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Bengali Hindu wedding (Bengali: বাঙালি হিন্দু বিবাহ) refers to the traditional Bengali cultural wedding, [1] usually with Hindu rites and rituals native to the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent which has been practiced through centuries. Gaye-Holud ceremony of Bengali groom
Although similar ceremonies exist in other parts of the Indian subcontinent, the gaye holud is a custom particular to the Bengali people. It is not considered a religious function, as it is celebrated by Muslims, Hindus, and Christians in both Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal and wherever Bengalis live, irrespective of religion.
Mala Badal- the ceremony when the bride and groom exchange garlands with each other. Mala badal (Bengali: মালা বদল) is part of the traditional Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony that involves the exchange of flower garlands between the bride and bridegroom, and is supposed to mark the first time when the bride and the bridegroom set eyes on each other.
A Bengali Hindu wedding. This step is a part of Kanya Varanam, where the groom-to-be (brahmachari [38]) sends two elders on his behalf to the father of a girl whom he wishes to marry. The elders convey the message of the brahmachari and ask for the daughter's hand.
A topor (Bengali: টোপর) is a type of conical headgear traditionally worn by the groom as part of the Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony for good luck. [1] [2] The topor is typically fragile, made of sholapith and white in colour. [1] [3] [4] The topor is traditionally given to the groom by the bride's family. [5]
Most of these costs go towards dowries and the wedding celebration. [4] Scholars have characterized these expenditures as being strongly shaped by social norms and by desires to signal social status. [4] Hindu marriage ceremony A fancy Indian wedding taking place in Puducherry Bengali Hindu wedding in Kolkata
A Bengali Hindu couple during their wedding ceremony A North Indian couple wearing traditional attire during a ring ceremony A Rajput Hindu couple making an offering during their wedding ceremony A Tamil Hindu couple during their wedding ceremony. The Hindu marriage (Sanskrit: विवाह, romanized: Vivāha, lit.
[63] [64] West Bengal was created in 1947 as an act of Bengali Hindu Homeland Movement to save guard the political, economical, cultural, religious, demographic and land owning rights of Bengali Hindus of undivided Bengal region and as a result predominantly Hindu majority West Bengal became a part of Indian union.