The kind of wedding Ash will have
After that, the bride and groom are asked to come down from the stage, go out of the hall and pray to the Sun God (surya darshan). The bride's brother will wash the groom's feet, and the latter has to reward his brother-in-law handsomely for his troubles.
The couple then re-enter the hall. The bride's mother will give tender coconut to the groom and he has to drink little and give little to his wife (signifying a commitment to share everything). His mother will give the bride a gold memento as a gift.
All the women from girl's family will give the bride's hand to the boy's mother or an elder member of his family. During this, they sing a song of praise for the girl and how they have brought her up like a princess. The boy's side will say they will accept her as their daughter not as their daughter-in-law.
Image: The boy ties the mangalsutra on the girl.
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