Hey Everyone!
Today in ‘Bridal Archives’ feature I’m about to share the
details about Tamil Wedding Ceremony, the kind of outfits, the accessories and rituals.
As I’m a Tamilian girl I’m so much fond of silk saris and gold jewelry etc. And
we have quite long list of rituals that we follow in Tamil wedding ceremony.
There are number of customs that have been following in Tamil weddings
according to the each caste and creed! I attended pretty count of weddings this
year and I’m bit aware of the outfits & rituals etc. Here I give you composed
posts of all outfit details along with type of rituals and I divided the
wedding ceremony into 3 parts,
- Tamil Pre-Wedding: Part-1
- Tamil Wedding: Part-2
Tamil Pre-Wedding: Traditional Outfits and Customs Part-1
The pre-wedding rituals are done by Tamil speaking
Brahmins. Everybody is set with a festive mood here and the ambience is
completely filled with joy and silk saris. The engagement ceremony is done in
the pre-wedding and it has consecutive rituals to follow with! Here the groom
family is received by the bride family, they share their greetings for the
upcoming wedding.
Tamil Pre-Wedding Customs:
Panda Kaal Muhurtham
This custom is done in order to seek the blessings and
wishes from our ancestors. To me this is an interesting part of pre wedding
rituals. The custom starts by adding the Navadhanyam (all 9 major Cereals) into
the ground and they post a half trunk above the Navadhanyam and a pooja will be
conducted by Brahmin Iyer. Here this is a sign to show that the wedding is on
and all will pray that let the wedding proceed without any trouble. ! Is that
interesting!
Receiving the Groom
The respected groom family will arrive to the wedding
hall a day before the wedding and they are received by the bride family with
fruits, flowers and beetle nuts. The bride’s sister or elderly women will take
the aarti to groom and welcome him in to the avenue. In my brother’s wedding my
sister-in-law cousins took aarti for mu brother! At the end a coconut is broken
on the ground to ensure there is no evil eye upon the groom! It’s a custom we
Indians follow in every state isn’t?
Vratham
In this part the fasting is taken by the bride and groom.
They should be in fasting until the Muhurtham! Its bit difficult but it’s a
part of wedding ceremony here.
Nicchiyadharatham
At this part the engagement ceremony takes place, by
keeping the lord ganesha as the important god of ceremony, all the members from
bride and groom family, friends and relatives pray for the wellness of the
bride and groom. Here the bride will receive a new saree from the groom’s
family known as Nicchiyadharatham Pattu Saree (silk saree). Before the brides
receive the saree, the saree is blessed by the Iyer by keeping kumkum, chandan,
and flowers and pieces of jewelry added to it! After that, the bride will be
blessed by all the elderly people from bride’s and groom sides by keeping
kumkum and chandan to bride’s forehead. This is done to ensure the bride
received blessings from each and every one!
Reading of Lagna Pathirigai
Lagna Pathirigai (the hand written statement of wedding invitation), although the wedding invitations
are given to everyone 6 months prior to wedding , the Iyer will read a hand
written statement of invitation to all. It is composed with a holy prayer at
the beginning followed by groom’s details and bride’s details. This is done to
ensure that the marriage is approved by both groom and bride’s families.
Tamil Pre-Wedding Bridal Traditional Outfits:
For the wedding each bride is blessed with 7 to 5 silk
saris. The outfits depend upon the number of rituals they follow! My family
gave about 5 silk saris to my sister-in-law, it depends!
Initially bride is given a silk saree for the Panda Kaal
Muhurtham custom. Except for the Muhurtham the rest saris can in any colors.
Here in south usually the girls end with up sky blue, orange, purple teal, pink
and maroon. These colors are so feminine and liked by all girls.
For the Vratham, the bride will wear simple silk saree.
For the Nicchiyadharatham part, the bride will wear
gorgeous silk saree with golden and yellow prints. After she receives the
Nicchiyadharatham pattu saree (silk saree) from the groom family, she will wear
that silk saree for rest of the ceremony!
I hope you find the post interesting! Please share your
thoughts below!
