Blessing ceremony

Life is all about celebrations and emotions. One can never isolate himself/herself from such complexity of life. Thus, everyone would need the blessings of elders to walk successfully in the way of life. Same thing applies to wedding ceremony in which boy and girl tying the knot to each other for accepting new responsibilities in their life. The mediums of performing new duties in life are rituals, customs and traditions. After practicing all the ceremonies, the relatives or well wishers of both families offer blessings to the newly wed couple in the post wedding Ashirwad ceremony.

In the Indian wedding, the post wedding Ashirwad ceremony holds special importance. The bride's family along with relatives and friends visit groom's house and blessed them with attractive gifts, sweets or fruits. In some occasion, the bride's parents also present jewelry consists of gold and diamond to her. Gifts or jewelry are just the ways of wishing best for the married couple by the elders of the families but the main thing for the couple is their blessings, which they received by touching their feet, wholeheartedly.

In some parts of the country, particularly in Bengali Wedding, the Ashirwad ceremony is conducted two or three before the wedding event. At here, the ceremony is the confirmation of the bride and groom's new relationship. The door of bride's home is decorated with a rope of mango leaves that will stay for a span of one year after the wedding event. The groom's family present a sari to the bride and conversely, the bride's parents present various gifts to the groom such as ring and beautiful watch.