A
Hindu wedding is conglomeration of various events and ceremonies. In older
times, wedding meant celebrations spread over weeks but the toils of our times
have turned weeks into days. The advent of a big fat Hindu wedding is marked by
Tilak Ceremony. The relatives of the bride take Shagunin form of clothes,
jewellery, fruits, sweets and loads of dry fruits to the groom’s home. This
ceremony is widely observed in all of India; It is known as Pottu in Tamil and
Malayalam, Teep in Bengali and Chenkai in some Castes.
The
main ceremony has bride’s brother or father smearing tilak on Bridegroom’s forehead
over a small havan. A specially prepared thali is also used to perform the
aarti of Bridegroom. This function consecrates the upcoming marriage and seals
the agreement of wedding between the families. However, you can find various minor
differences in this ceremony from caste to caste and state to state.In earlier
days, women were barred from this event but not today. In fact it is celebrated
with a lot of pomp and show now. Stunning decorations and a huge feast is
arranged at the groom’s end for this particular function. You can also find a
large number of guests invited to this event these days.
We
at KOC, have a wide array of Indian invitation Cards that can be used as invite to theTilak ceremony. Usually Wedding Cards mention Tilak ceremony,
but you can have a separate invite forTilak and this way the Marriage Invitation
card can remain exclusive. Amongst the Indian Invitation Cards it is
customary to have a very rich and luxurious invite for wedding and little
subdued one for other pre-wedding ceremonies like Tilak, god bharayi, sangeet
and Mehendi. Some families prefer to have all these ceremonies included in the
main wedding card itself.
Tilak
ceremony marks the beginning of an auspicious bond not only between two
individuals but also two families. This ceremony reflects the respect and
blesses the families with a long lasting prosperity and happiness for life. A
holy ceremony for the bonds of lifetime indeed!