The service, called a sagai, is a special religious celebration announcing to the world that the couple is betrothed. It felt almost like a mini wedding, and even included the cutting of a cake. During the ceremony, the couple offers prayers to specific Hindu deities in order to bless their future marriage. Parents of both the bride and groom attended, and gifts were exchanged between the two families. The sagai marks the official betrothal of the couple, and as with Western cultures, jewelry is exchanged to signify the event. The groom gives the bride a ring, and his family also bestows other jewelry upon the bride. Equally, the bride and her family give the groom a piece of jewelry.

Wedding Haldi Ceremony Significance It is believed that haldi rasam is done in order to prevent evil spirits from harming the to-be-wed couple. As a result, the bride and groom are typically not allowed to leave their home after the haldi ceremony until their wedding mahurat. In Indian customs, turmeric's bright yellow colour is highly auspicious. The couple, who are beginning their new life together, is blessed with prosperity thanks to the good fortune of this element and its colour. For this reason, the groom and bride wear yellow attire for their wedding haldi ceremony. When cosmetic beauty treatments and salons were not common in the past, Indians relied on their own natural beauty secrets to make sure a couple looks stunning on their wedding day. Haldi is well renowned for its ability to make skin fair and radiant.

Mehndi, otherwise known as henna, is a paste associated with positive spirits and good luck. Indian Wedding tradition calls for a Mehndi ceremony to be held the night before the wedding as a way of wishing the bride good health and prosperity as she makes her journey on to marriage.

For Hindus, marriage is a sacrosanct union. It is also an important social institution. Marriages in India are between two families, rather two individuals, arranged marriages and dowry are customary. The society as well as the Indian legislation attempt to protect marriage. Indian society is predominantly patriarchal. There are stringent gender roles, with women having a passive role and husband an active dominating role. Marriage and motherhood are the primary status roles for women. When afflicted mental illness married women are discriminated against married men. In the setting of mental illness many of the social values take their ugly forms in the form of domestic violence, dowry harassment, abuse of dowry law, dowry death, separation, and divorce. Societal norms are powerful and often override the legislative provisions in real life situations