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In a Hindu Punjabi Wedding, Agni (sacred fire) is usually encircled seven times. laavaan at Sikh Anand Karaj In a Sikh wedding , the bride and groom will walk in tow around the Guru Granth Sahib four times, called laavaan .
Hinduism and Sikhism are Indian religions. Hinduism has pre-historic origins, [1] while Sikhism was founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. [2] [3] Both religions share many philosophical concepts such as karma, dharma, mukti, and maya [4] [5] although both religions have different interpretation of some of these concepts. [6] [7]
[8] [9] One Sikh sect, Namdhari, still require the couple to circumambulate around the sacred fire four times. [10] Indeed, before the intervention of the Singh Sabha there was no uniform Sikh wedding ritual. The majority of Sikhs were married by the vedi tradition whereby circuits (pheras) were taken around the fire, as in the Hindu manner.
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An Indian girl holding an umbrella for a Hindu wedding ceremony. In North Indian weddings, the bride and the groom say the following words after completing the seven steps: We have taken the Seven Steps. You have become mine forever. Yes, we have become partners. I have become yours. Hereafter, I cannot live without you. Do not live without me.
[5] [6] Typical Hindu families spend significant effort and financial resources to prepare and celebrate weddings. The rituals and process of a Hindu wedding vary depending on the region of India, local adaptations, resources of the family and preferences of the bride and the groom.
One day before the wedding, the ceremony of mayian is performed at the couple's respective homes. The prospective bride or groom is seated on a wooden plank called a patri, and a red cloth is held above by four female relatives, while married women of the household and biradari, led by the mother, rub a paste of turmeric, flour and mustard oil on his or her face, arms and legs.
Gatka is a form of martial art associated primarily with the Sikhs of the Punjab. It is a style of stick-fighting, with wooden sticks intended to simulate swords. [40] The other weapon used is a shield, natively known as phari. [41] The gatka is now popular as a sport or sword dance performance art and is often shown during Sikh festivals. [42]