Rituals & Traditions

The Moment Your Grandmother Sings Everything She Has Be...

Bhaandvani — the ancient post-wedding tradition of comic performance, Gaali sing...

Letting Go With Both Hands: A Deep Dive Into UP Brahmin...

Kanyadan is considered the highest spiritual act a human being can perform in an...

The Relationship That Has No English Word: The Complete...

Samdhi Milan — the formal meeting and celebration between the families of the br...

The Sacred Science of Mandap Mahurat: How NRI Families ...

Mandap Mahurat is the Vedic science of identifying the precise auspicious moment...

Why the UP Brahmin Tilak Is the Most Important Ceremony...

The Tilak ceremony in UP Brahmin weddings is one of Indian matrimonial culture's...

Before the Wedding Can Begin, the Goddess Must Be Calle...

Mata Ki Chowki — the devotional goddess invocation gathering held before a Rajas...

Why Rajput Weddings Are Unlike Any Other — And How NRI ...

Rajput weddings are among the most regal and ritually rich ceremonies in Indian ...

From Jodhpur to Leicester: How NRI Rajput Families Are ...

Teen Paag is one of Rajput wedding culture's most profound ceremonies — a sacred...

When the Shehnai Sounds, the Cosmos Listens: The Comple...

Dhol Baaje — the living musical tradition of Rajasthani weddings encompassing Sh...

Horses, Dhol and Dancing Uncles: How NRI Families Are K...

The Rajasthani Baraat is one of Indian wedding culture's most electrifying tradi...

Why Rajasthani Families Gift Clothes at Weddings — And ...

The Pehravni ceremony is one of Rajasthan's most emotionally rich pre-wedding tr...

The Last Time These Hands Touch You as an Unmarried Chi...

Vatna — the ancient Punjabi pre-wedding ritual of applying a fragrant turmeric, ...

Light the Ghara, Wake the Street: The Complete Guide to...

Jaggo Night — the boisterous Punjabi pre-wedding torchlit procession that wakes ...

She Left Her Father's House in a Throne of Flowers — an...

The Doli and Palkhi — the bride's ceremonial departure in a decorated palanquin ...

They Place a Feather on His Turban and He Becomes, for ...

The Kalgi — the jewelled plume placed on the Punjabi groom's turban — is not dec...

His Hands on Her Wrists: What the Chooda Ceremony Reall...

The Chooda ceremony — the gifting of sacred red and white bangles by the bride's...