Personal Experience: Hindu Weddings

A Hindu Wedding In Hinduism marriage is not just the joining of two people, whose souls are brought together mentally and physically, but of two families. There are sixteen sacraments that must be performed whilst a Hindu is alive to make the life of the individual prosperous and noble, one of these is marriage. Many Hindu wedding ceremonies follow the same sequence of events, whether it is an arranged marriage or not. I went to the wedding ceremony of Anika Shah…

Hindu Wedding Ceremony Introduction The tradition Vedic wedding ceremony is about four thousand years old. The ceremony is a religious occasion solemnized in accordance with the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of the Hindus. It is a collection of rituals performed by the bride’s parents. Each steps in the ceremony has symbolic philosophical and spiritual meaning. The Maharaj (priest) conducts the ceremony by chanting Mantras (bridal altar). The ceremony is performed in Sanskrit, the most ancient…

Hindu Wedding Hindu weddings can be very festive (Blanchard). Everyone wear bright colored clothes and eat spicy or vegetarian food (Blanchard). They even eat flat bread, pastries, cake, and ice cream (Blanchard). Normally, guest send the newlyweds money in an envelope days later (Blanchard). The weddings normally last at least three days (Blanchard). At first, the groom comes in on a white horse and that’s when the guest dance around him. The bride and her family meet the groom and his family to…

INTRODUCTION: The Islamic and Hindu religions have an array of similarities and differences regarding their customs and laws in relation to the ‘wedding ceremony’. Within Islam, the wedding ceremony is believed to be both a religious and social obligation to get married. As a result, there is a great weight placed on religious, social and cultural dimensions of the ceremony which tends to be simple in nature, paralleling Islamic beliefs. Hindus also place a lot of importance on marriage ceremonies…

While working in the medical field I have become close to many of my patients. I treat my patients with respect, kind, and I let them know that I do care for them and their personal wellness. I have had so many patients come to me with open arms and want to include me into parts that they hold very special and scared in their lives. Growing up my parents practice two different religions and taught me to always have an open mind towards all different cultures and religions. A couple that…

foundation of a Hindu marriage. Hindu marriages, like most other cultural wedding ceremonies, are deeply concerned with their religious rituals and customs. Most ceremonies in the Hindu culture are family oriented with great emphasis on entertainment and inspiration. Also, off course, the amount of decorations and the extent to which the rituals are carried out depends greatly on the class of the families in society. Wealthier families are inclined to spend vast amounts of money into the wedding ceremony…

The Hindu pre-wedding, wedding, and post-wedding have many different observable and intricate aspects, traditions and rituals. Planning a traditional Hindu wedding just like Christian weddings can differ between couples as well as differences within the Hindu wedding ceremonies between South India and North India. The most important aspect of weddings in India is that it involves the whole family. It is not just two people becoming one, it is two families becoming one. Knowing this, fully…

Personal Experience 2:35 a.m. Even though it was something that I had experienced before, the pain still took me my surprise. And it was only the beginning. I had finally fallen asleep around midnight. My parents had come down to Indiana for a weekend visit and we had stayed up a little late enjoying our visit with each other after the boys had gone to bed. There were two bedrooms in my little apartment and I had given them the use of mine, deciding to sleep with my two children in the other…

Cultural Study Weddings are a huge celebration of many cultures around the world, but in India they take it to the next level. Hindu weddings not only last one day, but a whole week, they have many traditions and rituals they have to follow before the actual wedding day. It is not only a celebration of two individuals, but two families coming together. Hindu weddings are one of the most beautiful and extravagant compared to most cultures and even though India is very diverse where there are more…

married they make a vow in front of their loved ones and their God to be together for the rest of their lives and abide by each other. In the Hindu religion, which is the third largest religion in the world, weddings are very sacred, therefore a wedding ceremony takes a lot of time and effort and it is composed of different rituals and ceremonies. The Hindu marriage, "Lagna Vivah" is the connection of two human beings in a nuptial ceremony that takes place according to their religion. It's the connection…