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Sikh Wedding Ceremony
A Sikh wedding is described as "Anand Karaj" - a ceremony of bliss, which is basically similar to the Hindu marriage ceremony but differs only in the use of religious text, which is from "Granth Sahib".
Pre Wedding Ceremony
Shagun
For "shagun" (engagement) the bride's family goes to the groom's house with all kinds of sweet, fruits and other gifts of clothes and jewelry. The girl's father (in his absence the brother or any other elderly male member of the family) gives the groom-to-be a gold ring, a "kara" (bangle) with a minimum of eleven gold mohra (sovereigns). These are later strung in to a black thread and put around the girl's neck after the wedding.
Chunni
After the "shagun", the groom's family (usually close female relatives) comes to the girl's house with the wedding "chunni" (veil) and is given gifts, gold ring and other jewellery. The boy's mother puts a bit of mehendi (henna) on the girl's palms to declare her engaged.
Mehendi and sangeet
The mehendi ceremony is celebrated with lots of fun and frolic. All the girls of the family and the bride's friends apply mehendi on the girls palm and feet and there is dancing and singing. Every one invited is given bundi ladoos as a take-away gift.
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