. The baraat comprises only of the male members.

1. Toran

Marwari culture and tradition takes omens very seriously. The toran is a decoration at the entrance that the groom has to hit with a big neem branch to ward off all negative energies right before the groom and bride meet to join each other in holy matrimony forever.

1. Aarti

The aarti is something we all know about. The mother of the bride performs an aarti right before the groom steps inside the venue. The Marwari aarti for the groom is an elaborate process. The baraat wait patiently as the mother of the bride dutifully performs all the rituals of the aarti without a single mistake. She feeds him some sweets and water to end the ritual.

1. Jaimala

This is the wedding garlands exchanging ritual between the bride and the groom. Right before the garlands are exchanged, the bride comes to the wedding mandap where the groom is waiting for her. She puts seven suhalis on the groom’s head before the Jaimala ritual is performed.

1. Granthi Bandhan

The chunris of the groom and bride are tied in a knot signifying the bond of marriage and the unifying of two souls.

1. Kanyadaan

We all know what Kanyadaan is. It is a common wedding ritual. The bride is accompanied by her father, to the groom. The groom promises to take care of her for a lifetime. In the Marwari ritual, the father of the bride names his forefathers, representing their wishes for the bride’s happiness. The bride is requested to accept the groom’s family and his last name. The couple then vows to take each other as the sole partners in every step of their lives.

1. Panigrahan

The vows are done. The father of the bride places her hand on the groom’s. The bride and groom accept each other’s hand and the priest ties a sacred thread to bind the hands together.

1. Phere

The Marwari wedding rituals have the bride lead the first three phere and the groom lead the last four. The seven phere signify seven different vows that the bride and groom are now committing to live by forever, for each other.

1. Ashwaharohan

The bride has to push a grinding stone with her foot seven times, signifying the hard work she is about to accept as part of her responsibilities as a wife.

1. Shaptapadi

The bride and groom take seven steps together, signifying the beginning of their journey together.

1. Seer Guthi

This is the Marwari sindoor daan. The sister of the bride parts the bride’s hair for the groom to apply the sindoor. The groom’s mother gives her a nath that the bride should wear by the end of the havan.

1. Anjhaala Bharaai

The groom’s father puts a bag of money on the bride’s lap, signifying her responsibility as the one in control of the finances in the house, and his trust in her to fulfil her responsibilities. The bride gives a part of the cash to the groom and a part to the sister in law.

1. Paharavni

The groom is given gifts by the bride’s family, after the wedding. The groom’s father is gifted kachola. The bride does a pooja for her family before she leaves it to take care of a second one.

1. Vidaai

The bride and the groom are all set to go to the groom’s home. A coconut is crushed under the wheel of the car at the start to signify a good omen when the bride starts her journey into her new home.

1. Grihapravesh

The groom’s mother performs an elaborate aarti for the bride. She is asked to put her right foot in a tray of milk and vermillion. She takes five steps to mark her footprints into the family. She has to kick a pot of rice and coins, symbolising the fertility and riches her presence brings to the family.

1. Pagelagni

This is simply an introduction of the bride to the relatives of the family. The elders bless her. A pooja is performed for her.

1. Mooh Dikhai

The bride’s face is covered in a veil so an elderly female member of her new family lifts it for the relatives to see her. They give her token gifts for a blessing.

1. Choodha

The bride’s new mother gives her a lac and ivory bangles set that the bride has to wear for one full year, making sure they don’t break, as that is a very bad omen for the groom’s health.

These Marwari marriage rituals are emotional and elaborate. They signify important aspects of the lives of the bride and groom.

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The bride always steals the show at the wedding. You can compete with her wedding attire, but you will lose. You can compete with her entry idea and may or may not win. The jewellery and hairstyle will be in her favour too. But you know how you can beat her? With a groom mehndi design so unique, that it will have all eyes on you. Bridal mehndi designs are in plenty but Groom mehndi is not that an unusual concept as you might think it to be. There are many mehndi designs for groom hands, feet, and even head. So, choose a groom mehndi design and have the confidence to flaunt it.

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1. Heart with Bride’s Name

This is sweet and simple. What is best is, this can be done by the groom himself. So when the bride flaunts her intricate mehndi design in which she has the groom’s name or initials hidden, the groom can sweetly show his artwork too. When people are busy finding the groom’s name in the bride’s hand, the groom can show the bride’s name on his hand written in a nice cursive or a sweet baby like handwriting inside a heart. This does not only once again help the groom steal the show with his sweetness, but also lets the bride feel special too. Everything about the bride has something to do with the groom. Let your bride know that her name is etched in indelible ink on your skin too.

1. Just Bride’s Name

If you do not want to go for the heart, for whatever reason, maybe you find it too juvenile or cliché, you can have just your wife’s name on your hand. You can simply get her name written on your finger, or the centre of the palm. You can have her name at the base of her palm. If you already have her name tattooed on your arm, you can sue the mehndi to replicate the same design on your other arm. But it won’t be visible during the wedding. That is even better. She will be surprised with the double dose of love when she sees you in person.

1. Mandala

If you want to go for some intricate detail but are afraid that your hand will look like your bride’s with full mehndi on, you can go for the centre only. A mandala design is perfect for the centre of your palm. Choose a solid bold design so that it looks good on a strong hand. If you want you may get them on either hands. You can also get one design on your hand and the other on your feet. Trust it, it won’t look odd. The mandala design is the perfect symbol of a wedding. If you are into Disney, or your wife to be is, you can get the Tangled or Frozen mandala design on your palm and only you both will know where it is from! And maybe the children around, if they get a good look at it. Your bride will love it.

1. Part of the Bride’s Mehndi Design

You both tried to coordinate every appearance of every beautiful wedding attire to look like each other’s better halves. You have matched the wedding reception tie nicely with the choli of the bride. You matched your wedding day turban with her lehenga border instead of your sherwani’s border. Why ruin the symmetry? The bride’s mehndi will definitely have a lot of intricate details. There will be many parts that can be lifted off for an individual design in itself. Pick the central part of the design or any conspicuous part, and make it the key element of your mehndi design. For this idea to be a success, you need to get the same mehndi artist or at least have the designs ready with your individual mehndi artists beforehand.

1. Wristband Design Broad One

If you are worried about not looking masculine enough, here is an idea. Shave off your entire arm hair. No, not being sarcastic, seriously! Shave off the hair from your arms and hands. Wear a broad band of mehndi tattoo on your wrist. This will make you look twice more manly than all the man hair and no designs. You need to pull it off well though. Fold your sherwani sleeve smartly and flaunt the design confidently. Make sure the design is broad and elaborate and covers your wrist to the middle of your hand. Also, the design elements should have some broad bands to make it look bold.

1. Head for Bald Ones

This is the sexiest mehndi idea for grooms. Many men shave their head and get it tattooed. Of course, it is not entirely by choice. Most men who do it, have already been going bald. It is better to shave off your entire head and flaunt that shiny orb instead of holding on to the remaining strands of hair that give away the baldness. By choice or not, if you have a full bald head, it is the best canvas for a mehndi design. There are way too many options for the placement of your mehndi. You can go for a full head coverage, or the back of the head, or the top centre, or just a side. You can also go for a borderline fence for the head. The options are never-ending. When you take off your turban, all eyes will be on you.

1. Forearm

The forearm is to flaunt. All those days of going to the gym should not be for nothing. You need to flaunt your forearm on your wedding day and after that. Fold up the sherwani sleeves and flex your muscles unassumingly whenever anybody wants a look at the mehndi design on your forearm. The design should be a little spaced out so that the cuts on your muscle are visible and so is the entire design when you have your wrist folded to flex.

1. Ganesh

The Ganesh symbol brings prosperity to the house and whatever occasion is at hand and in this case it is your wedding. Why leave the entire burden of bearing the good omens on the bride? If you don’t believe in them, maybe she doesn’t either. But here she is wearing all the symbols that bless a wedding. So it is time for you to do your bit. There are many symbols of the Ganesh. You can choose the intricate one, the semi simple one, or the totally simplistic outline. The semi simple one is a moderated choice. You should get it on your palm, on the back of your palm, or anywhere on your arm. It is good to get it on some place visible though.

1. Om

Get the Om sign done for the same reason you would get the Ganesh done. The Om sign offers more design options. You can have it in a circle with some designs outside, or just an elaborate Om sign. You can even get it done on your head. Matched with an Om locket, you are good to go.

1. Biceps

The bicep is a very good place to get a mehndi art done unless you already have both your biceps filled with tattoos. You can get the bicep mehndi done a day before the wedding so that everybody gets a good look at it during the Haldi. It will most probably be covered during the wedding. Your wife will be the first to look at it after you are married. And she will love it.

1. Texts on the palm or forearm

You can get entire texts written on your palm or on your forearm. Yes, the way women get tattoos on their sides or on their backs. You could have a shloka written if you have a favourite one. Or you could go for a lovely message for your bride. You can even get something funny but sweet written for her so that when people take a sneak peek at it, they will laugh or smile when they have figured out what is written. It will be cool, and sweet of you to show love to your bride even when you already have her.

1. Tribal art

This is the best type of mehndi or tattoo design for the wild child. You may already have tribal art tattoos. Go for a complementary design if it is in a visible area. If you have no tattoos, don’t sweat it. You can get a temporary one in the form of a mehndi. Get a design that signifies love and family and get it on both of your arms. Not the same design on both arms, get each half on either arm so that when you put your hands together, it completes the story. These were some groom mehndi design ideas that you just cannot go wrong with. Mehndi for groom can be really good looking if done right. So, choose a design now!

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Bengalis are proud of their deep-rooted culture and traditional practices. No matter how many Bengalis go to USA or UK to study or even to settle down, when it comes to festivals and ceremonies, they do it the traditional Bengali way.

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A Bengali wedding is a spectacle. If you have ever attended one, you must already know how colourful everything is. Bengalis are loud and always happy. The Bengali bride is all smiles and hardly coy anymore. But you must know that what you have witnessed, is only about one- third of the entire Bengali marriage rituals that are performed.

Elaborate Bengali Wedding Rituals

Bengali weddings are an elaborate affair because apart from the few Bengalis who choose to just get the registry done and exchange the garland and follow the sindoor ritual at a temple, Bengalis are all about following the rules perfectly. They believe anything going wrong during any of the rituals like Haldi Ceremony etc., would bring bad luck upon the new couple.

The Bengali ashirwad ceremony, for example, involves the elders blessing the bride and the groom. No matter how big the family, everybody blesses the bride and the groom while they are in their semi wedding attires.

Each ritual in the Bengali wedding is unique in itself. The pre-wedding rituals itself are as long as the wedding. They span days. Here are all the pre wedding rituals of a typical Bengali marriage, explained. The fun part is, nowadays a lot of them are customised to suit the convenience of the bride and the groom and their families.

The Pre Wedding Rituals

The wedding rituals for Bengalis start days before the wedding. There are numerous pre wedding rituals that are followed. Traditionally, these rituals existed because the bride and groom did not even know each other before their wedding. So the families had to come together to decide upon the terms of the wedding and get to know each others’ families. Though that reason is obsolete today for most Bengalis, the rituals stuck.

Paka dekha

Though there is no engagement as such in traditional Bengali weddings, it has become a trend to have an engagement ceremony nowadays. But the traditional way is the ‘Paka Dekha’ way. It literally translates to ‘final meet’. It is basically the official engagement.

It is the final meet that settles that this is it. It is an official declaration by the families promising to stay put on their decisions to get their daughter and son married to each other. It is also called Pati Potro by the Bengalis of Bangladeshi origin.

The families meet and there are delectable refreshments. The elders decide upon the terms of the wedding. Modern day Bengalis leave dowry out of the discussion but if people are to exchange gifts, they put their offers in words on this meet. Apart from that, the usual terms of the marriage depending on what the bride wants or the groom wants from their new families, are discussed on this day.

Since many Bengalis marry their own friends or partners nowadays, all these discussions are obsolete. The families get straight to discussions about the wedding date and the decorations and have some chat therein. It is all fun and games. The very tedious affair of the yesteryears has become a day of fun and frolic where there are refreshments, and even games played to break the ice between the two families.

Aiburo Bhaat

This is a bridal shower or groom shower in a way. It officially happens just a day before the wedding. The bride and the groom have their last lunch as a spinster and bachelor, at their respective homes. The meal is a grand feast with many items on the menu. A lot of the items on the menu is a must and the rest is what the family chooses to make according to the bride’s choice or groom’s choice.

Gifts are given to the bride and the groom by their own relatives. This day does not involve the family of the partner to be. It is all about spending that one last day with your own family before the responsibilities of another person and his or her family gets tied to your life.

Though traditionally Aiburo bhaat is supposed to be the lunch right before the wedding day, Bengalis are flexible enough to change that. There are a lot of arrangements to be done the day before the wedding a well as for the wedding day. All the closest family members and relatives are super busy. This is why the aiburo bhaat often takes place on a holiday close before the wedding, maybe even a week earlier.

Also, it is not necessarily hosted by the groom or bride’s own family. It can be hosted by any close relative, maybe a paternal aunt or a maternal aunt. These adjustments are all done to make things easier on the bride and groom’s families because they already have a lot going on.

The Aiburo bhaat ceremony is just about a grand feast and some gifts. So it is a day of fun. Though a lot of emotions are involved, especially if the bride and groom are to move to a different city or country after marriage. It is literally the last sure meal that the family gets to treat their child with. The elders bless the bride and groom for their pending nuptials with some gifts.

Birdhi Pujo

The father of the bride and groom, or any close male member in the absence of the father, performs a Pooja at their own home. Prayers are offered to the ancestors of the family, so that they would bless the wedding. Though the Bengali Ashirwad ceremony is what happens right during the wedding, there are numerous ceremonies where the blessings of the elders and ancestors are prayed for.

Sankha Porano

A close married female relative puts conch shell bangles and red coral bangles on the bride’s wrists on the wedding eve. The Sankha and Pola are to be worn by the bride for the rest of her married life. Of course, many Bengali women do not follow these traditions anymore after 10 days from the wedding, but many still do.

Jol Sowa

This is done on the wedding day but is still a pre wedding ritual. The mothers of the bride and groom, along with some more married women, go to a nearby pond or holy river to fetch water for the bride and groom to bathe in after the haldi ritual. This makes for precious wedding moments to be added to your wedding day.

Dodhi Mangal

The bride and groom are fed sweet curd, banana, sweets, and rice flakes or ‘cheere’ before the wedding. Traditionally this is the only meal the bride and groom get to have until their wedding is over. But again, there are enough cousins to sneak in a treat for the bride or groom while they get ready. Many ominous brides and grooms avoid it anyway because it is supposed to be bad luck.

Gaaye Holud

This is the haldi ceremony. The groom’s family takes the responsibility for it. Fresh turmeric is ground and mixed with mustard oil. It is applied on the groom and the close female family members starting with his mother. The formal wedding gifts for the bride, or ‘tottwo’, along with a whole Rui maach, yes there is the Bengali trademark, is sent in creatively wrapped trays to the bride’s house along with the leftover turmeric paste in a silver bowl.

It is not exactly just the leftovers, there is enough for the bride and her female family members. The bride is smeared in haldi and so is her mother and other female members. It is basically fun. After the haldi, both the bride and the groom are bathed in the water fetched from Jol sowa.

The wedding rituals follow. The pre-wedding rituals take all morning, and even extend into the afternoon if things are delayed by any family. After the whole pre-wedding deal is over, the wedding rituals begin.

The bor jatri and boron,  that is the grand arrival of the groom and the grand welcome by the bride’s family. This itself is an elaborate process and the wedding does not start until this boron is done, followed by the Bengali Ashirwad Ceremony.

The ashirwad process if long because every close family member of the bride blesses the groom with gifts or cash, one by one, and feeds him a bit of sweet. The bride too is blessed with expensive gifts from the groom’s family members. This happens simultaneously. The boron and the ashirwad often take place at the bride’s house before they set out to the wedding venue for the wedding.

These are just the pre wedding rituals. So, you can imagine how elaborate the Bengali marriage rituals are. The wedding is as elaborate as the pre wedding rituals, with the Ashirwad ceremony being the bridge between the two followed by some post wedding rituals as well.

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