The Significance of Mehndi in Indian Marriage

One of the most important things in wedding is Mehndi. Normally Indian wedding ceremonies are using Mehndi. Generally Indian people, culture, wedding ceremonies are totally different from others.

Traditional Ceremonial:

In Indian wedding has different style such as oldest traditional of applying mehndi to the bride and the groom before the wedding. The mehndi design is apply to hands and feet. This wedding tradition is followed all over the India and also neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. The mehndi design is popular among Muslims.

In old of India, the Islamic literature says that, the prophet Muhammad used mehndi to dye his bread and ordered its use to those who were unwell. Because of this reason mehndi ceremony is an important part in weddings both Indian and Arabic countries.

Significance of Mehndi:

While putting mehndi design for wedding ceremony, it creates bond of marriage and it also consider as sentimental reason. It indicates love and affection between the couple.

Beliefs that are related with this tradition are:

The darkness of the mehndi colours hand represents the deep love between the couple.

The mehndi colour also shows the love and understanding between the bride and her other-in law.

The longer the mehndi design represents the more auspicious for newly weddings.

Mehndi is also is a symbolic representation of luxuriance.

Medical use of Mehndi Design:

Mehndi is used for some medical terms such as reducing heat from body. While applying mehndi, it turns body into cool and reducing the stress, reduces the headaches and fevers. It has also used for reducing a wedding stress and viral diseases before the wedding.

Mehndi Ceremony:

Mehndi ceremony is a very lovely celebration among the people. It is a colourful, musical and lively celebration day. Most of the family has old traditional of fearing pretty customs during the mehndi ceremony. 

The bride and other females in the family get attractive mehndi designs on their hands and feet. The ceremony has full of fun, mixed with the usual dancing and feasting…etc. People have enjoyed game for couple, which also helps them to establish some intimacy.

Nowadays the mehndi designs are changed as per the new generation. Now there are variety of new mehndi designs has come, most of the people preferred Arabic and Rajasthani designs. Now people prefer to apply mehndi designs with ornaments such as crystals & sparkles. These tricky design patterns are now popular among the weddings.

Conclusion:

Mehndi is a symbol of woman. It plays a vital role in wedding ceremony, Diwali, Indian festivals. Enjoy your wedding ceremony with grant mehendi design.