My Cousin's Wedding

                                    

              Falling in love was the easy part; planning a wedding - diffficult!

                                                                               

Marriages are made in heaven .Had a wonderful time engaging in my cousins wedding. The process had an elegance and beauty. My heart was filled with joy and happiness.

The bride in gold and diamonds comes out like an angel for the special day.

The bride in this day leaves her home and parts with her family to a new family that of the groom.

She  leaves her mother and her siblings back to be a part of a new family that of her husband.

The preparation for the wedding is a taxing affair for the brides family.

It starts with calling all the guest list,all the relatives,all the family friends,neighbours and many more.

The next important task is to renovate the exisiting home.It takes months of preparation to make the house look like a home.

Also the next task is to buy gold for the bride.the brides family’s power of strength  is measured by the amount of gold the bride has worn.In kerela  the amount of gold is a sense of strength for the bride’s family.
After the gold it is the sarees that take a measure.It is the selection of the sarees that is important and it is time consuming exercise.

Then comes the pre wedding night the people are all busy trying to cook the feast for the wedding.

The people are busy cutting vegetable ,and cooking food.

The process is really amazing and the people are filled with enthuasiam and joy for the wedding.

The bride waits in excitement for the wedding and offers prayers to the near and dear ones as dakshina.

Then that bride leaves home along with the relatives.

Then there is an actual ceremony that takes place on the stage.

The mangalsutra is worn on the bride by the groom followed with music of mriddagam and buegal.

After the completion of the process is followed by a feast.And people begin serving .Starting with

Banana chips and lastly by payasam.

People make a dash for the sadya offered.

Relatives and friends get time to bond a little.Cousins are busy clicking selfies .

The marriage finally ends with the bride leaving her mother alone to her new home.

She puts a gloom of darkness in the old home and brings light in the new home she enters.
Had a very fulfilling experience attending my cousin wedding.