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How To Get The Desired Dark Color Of Your Wedding Mehendi?

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The Henna or Mehendi has its importance in Indian wedding. The mehendi is considered as one of the important thing in bridal look and make up. It is believed that the darker the color of the bride’s mehendi, the more love she will get from her husband. However, some people also believe that the bride with dark color mehendi gets immense love from her mother-in-law.

Whatever beliefs people have with this wedding mehendi, one thing is sure that you can’t imagine a bride without mehendi in our country. Even the first thing the relatives and friends of the girl want to see is the color of her beautiful mehendi. If you too want to have nice and good color of your mehendi on your wedding day, here are some important tips for you.

  • It is really important that you book the mehendi artist at least a week before or 15 days before you wedding day to avoid any last minute hassle.
  • To get the best result, try to make a fresh heena paste at your home or ask the mehendi artist to get the fresh paste. Also ensure that your mehendi artist will use good quality heena to get the desired results.
  • Before applying the mehendi, make sure that you wash your hands and feet with soap to remove the dirt and any body lotion or oil. These body lotions and oil will work as barrier and reduce the color effect on your skin.
  • Wipe your hand and feet properly and let them dry and normal before applying mehendi.
  • Try to wear something really comfortable as you are supposed to sit for long hours.  A normal bridal mehendi design might take two-three hours where a theme/pattern based design might take five to six hours. Therefore, it is really important that you chose the most comfortable and perfect outfit for your mehendi session.
  • Don’t sit in the sun while the mehendi is being applied.
  • Don’t move your hands up and down or side way to dry your mehendi as it might get spread by doing so.
  • Avoid moving, walking or dancing after applying the mehdndi, it might be that your mehendi might get smudged.
  • Don’t wash your hands just immediately after applying the mehendi. It will fade the color of your mehendi. Don’t wax and shave your hands and feet after applying the mehendi as it will remove the layer of design and fade your mehendi.
  • To get the desired color of wedding mehendi, it is recommended to apply it before 24 hours of wedding.
  • Keep the heena on your hands for minimum seven to eight hours and maximum 12 hours.
  • You can also get clove steam to get the rich and dark color. You can warm a few cloves in a pan and run your hands over the smoke to get the desired color of your wedding mehendi.
  • After your mehendi dries a bit, dab a mixture of lemon juice and sugar on it with a cotton ball for a few time. Don’t over use the lemon juice to avoid smudge.
  • Use mustard oil or any other body oil to remove your mehendi. Don’t dip your hands in water for six to twelve hours to get the desired color.

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Agarwal Wedding: Full Of Rituals, Excitement & Life!

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When it comes to marriage most of the people still believe and follow the traditional ways of searching a groom and bride for matchmaking. But, as the things are changing you can also see and notice a notable change in different process. If you don’t want to follow the traditional way of searching the bride and groom then you can look for Agarwal bride and groom in Agarwal matrimonial sites. There are various matrimony sites where you can search for Agarwal boys and girls for marriage. In India, different communities have different ceremonies. Wedding rituals are considered as lifetime events which you cherish; remember throughout your life because it is very important event of once life. Agarwal community belongs to majorly North Indian regions and Agarwal wedding rituals are rich with traditions. The wedding celebration extends to a few days or up to a week.

Their wedding is not just about bride and groom, moreover it is building the life long bond between the two families. Their marriage ceremonies are unique and carry their own importance. All the Agarwal wedding rituals are designed beautifully that they hold special significance and relevance in your life. Let’s take a look at different ceremonies of Agarwal wedding style on with Hindu marriage rituals.

Agarwal marriage journey: Agarwal matchmaking for wedding is done or their marriage is generally fixed by the parents. The compatibility of bride and groom is generally evaluated and rates on the basis of their horoscope match making. Their wedding is full of traditions and rituals which makes it full of excitement and life.

Engagement or Mudha-Tikka ceremony: This is really very important ceremony. The main purpose of this ceremony is to make formal announcement of this new relationship. During this ceremony the bride’s father, brother and other elder males of the family put Tilak on the groom’s forehead. This is a gesture to accept and welcome the groom into the family. The bride’s father and other males offer gifts to groom and his family members.

Godh Bharai: On this ceremony the groom’s sister bring gifts, clothes, toys, cosmetics, dry fruits, etc. in to the lap of the bride. All these special gifts are considered a sign of bliss for her happy married life.

Sangeet: Traditionally the sangeet ceremony involves female friends and relatives of the bride get together for a fun-filled session with folk music and dance.

Mehendi: The mehendi ceremony is typically held at the bride’s residence a day before the wedding day. The all ladies of the family smear mehendi on their hands during the ceremony.

Tel, Baan and Haldi ceremony: Tel, Baan and Haldi ceremony is generally conducted on the wedding day. Different ingredients like herbs, mustard oil, fresh milk curd, henna and turmeric to make the paste. The family members take the grass brush and apply this paste on the feet, knees, shoulders, arms, face and head of the bride and groom respectively.

Kangna: This ceremony is also performed on the wedding day itself. The bride and groom are also tied the kangana or sacred thread on their right wrist.

Ganesh Pooja: This is very important as this marks the beginning of the wedding ceremonies. The main objective of the pooja is that the wedding takes place without any obstacle.

Gaur Pooja: In this pooja the wife is worshipped as Goddess Gauri or Parvati, who is considered as the perfect wife.

Baraat: This ceremonial procession starts when the groom’s family blessed the groom and put the turban on his head. This ceremony is also popular as Sehra Bandhai and after that only the groom mounts a decorated white mare. After this ceremony, the whole baraat proceeds towards the wedding venue.

Toran: In this ritual the groom hits the toran with stick before he steps inside the wedding venue.

Bateri Pooja: After the Toran ceremony the next ritual is Bateri pooja, conducted by the bride’s father. He offers gifts to groom and groom in return promises him that he will perform all the sacred rituals of wedding as prescribed by religious duty.

Neem Jhadai: This is typical Agarwal wedding tradition, where the bride’s sister sprinkles water on the groom with a neem tree’s twig in order to protect her brother-in-law from all evil eyes and any harm. In exchange she gets a small gift from the groom.

Aarti: The mother of the bride honors the groom by doing the traditional aarti, where she blesses him.

Jaimala: In this ceremony first the bride garlands the groom as symbol of accepting him as her husband and in return the groom reciprocates the same.

Joota chupai: The bride’s younger sisters and brothers steal the groom’s shoes once he sits for the pooja. The shoes are only returned to the groom in exchange for money or gifts.

Kanyadan: This ceremony is performed by the father of the bride in presence of all guests who are invited in the wedding. In this ceremony the father gives away his daughter to the groom. The tradition of the groom taking the hand of the bride is also known as Pani Grahan or Hast Milap.

Gathbandhan and Magal Phera: The wedding ceremony is performed in presence of the sacred fire or agni. The couple goes around the fire and takes seven rounds. Following the pheras, vermilion powder or Sindoor is applied on bride’s forehead and Mangalsutra is put around her neck by the groom. This concludes the wedding rituals.

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Mistakes You Should Avoid When You Are On Your Honeymoon

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When you talk about honeymoon– there are many people you will tell you what you should do on your honeymoon? How should you plan for your honeymoon? Everyone is always talking about all the things you should always do when you are on your honeymoon-but about the DON’Ts of honeymoon nobody will tell you. Honeymoon is the most anticipated vacation after the hectic rituals and ceremonies of your wedding. Everyone wants to make their honeymoon a perfect affair, but, after all efforts at times you don’t meet the expectations you have from your honeymoon. Here is a small list of things, which a newly-wedded couple should not do when they are on honeymoon

Not checking the hotel reviews:  Nowadays, people want to explore new destinations or such destinations which are luxurious, lavish, mesmerizing and lavish at the same time. Most of the couples make their decision after checking the details on different websites and internet. Before booking your hotel room, it is important that you should check the hotel and room reviews before booking it. Try to read more reviews posted on different travel sites. It will give you a clear picture of things like room, room service and facilities, hotel ambience and hotel food. Even check the details by visiting the official website of the hotel as well.

Ask for upgrade to get better services: Don’t forget to mention the hotel hospitality staff that you are on honeymoon. The hospitality industry tries their best to go all out to make a couple’s honeymoon special. If you will ask them to upgrade, it might be that they will easily upgrade your seats or room or surprise you with a complimentary spa, wine or chocolates.

Not rechecking/confirming the booking: Most of us hardly bother to recheck and confirm out booking in hotel and other schedules. The wedding season is followed by the honeymoon. Most of the hotel and resorts are full and pre-booked. At times these hotel and resorts change their policies and rates because of peak season. Therefore, it is important that you should always recheck your booking and confirm other charges as well before you leave for the destination.

Not rechecking the luggage before you leave: Amongst hectic and busy schedule of the wedding ceremonies, it is very common that you might forget to pack something in your baggage. Always check that if you have packed essentials, like your medicines, night wear, winter wear if going to some hill station, sunscreen if going to some beach, your reading glasses and your tickets with other important documents if required.

Not considering the season and destination: If you are going abroad for your honeymoon, then you should always consider the weather in mind. If you are going at some beach destination pack the dress according to the destination. If you have selected a hill station and it’s month of November or December, then you can’t miss packing woolens in your honeymoon luggage. Therefore, it is really important that you should always consider the weather while packing your luggage. It will also save you from shopping there and wasting your important time in just looking for showrooms to buy necessary clothes for both of you.

Not fixing your budget: It is always suggested that you fix your overall budget of honeymoon before you go for honeymoon. It is good if you search about the expected expenses and general rates in that city. It will give you a clear idea about how much money you exactly need when you are in that city. It is your first holiday together as husband and wife, so you want to give the best to your wife, but don’t go beyond your budget. Fix a budget for your travel, shopping, your hotel stay and other activities in that city. Try to stick to your budget, it will help in regularizing your spending.

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Importance of First Lohri After Marriage in Punjabi’s

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Lohri is majorly celebrated in North Indian states like Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The festival is mainly the harvest festival of Punjab. The festival has its importance and significance in Punjab and all such states, where it is being celebrated. It basically marks the end of the chilling winters and warmly welcomes the season of fruitfulness, spring and the Indian New Year. Generally people believed that the night of the Lohri is the longest night of the year, post which the days begin to turn longer and the nights become shorter. People celebrate Lohri as a festival of the God Sun and Fire.

Importance of Lohri: There are many mythological stories and believes that are linked with this important festival of Punjab. Some believes that it actually traces back to name of the wife of Sant Kabir. However, some believe that the sister of Holika, who perished in the fire while trying to kill Prahlad, while her sister Lohri survived due to her piety. There are people, who believe that Lohri festival was named on the Loh, or the appliance which is used to turn and pressing Chapattis or Indian breads. Besides, all these stories and believes there are many other stories as well like Lohri is basically a short form of Tilohri where Til seeds and Rorhi, the components of the food items are combined to create this world.  

How to celebrate such a significant festival?  It is mainly the community festival and celebrated with family, friends and relatives. It is mainly a harvest festival, therefore, it has its importance for farmers. The main attraction of this important festival is primarily meant to be observed by the farmers, but since Punjab is an agricultural land, almost everyone participate in this festival.

The main attraction point of this festival is the huge bonfire which is lit and people gather, sing and dance around it. During the festival celebration many rituals are performed like throwing of sesame seeds, gur or jiggery, sugarcane sticks, rewaris, popcorns and several other items into the fire. No Lohri festival cerebration is complete without the beats of Dhol and Bhangra dance. It is considered the most exciting dancing style and people dressed in most vibrant and colorful dress to make their mark on this special occasion.

First Lohri Celebration for the newly brides: The newly brides in Punjabi wedding wear the colorful bangles, new clothes and try to look her best on that special day. Even the groom is also expected to wear the new attire and a colorful turban to match with the bride. As a ritual, the bride receives various gifts like clothes, jewelry, sweets, make up-kit, etc. Generally the first Lohri is celebrated with all family members, relatives and friends. All the arrangements are done on a wider scale. The family organizes dinner for all the family members, relatives and guests who are present for the celebration. Bride is also supposed to gift clothes and other things to her in-laws and other guests who are there. The couple also seeks blessings and good wishes from their elders on this day.

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Do You Think Railway Station Is A Cool Place For Marriage?

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Are you the one who don’t want to settle down with the stereotype wedding style? Do you want to make your wedding memorable and want that people will remember with for ages? Well, if you are the one who want to go for a unique wedding style then platform wedding is just perfect for you. This is something really new and unique. You must have heard about the wedding as different wedding destinations, underwater wedding and wedding in air and on hills. But, this idea of wedding is something really unique and new. You can think beyond the traditional pattern of wedding where you find the set up in lavish restaurants, farm houses, banquet halls and hotels. Now, the Indian Railways is planning to open its sprawling stretches for couples to host their wedding receptions.

The Western Railways will be the first one to start this. It is most likely planning to open its gates for general public to conduct their wedding ceremonies and function at Surat and Navapur stations. The railway has sent the proposal to the ministry for approval. This unique idea is introduced to give a much desired boost to the economy for the sector. This special idea was suggested when the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had ordered railway departments to come up with some unique and different ideas to increase the overall profit of the department. A senior railways official said, “Surat station is massive, and there are people there who would actually pay to have their wedding receptions or parties on platforms as well. We will propose platform no. 4 for the project as it has two-three booking offices, which is ideal for these kinds of functions.”

During the peak wedding season, at time many people find it difficult to get a venue on their preferred dates. The railway is planning to get the maximum benefits out of this. They are planning to open the door of their sprawling stretches for the common people during the month of December, apart from June and September. The officer also explained that busy stations in metropolitan cities and stations in Mumbai have to exempt from this list because of the overcrowded rails and rush. He further added, “But, few trains pass through stations like Navapur, and hence there will be more than enough space for such events.” Whether it will help the railway station to overcome from their losses or not, certainly, it would be a unique wedding theme and welcomed by all those who want to go for a unique wedding style.

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