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1. Baniyan Marriage
Traditions In
Detail

2. Baniyan Marriage Traditions In Detail
The baniyan community is known to
comprise of people who are extremely
money minded and do not like spending
money. It would appear that their
weddings too would be held on a small
scale. But this is far from reality.
The baniyan weddings are in fact held
on a huge scale and are extremely
lavish in nature.
Fixing The Date Of Marriage
Like all other Indian weddings, a
baniyan wedding is also held on a date
which is believed to be astrologically
auspicious so that the union
brings happiness and love in the…
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Baniyan Marriage Traditions In Detail
life of the marrying couple. The parents
of both the bride and the groom fix a
date for the wedding ceremony and it
mostly falls between the Kartika Sud
and Asarba Sud. It is for this reason that
most of the baniyan weddings are held
either between 11th October till
November end or from 2nd half of June
to end of July.
Ganapati Puja
The wedding celebration starts in both
the houses of the girl and the boy starts
a few days before the actual wedding
day. The marriage festivities are kicked
off by holding a Ganapati Pujan…

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in the house. This ceremony is known
as the mandav ceremony and is held for
seeking divine blessings for successful
completion of all the wedding functions
and also for seeking blessings for the
couple starting their new life together.
Visiting The Porter
After the Ganesh Pujan, the ladies of
both the houses take out a procession,
where they sing and dance their way to
a porter’s place. Here they sprinkle
water, sandalwood and flowers on the
porter’s wheel. The pots are then
purchased from the porter and the same
are brought back home…

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These pots are then used for various
purposes during the entire remaining
wedding ceremonies.
Exchanging Gifts Before The
Wedding
A day or two before the actual wedding
day, the families of the bride and
the groom visit each other and
exchange gifts. The marrying couple is
not allowed to participate in these
functions
The Final Wedding Day …

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The wedding day ceremonies include
the following rituals:
- The houses of both the girl and the
boy are decorated with fresh flowers
and lights and all the friend and family
members arrive for the celebrations.
-The marriage ceremonies are kicked
off by making cow dung balls and
throwing them in all four directions of
the house.
- When the groom arrives at the house
of the bride or the venue for the
wedding, the mother of the bride takes
seven rounds around the groom,
holding curd placed in earthen…

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pots. These pots are later crushed by
the groom by his feet and only then is
he allowed to enter
the marriage venue.
- Once the groom has entered the
house, the bride’s mother washes his
feet with honey, sugar, curd, ghee and
milk
- Next the bride arrives and the actual
wedding rituals begin which include the
kanyadan ceremony, where the
responsibility of the happiness of
the bride is given away by the her
parents to the groom, Phere, where the
couple walk around a sacred fire, the
priest recites verses from holy…

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scriptures and the couple promises to
support each other at every stage of
life.
- The groom then applies Sindoor to
the head of the bride and also places
the mangalsutra around her throat.
- This is followed by the Vidaai
ceremony.

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