A night of joy, dance, and celebration! 🎶💃✨ The groom's family comes together to rejoice at the Ladies' Sangeet Fest, dancing with love and laughter. Women sway to the rhythmic beats of the Dholki, blending the soulful melodies of Pahari songs, creating moments to cherish forever. Let the festivities begin! Singing traditional songs and dancing to the beat of music forms a major part of this ritual. 🥁🎊"

A heartwarming tradition to honor the groom’s family! 💕 The bride’s family gifts mufflers and Himachali Caps to the groom’s family, symbolizing love and respect. Following this, members of the bride's family visit the groom's house to give the Shagun, a token of blessings and good fortune. With these beautiful rituals, the marriage celebrations begin, and the next steps of the journey unfold. 💍✨

One of the important rituals of Hindu Marriage is the mehndi ceremony. It is believed that the color of mehndi signifies the essence of love in a marriage, so it is put on the bride's hands to strengthen that bond of love. In Himachal, mehndi ceremony is observed in the groom’s family as well and his hands are also adorned with mehndi as part of the ritual. Singing traditional songs and dancing to the beat of music forms a major part of this ritual.

On the morning of the wedding day, this ceremony starts with the sthapana of Lord Ganesh. Family members pay obeisance to deities and this is followed by the haldi cermony. Pithi or Haldi, the cleansing ceremony is practiced during which the bride and the bridegroom are smeared with turmeric powder by friends and relatives in their respective homes, as a part of their beautification process. Finally havan (homa) takes place.

Among Hindus a Sacred Thread is a thin consecrated cord, composed of distinct cotton strands, worn to symbolize coming of age.The sacred thread is known by many names ), such as Janeu, Lagun, Yajnopavita, Yagyopavit, Yonya and Zunnar. In Himachal, its called as Janeu.All material used during this process except janeu, which is taken care by priest only.Water with mix of Gangajal, Colored rice, flowers, dhruva and something sweet in a plate

Dham is prepared by botis only who are Brahmin chefs and have been in this profession for generations. The utensils used for cooking the food are normally copper ones. The preparations for Dham begin a night before, and when ready, it is served in courses to people who sit on floor. Pattals or leaf plates are utilized to serve the food. And as for the dishes themselves, they include rice, Madra (Sepu badi/Mukund badi, Rajmah etc), Palda (a curd based dish or curry), mustard based raita, pulses and Meethe chawal (sweet rice) or Mithdee (made of boondi, Bread crumbs etc).

Sehra bandi takes place . It involves tying a decorative veil, or sehra, around the groom's turban. The groom's sister or another female relative typically performs this ceremony. The sehra is tied around the groom's head right before he leaves for the wedding.

When all ceremonies are done , everyone gets ready for barat. All the relatives, friends and people from same village go to Bride's place with relevant stuff.All important people in Barat wear Pagadi and these days most of the folks get something to signify their presence in barat. Even small kids get some colorful strolls or designer caps

As the Barat reaches, Milni takes place and thn Groom and Bride are taken to the stage for Varmala. Then all ceremonies used to happen in Vedi. The actual marriage ceremony begins with the ritual of the Vara Satkaarah in which the bridegroom and his friends and relatives are welcomed and received at the entrance of the hall where the wedding is to be conducted. The mother of the bride applies tilak on the groom’s forehead and performs aarti to bless him and to ward off any evil. This is followed by the Var Mala ceremony. After Varmala Ceremony, both of the main parties need to sit on hot seats to have good wishes of their relatives and loved ones

One of the most significant rituals the bride and the groom perform is the Saptapadi or saat phere around a scared fire that is symbolic of God. One end of the groom's scarf is tied to the bride's dress and this marriage knot is supposed to symbolize a life-long togetherness. Then they take seven rounds around the fire and each of these rounds represents nourishment, strength, prosperity, happiness, progeny, long life and harmony and understanding, respectively. during this time that the groom fills vermillion or sindoor in the center parting of the bride and puts mangalsutra around her neck.

The father of the bride hands over his daughter to the bridegroom. The Vivah Homa follows which is the sacred fire ceremony. ritual of the Pani Grahan, the groom takes the right hand of the bride in his left hand and accepts her as his lawfully wedded wifeThis particular thing is called Khadau, a slipper made up of wood having flat base with a toe hold sticking out. This one is modern one. The older version were really difficult to handle and made up of only wood The bride is also adorned with Kaleeras. The shape of the Kaleeras has a symbolic meaning. The top is shaped like a coconut, to show that the bride will always have food in her new home. There are metal pieces hanging from it, to show that she will always have wealth

Vidai (also called Bidai), which simply put is departure of the bride from her father’s house, is a post wedding ceremony .Maternal uncle (mother’s brother) takes the bride to the car or the Doli and hands her to the groom. Before crossing the doorstep, she throws back three handfuls of rice and coins over her head, into the house. This symbolizes that the bride is repaying her parents for all that they have given her so far.Just when the bride and the groom sit in the car and it starts, the bride's brothers and cousins push the car from behind, signifying that they have given her a push ahead to start a new life with her husband. After the last car starts, money is thrown on the road to discard the evil. Generally, younger sister accompanies the bride to her matrimonial home.

As the Baraat returns to the groom's house, the newlyweds step into their new journey together. 💑✨ The bride and groom enter their home, welcomed with love and joy. Soon after, the entire family visits the temples, seeking divine blessings for a blissful and prosperous married life

Dham is prepared by botis only who are Brahmin chefs and have been in this profession for generations. And as for the dishes themselves, they include rice, Madra (Sepu badi/Mukund badi, Rajmah etc), mustard based raita, pulses and Meethe chawal (sweet rice) or Mithdee (made of boondi, Bread crumbs etc).