Follwing are te various pre wedding telugu rituals
Muhurtam
It is beleved that the best time to perfoem a telugu wedding is between 7 p.m and 11 a.m.
Matching the horoscopes of the bride and the grom , an auspicious day is decided but this day must not fall within any of these seasons
Pendlikoothuru
The bride and the groom are applied with scented oils and turmeric pasted . this is followed by a bath. The brideis adornd with wrist bangles and a bindi. They areasked to wear new unworn clothes afeyr this ceremonial bath.
Snarthkam
In this ritual , the groom is aksed to wear a thread of silver on his body.
Kaashi yatra
This is one of the most intretsing pre wedding telugu rituals. In this the groom prents as if he is renouncing the wordly pleasures and expreses a mock wish to leave to Kaashi in order to become a asthetic . the father of the bride asks him t amrry her daughter. On much mock pursuation, the groom is then escorted to the wedding place.
Mangala Snaanam
This is nothing but a auspicious bath on the wedding day. This is done in order to cleanse the body ad mind of the groom and the bride.
Aarti
Aarti is performed of both groom as well as te bride before heading towards the venuw of wedding.
Gauri poojan
Gauri is believed to be the godess of fertility and motherhood. Tehrfore , the bride prayers to her before her wedding.
Ganesha pujan
This ceremony if perormed before the commencement of wedding rituals. This could be done either in the Mandap before strtaing with Vedic mantras of marriage. It may also be perfomed outside the Mandap.
This is done in ordre to ward away any for of hurdle in the solemnization of the wedding.
