Indian Wedding and Traditions

A wedding is a civil or religious ceremony which celebrates the beginning of a marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. In some countries, cultures and religions, the actual act of marriage begins during the wedding ceremony. In others, the legal act of marriage occurs at the time of signing a marriage license or other legal document, and the wedding is then an opportunity to perform a traditional ceremony and celebrate with friends and family. 

A marriage ( shaadi ) is a relationship / matrimonial alliance between or among individuals who come to regard their life partners as jeevensaathi, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the bride & groom as participants. The fact that marriage shaadi often has the dual nature of a binding the two Bride & Groom as jeevan saathi into a legal contract plus a moral promise, can make it difficult to characterize In one form or another. Marriage Matrimony or Shaadi  is found in virtually every society. The very oldest records that refer to shadi  speak of it as an established custom. Despite attempts by anthropologists to trace the  origin of matrimony shaadi  (such as the hypothesis of primitive promiscuity), evidence is lacking. We often say that someone somewhere is made for you as your jeevansaathi lifepartner and the day you come across your jeeven saathi you feel that that he or she is the one you have been waiting for.