Bengali Wedding

Bengali Wedding Rituals :- The bride enters the ‘mandap’ where the groom is already seated along with the priests. But the uniqueness of this ceremony lies in the fact that the bride seats on a wooden stool called a pidi. Her brothers and close male relatives then lift the bride seated on the pidi and carry her around the groom, who is seated in front of the wedding pyre, seven times in a row. All along, the bride covers her eyes with a pair of betel leaves. Only after the saat paak is complete will the bride take the betel leaves off her eyes. Shortly afterwards, in the presence of the elders of the two families, the bride sets her eyes on those of the groom and their eyes meet amidst the blowing of conch shells and ululation. This is known as subho drishti.
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