Indian Weddings
First Online September 1, 2001
Page Last Updated: August 20, 2024
Introduction
In this potpourri of pictures of brides, grooms, and wedding festivities, we cover the function of the matrimony as celebrated in various communities in India. I have also included references to interesting wedding anecdotes as they appear in Indian traditions and mythologies.
- Vikas Kamat
Table of Contents
- The Indian Wedding -- customs, traditions, and localization of weddings in India, including meaning of some of the rituals.
- Marrying of Cousins and Mutual Weddings
- Arranged Marriages of India -- Article discusses the tradition of arranged marriages in India and lists the process, criteria, and advantages.
- The Sacrament of Marriage
- Anxious Groom
- Basing -- A Wedding Headgear made with Pith
- Boy Gets Girl
- The Bride of India
- A Coorgi Bride Carrying Water
- Decorating the Bride
- Decorations of a Bride
- Flowers and Rice on Head
- Guests at a Hindu Wedding
- Hindu Symbolic Marriage
- Konkani Bride and Groom
- Marrying of Maternal Uncles and Cousins is Quite Common
- Martial Rituals During a Kodava Wedding
- Mass Weddings at Dharmasthala
- The Mehendi (henna) on a Bride's Hands
- The Newly Weds in Traditional Wedding Attire
- Remarrying After 50 years of Marriage!
- Shiva Arrives for His Wedding
- The Swayamvara Wedding
- Wedding Reception, India
- Wedding without the Bride!
See Also:
- Wife of Five Husbands -- The story of Draupadi through the works of great artists
- Girl Practicing Rangoli Art
- The Dowry System