10 Reasons That Would Make You Fall In Love with Indian Weddings

Massive get-togethers… Delicious Platter… exquisite aura… or the celeb-looking bride & groom — let’s have a look what makes our desi weddings oh-so-adorable!!

Indian weddings not only bind two souls into an eternal bond, but provide ample reasons to the visitors to have a ball too! The overall “carnival-feel” when mingles with cordial get-togethers of family and friends, over a sumptuous, bountiful supper — turns this pious occasion of merrymaking merrier! Read on to re-live those moments that’ve been making us fall in love with Indian-weddings — time and again!

Heart-Warming Rituals and Traditions

Ours is a country of rich culture and diverse traditions, which change at every mile –courtesy a new religion, caste and community. Fortunately, there is no other place to encounter this diversity than a wedding that exhibits innate and varied customs at best. So, while seeing the pheras, varmalas, maang-bharai etc,. in practice — one is sure to sense an evocative feel throughout, while getting those goosebumps. Moreover, the entire rasams will leave you choked with emotions and the atmosphere, sunk in love!

“Indians get super-conscious about every single thing, if it’s a wedding…”

Everything SO Detail-oriented

With eye to even the minutest of detail — clothes, food, jewelry, venue or any other thing under the “wedding moon” — Indians get super-conscious about every single thing, if it’s a wedding. So, be it the bride’s aunt cribbing about the lehenga’s color or perhaps a “panel-discussion” over the menu — everything becomes a serious issue when it comes to the nuptials. This not only marks the involvement of each member related to the bride/groom’s family into the marriage-matters — but even free suggestions from random people are taken into thorough consideration. And, why not? After all it’s a shaadi!

The carnival feel: It’s not a wedding — it’s a carnival!

Talking about D-day, when it finally arrives, it infuses a sense of delight not only into the minds of bride and groom, but also amongst the family/relatives as well the visitors. Yes, enter the premises of a wedding ceremony — and no matter how lavish or ordinary the set-up is, you ought to sense that Mela-feel! The reason for this may be the huge number of people present or those numerous stalls — the feel of a carnival during a wedding is simply inevitable and lovely.

Stars for the Night— the Bride & the Groom

Thanks to the Bollywood effect — we grew up grander-than-life weddings — where the wedding-couple gets a royal-treatment, just like the SUPERSTARS! So be it the choice of food, apparels, or even the guest list — nothing can be finalized without the bride’s and the groom’s approval at their respective family sides. And, leaving all the bitter-sweet memories of the past aside — they become ready for that royal conduct as well as enter a new phase of their lives. Seeing the pair treated with such royalty, even the non-interested bachelors are sure to start dreaming about their nuptials!

And… the FOOD!

With endless choices of starters, to a plentiful main-course, to an assorted range of beverages — modern weddings with its diverse menu, can even put major eateries to shame! In fact it food is one of the reasons of people visiting a marriage! So much so, that gate-crashing a wedding is a trend now! Thence, with ample food and daaru — Indian weddings are a legit adda for those connoisseurs of food!

The Great, Grand Get-Together!

Admit it or ignore it — the rise of nuclear-families has brought a great depreciation in the number of get-togethers. Oh! If that was too technical for you — just remember the last time you had dinner with your entire family! So, wedding of a far-off relative makes you catch up with all those long-forgotten mami-chachis, cousins making way for lots of frolic. This makes way to mingle-up with the whole lineage again and for a family re-union. And, trust us, there is no other feeling that can match seeing your parents and grands’ getting oh-so-nostalgic and talk about the old days! This binds the whole family (infact, the khandaan) into the same thread after a long time.

Chance to walk the green-carpet like a celeb!

Admit it, it’s a crime to forget fashion and style — while boasting about weddings! It not only endows the opportunity for the already hot folks to turn superhot on the D-day; but even turns the nerdy ones into a hi-fashionista… So, alongside choosing just the right dress, shoes for the bride; doing the same for oneself too, becomes a right for all! And, there comes a chance for the bridesmaids to walk the green-carpet just like they do in the Oscars — love that, right?

Find Your Mate: Offline Tinder?

Hit on girls — like no one’s watching Enough of the g-talk — barging ahead to the boys — our guys’ lot too have ample reasons to rejoice marriages! With the “straight-out-of-the-bridal-week”-looking friends of brides’ or bridesmaids — the guys can never run short-of meri-waalis and can indulge themselves in a lot of healthy doses of flirting with worrying about the consequences. Yes, the cherry on the cake? No one even objects, thinking it’s customary. And, while trailing in the same league, who knows the next turn on the podium, would be all-yours!

Selfies, selfies and more selfies!

2014 introduced a new concept — the selfies and weddings became a hot-spot for clicking these! And why not? After putting-in so much of effort in grooming for the entire day — storing the look for a lifetime completely makes sense. So, for all you picchaa-holics — Indian weddings have a lot of beautiful moments…oops pictures on-offer!

Don’t be shy; Shake a Leg!

Gone were days when people use to wait for weddings just to dance their hearts out. Today, discotheques are doing the needful — yes, after charging you a bomb! But, as Indians can never get enough of the freebies — the desi weddings give a free chance-to-dance! And, with the advanced DJ and sound system, modern marriages seems way to go — while making the visitors let their hair down — just like they do in vegas!

So, with something on everyone’s platter — Indian weddings, besides being a symbol of LOVE are itself very lovable! Explore it; live it; love it — as there is nothing on earth more vivacious and splendid than an Indian Wedding! :)