Indian wedding traditions and ceremonies are traditionally conducted in Indian and are a strong reflection of Indian cultures. The actual religious marriage ceremony - among Sikhs the weddings are conducted in Punjabi; among Muslims, in Urdu; and among Hindus, in Sanskrit. There are commonalities in ritual, song, dance, food, and dress. The Punjabi wedding has many rituals and ceremonies that have evolved since traditional times, including many dances.
Dholki Sangeet : Can be one day or many days, usually high profile in a banquet hall, ladies sings traditional songs, and it is the eastern version of the western Bridal shower. Nowadays people hire DJs and have a dance party followed by dinner. Ladies sangeet-is held for the bride and her bridesmaids-in the western countries they just do it in a banquet hall dance and do the jaago(done by the bride's brother) . But in India it is done altogether with dholki and mehndi.
Three ways to get married in Indian culture
Pheress/Lavan : In a Hindu Punjabi Wedding, Agni (sacred fire) is usually encircled seven times. In a Sikh Wedding, the Bride and Groom will walk in tow around the Guru Granth Sahib four times.
Nikah : Nikah is Muslim marriage ceremony. Nikah is the contract between a bride and groomand part of an Islamic marriage, a strong covenant (mithaqun Ghalithun) as expressed in Qur'an4:21.
Walima : It is one of the two traditional parts of an Islamic wedding. The walima is performed after the nikah , or marriage ceremony.
Other rituals
Juta chhupai. : This is when the girl's young relatives grab the groom's untended shoes and hide it away to be returned after the ceremony for a fee which is Kalecharis of gold for the bride's sisters and of silver for her cousins (or now money also will do) . This joyful custom is called juta chhupai.
Ganne : It is a ceremony when the bride and groom sitting together in front of a tub filled with milk and flowers and some coins and also the wedding ring. They have to find the ring and they believe that whoever won it (either bride/groom) will lead the marriage till the end.
Pani vaarna : The groom's mother performs the traditional aarti with a pitcher of water. She makes seven attempts to drink the water from the pitcher. The groom must allow her to succeed only at the seventh attempt. The bride must, with her right foot, kick the mustard oil that is put on the sides of the entrance door before she enters the house.
