Dressed like a Queen || Some Colorful moments from a North Indian Wedding

Indian Weddings are quite interesting to photograph and capture these moments to cherish forever. In different states of India, different rituals are associated with regional weddings, but the common part is colorfulness. Let's check out this Photo Journey to check out colorful moments with Indian Bride...

 Indian Brides ensure the best dresses for their weddings along with appropriate jewellery and other relevant stuff.

Lehnga-Choli is main dress for Brides in Indian Weddings. Wedding in India is a very special occasion of life and people spend a lot on everything associated. On same lines, if we go online or in markets to search Lehnga-Choli, there would hundreds of types of Lehnga-Choli. I just spent 10 minutes on web and got to about various types like Jodhpuri n all, but I am amazed to categorization on the basis of ceremonies which take place in an Indian Wedding. Like Sangeet Lehnga-Choli, Mehndi Lehnga-Choli, Reception Lehnga-Choli etc...

Since there is huge demand for Wedding Appareals in India, there is a huge supply of designer Lehnga-Choli as well. Every city in India has various designers who are only focused around weddings. And these are dresses are not limited to Lehngas only. There are many couples who want to try something different in Indian or western version. 

 

The market for Bridal dresses is quite big and at the same time demand for various options in Groom dresses is also increasing quite fast. Sherwanis, Indo-Western Suites etc...

 Venues for Indian Weddings are also very special. With time trends are changing but still there is huge demand of different types of places. Usually huge number of friends & relatives join together to celebrate this moment. Still some families celebrate the main ceremony with everyone and at times, invitees are divided into different ceremonies. Venues are arranged accordingly. Usually huge farms are preferred for main ceremony and if someone decides to have lesser number of guests, number of options increase as various good hotels are decent space to host marriages.

 Trend of Wedding planners is also increasing in India. A wedding planner is a professional who assists with the design, planning and management of a client's wedding. Weddings are significant events in people's lives and as such, couples are often willing to spend considerable sums of money to ensure their wedding is organized as perfectly as possible. Professional wedding planners exist throughout the world, most notably in the USA, UK and Western Europe. There are various wedding planning courses available to those who wish to pursue the career. Wedding planners are often used by couples who work long hours and have little spare time available for sourcing and managing wedding venues and wedding suppliers.

Indian weddings are filled with ritual and celebration that continue for several days. Generally anywhere between 200 to 5000 people attend. Many of the attendees are unknown to the bride and groom themselves.  The traditional Indian wedding is about two families being brought together socially, with as much emphasis placed on the families coming closer as the married couple. Many wedding customs are common among Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and even Muslims. They combine local, religious and family traditions. The period of Hindu marriage ceremonies dates from the application (lagan) of tilak.

Indian weddings are a mainstay in the social calendar of the whole community. Many wedding traditions that originated in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh carried over to immigrant populations. Increasingly, Western features are incorporated, such as speeches, the first dance and the traditional wedding cake. Indian weddings are typically lavish - which costs a lot to the family.

A non-Indian guest wondering about the fat Indian Weddings and detailed rituals to be followed for starting a married life.

Family priest is one of the important person in Indian Marriages, who is required in almost every ceremony related to weddings in India. 

Some of the common cemermonies in Indian Weddings are -Sangeet, Mehndi, Kanyadaan, Bariksha, Tilak, Lagn, 7 Vachan, fere, Flower bed Ceremony, Vidai etc.