Ok, so last night I attended the wedding of a friend from work. It was a typical North Indian Wedding, and a first for me, since the only Hindu weddings I've attended have been Goan ones, and those are quite simple, when compared with the North Indian weddings.
The groom was from Bihar & the bride also was from somewhere around there (not sure where exactly). We reached in time for the Baraat to start. The Baraat consists of the Groom's side people.There was a lot of dancing, to the music provided by the band-wallas. A distance of around 250m was covered in 2hours!!
Since the wedding was taking place at a hotel, the baraatis just went around the hotel once. Otherwise its a long walk from the groom's place to the bride's place.
After a lot of crazy dancing, we reached the entrance of the hotel, and were greeted by the bride's mother. She performed some pooja/aarti and welcomed us all in. The bride and groom then went on to the stage, and exchanged garlands. After that is was just wishing the couple, followed by snacks, and eventually dinner.
The actual wedding was scheduled to take place at 11.30 PM (muhurat), and we couldn't wait till so late. So, we didn't really get to see the actual wedding! But the parts we did see were really colorful & fun. A few snapshots from the event:
The Dulha (groom) with the Bandwale (Band people):
Dulha-Dulhan (Bridal couple):
With friends:
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