Indian Brides

Indian Brides posts cover the rituals around an Indian wedding from the bride’s perspective. Articles look at the regional differences between a North Indian Hindu wedding and a Tamil one, the multi-day timeline that runs from the haldi turmeric ceremony through the mehendi henna night to the main ceremony, the traditional red lehenga or sari and the choli blouse, the heavy gold jewellery including the maang tikka, nath nose ring and choodiyan bangles, the question of whether a bride wears her mother’s jewellery, and the Anglo-Indian wedding traditions of the Christian community. There are also short notes on the Sikh anand karaj.