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Marriage in Hinduism
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A Tamil wedding is not very extravagant, though significant stress is laid on abiding by Tamil
traditions and customs. Preparations for the marriage ceremonies start months before. Once a
match is finalized, the families of the bride and the groom start arrangements right away. An
auspicious month for marriage is chosen, marriage date is fixed and a marriage hall booked.
Sumangali Prarthanai is performed a few days before the wedding date to pray that the bride should be blessed with the privilege of dying before her husband. Pre-marriage rituals commence with Pandakaal Muhurtham, as per which families of the bride and the groom take the blessings of the Lord separately, for a successful, uninterrupted marriage ceremony. Virtham is then performed by the bride and the groom individually. The girl ties a sacred thread around her wrist, where as the boy invokes names of the Lords. Mud pots are sprinkled with grains and watered. These pots are put in a pond next morning, so that fishes can feed on the sprouted grains. This ritual called Pallikai the lichal is done by the girl’s family in order that the couple gets the blessing of the fishes.
Brahmins, who represent ancestors of both sides, are invited for a feast to receive their blessings, aspart of the Nandi ritual. Both families assemble in a temple for Janavasam or Mapilai Azhaipu. The groom, now clad in a new dress, is taken to the the mandapam by the bride’s family and welcomed with a tray having fresh fruits, flowers, paan and supari, the nadaswarams being played behind. Rosewater is sprinkled and sweets are offered to the bridegroom. Nicchiyadharatham is the next important ceremony. In this, the bride is made to sit and Ganesha pujais performed, after which she is given a saree by the groom’s family. The Lagna patrigai (invitation card) is formally read out aloud by the priests.
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