HALDI RASM

Haldi is the practice at the time of Hindu marriages that is compulsory. The Hindu marriage ceremony takes about 7 days to be performed. Before 7 days the tilak is done in which the gifts, fruits and the cloths are given by the bride family to the groom family as token of affection and love. Than before 2 days the sangeet ceremony (marriage songs) is sung by the quire girls and than Haldi is applied on the wedding day. In the Haldi rasm/custom the turmeric paste is applied on the bride as well as groom on the whole body at their respective places .Haldi is natural disinfectant and helps to glow the complexion besides being hygienic. The bride and grooms brother apply the Haldi on each other face. This is one of the older rituals in the Hindus family. The groom sits on wooden plank in the mandap (the place of wedding) wearing dhoti and stole. Than haldi is first concentrated in the name of god than the relatives apply haldi on the groom by the help of grass called (duba).Pandit en chance the mantras during the haldi ceremony .The haldi songs sung by the ladies is charming. Than the ladies apply the haldi when all the relatives have finished. This Ceremony is the celebrated for fun and celebrating haldi during the marriage.