Kerala wedding!!!

The traditional Hindu wedding is divided between Nair wedding and the Normal Hindu weddings. A very typical Hindu wedding is basically very simple in both style and attire.the mainstay of a Kerala wedding for a Nair couple is loosely termed the kanyadaan. It begins with a ceremonial welcome for the groom and his family, followed by the blushing bride's beatific entry.

The bride wears the traditional Kerala sari for the wedding. The sari , which is the famous Kerala Kasavu sari, is plain white a golden border that makes it appears beautiful in every way. Gold is very integral part of Kerala wedding. The bride wears everything right from a beautiful necklace to waist band to earings etc in gold . The bride is covered with gold from top to toe. The families are dressed in various traditional silk saree. Men have to wear dhoti and kurta. On the marriage day the girl visit a local temple dear to her and gives vazhipad ( offering) and Nirmala ( garland made of thulasi) .

A gift seals the deal . For a nair Kerala wedding this occurs in the pudamuri rituals, where the groom gifts his bride a saree on a platter. This symbolic gesture marks that he would forever act as a provider for her . The dakshina is a symbol of the elders blessings .A traditional engagement ceremony over here becomes the nischayam .

A typical Nair wedding meal is known as Sadhya which consists of 25 dishes served on a banana leaf. The elaborate meal consists of a variety of rice , pickles, curry, banana chips , papads , thoran , avial, pachadi and kichadi , paruppu , dal , sambar , rasam, paal Ada pradaman and sweet dishes are cake , icecream , fruit salad and gulab jamun.