An Indian Wedding -Photos and Videos

Some more photos and videos .

This is a wedding overload. A guest dressed in all her finery.

From her attire one can safely assume that she is conservative married woman

as she is wearing lots of jewelry and her head is covered.

Join the baraat

Congratulations

This is after the initial Jai Maal

or garlanding ceremony.

The couple exchange wedding garlands.

The buffet lawn

There are scores of big and small ceremonies in

a Hindu wedding. Mostly involving relatives and close friends.

The main body of guests can make merry and go home

while the rites and rituals of matrimony are being

solemnized at the bride 's residence

in the wee hours of the morning and

thereafter.

This was the wedding in a affluent family therefore all the rich flamboyance.

Other weddings are conducted in a more subdued manner.

Weddings are a big affair in India for both the rich

and the poor.

People start saving for weddings (specially daughters)

right from their childhood.

Many people borrow money to

fulfil their dreams.

Girls are called 'paraya dhan"

or stranger 's wealth because parents

have to spend a lot for their dowry and wedding.

The scale of a wedding depends on your finances,

religion, caste, social status, circumstances and philosophy.

Christians have a church wedding,

followed by a reception dinner. The wedding cake

is very important.

We also have some cultural ceremonies

which bring family and friends together.

Being part of a joyful wedding celebration makes me look forward with anticipation to the most glorious marriage of eternity.The marriage feast of Jesus Christ - the Holy Lamb of God.The church will someday be united with Christ as the redeemed bride of the Lamb. The church has been called the bride of Christ.

Although he was not a Christian, the poet Shelly glimpsed that perfect love

"Love he sent to bind.

The dsmantled tendrils of that vine

Which bears the wine of

life,the human heart."

"Come let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him;for th marriage of the Lamb is come,and his wife hath made herself ready."

Revelations 19;7