Shaadi.ca » rukshati http://www.shaadi.ca South Asian Wedding Resources Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:33:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Doli http://www.shaadi.ca/doli/ http://www.shaadi.ca/doli/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:05:48 +0000 admin http://www.shaadi.ca/?p=110 The ceremony is concluded with the customary singing of the six stanzas of the Anand Sahib, Song of Bliss, followed by Ardas, prayer, and Vak, a random reading of a verse from Guru Granth Sahib. The ceremony, which takes about an hour, ends with the serving of Karah Parshad to the congregation. Relatives and friends then exchange greetings and congratulations. A few hour after the marriage the bridal party or Doli leaves and the bride departs from her parental home with her husband.

]]> http://www.shaadi.ca/doli/feed/ 0 Kanyadan http://www.shaadi.ca/kanyadan/ http://www.shaadi.ca/kanyadan/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:12:33 +0000 admin http://www.shaadi.ca/?p=92 The brides parents entrust their daughter in the safe keeping of the groom and his family.

]]> http://www.shaadi.ca/kanyadan/feed/ 0 Rukshati http://www.shaadi.ca/rukshati/ http://www.shaadi.ca/rukshati/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:27:48 +0000 admin http://www.shaadi.ca/?p=32 The bride’s family bids her a tearful farewell before she departs for her husband’s house. The bride’s father gives her hand to her husband and tells him to protect and take good care of her.

Welcoming the bride

The groom’s mother holds the Quran above the head of her new daughter-in-law as she enters her new home for the first time after the wedding.

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