20 Most Appropriate Gifts for Sikh Weddings

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• Anand Karaj Sikh Wedding Invitation - Illustration Couple - Digital Invite - Can be sent via Whatsapp
• Pakistani Indian Desi Formal 2 piece dress
• Happy Birthday Card – Singh Aeroplane
• Khanda Pendant handmade Gold Plated Punjabi Sikh symbol, military emblem, gift item
Wedding Gift
• Greetings Card – Gatka Singh

An old wife’s tail is said to be that the darker the brides mehndi reflects the more love her mother-in-law will have for her. The mehndi can be incorporated with the Sangeet but, I choose to do my mehndi after the Sangeet and a day before the wedding. Mehndi is only a temporary tattoo and will fade gently with every wash over time. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law was not well on this occasion, so my sister-in-law carried out this ceremony for me. Normally it would be your mother-in-law to be who would carry out this ritual. Sometimes the chunni is passed down from generation to generation and could even be considered an heirloom.

These are the fetters of love, the price of our freedom. This is when the bride bids an emotional farewell to her family and proceeds to her husband’s house. As she departs, she throws a handful of rice backwards towards her mother, symbolically thanking her family for bringing her up and trying to repay them. After the groom is dressed in his wedding attire, he proceeds to the wedding venue. He is accompanied by his wedding procession consisting of close friends and family members who dance and sing along the way to the venue.

Anand Karaj Sikh Wedding Invitation - Illustration Couple - Digital Invite - Can be sent via Whatsapp

This time, we bring to you Sikh wedding rituals and customs. Let’s start off with the fact that they are not the same, though people tend to regard them as so. Sikh is a religion while Punjabis hail from the state of Punjab.

It isn’t polite, especially if the marriage fails in the near future. It can also be a picture of some landmark or landscape in your city. If he loves art, he does not have to be familiar with your city or region to appreciate the gift. Men love wallets, so the groom is going to be pleased with a wallet, especially if it is leather. You can buy a book with some of your favorite recipes to start her off at her matrimonial home. It shows her that you care about how she will be running her kitchen.

Pakistani Indian Desi Formal 2 piece dress

Do anything go or are there appropriate gifts for Sikh weddings? The simple answer is yes; there are appropriate gifts for a Sikh wedding, so you have to consult before you buy or prepare the gift to take with you. The Sikhs have guidelines for every procedure that happens at a wedding, so you are not at liberty to decide for yourself the right gift. The priest conducting the marriage performs the four Lavan or stanzas from the Guru Granth Sahib.

Milni is the first ceremony to take place at the venue of the marriage, generally in the Sikh temple, the Gurdwara. The Milni is simply is the introductions of the two families i.e. the bride and the groom’s families. It’s a ritual performed by women, they keep visiting as many friends and families homes, they feasibly can and continue to dance and keep moving on to the next house. At each house, you will receive a warm and friendly welcome with sweets and drinks being served. This is a fun and joyous occasion with dancing and food.

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The kaliras is a traditional accessory which goes hand in hand with the choora. It is very light weight and basically hangs down and looks a like chandeliers hanging from the choora. The mehndi is another occasion to celebrate and can have a party atmosphere with food and drinks being served. The groom will normally just have a dot of mehndi on his hands as a means of a blessing. I think he, who wears the Guru's sword, is a spontaneous man fully grown in His spirit. It is no use wearing His sword, if one has not become wholly spiritual, and the animal in man has not shrunk to a petty pet, or, as St. Francis said, 'his ass".

You will find that maybe some of your guests are also very capable to applying an intricate design for other guests. A delicate gold set, consisting of necklace and earrings were also bestowed to me. The jewelry given can be quite heavy and bold but, I actually wanted something simple and delicate that I could wear again and again. As with most Indian jewelry it can be very ornate and often is in 24ct gold. For luck, my sister-in-law applied mehndi to the palm of my hand and then my fiancé put the engagement ring on my finger and that confirmed our engagement.

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In addition, people include cocktails in their function as well. The bride and the bridesmaids are the focus of the Sangeet ritual. We held the sangeet at my family home and put a marquee in the garden. It was a beautiful simple white marquee which we decorated with some Indian decorations. Such as flower garlands, door hanging decorations hanging from the ceiling of the marquee as well as draped chunnis. The marquee looked beautiful and had that wedding feeling look about it too.

Especially with so many different religions across the regions of India, each will vary with traditions and expectations of gift giving. Even in Punjab traditions will vary depending on the family, region, faith and whether they are traditional or non traditional. However you can expect a Punjabi Wedding will have hundreds, usually thousands of guests that come and go during the reception. It is considered an auspicious occasion where the community can come and bless the newly wedded couple for their life together as husband and wife. The Joota Chupai ritual is great fun and tradition and is carried out by the brides sisters and cousins and literally means ‘hiding’ the shoes.

I think in the times we live in now; tradition is very much mixed with individual personalities too. I was more than happy to follow the rituals but, chose to keep some traditions to suit me at the same time. In these modern times we live in, sometimes it is too expensive to follow each and every ritual. Obviously, in some instances this may not be possible as wearing 24 bangles for 40 days whilst working may not always be feasible. This is great fun as all the girls choose the items to wear on the day and works as a little gift for girls to mark the occasion too, a great momentum of the day.

The Jaggo ritual is carried out using decorative vessels, normally made from copper or brass, as well as diyas . This ceremony is normally performed at the wedding home during the night. Traditionally the wedding outfits for both the bride and the groom are a present to them by their maternal uncles. However, now it is more common for the bride and the groom to either buy their own outfits or their parents buy the outfits for them.