Marriage is a propitious occasion in everyone's life. There are a variety of rituals to be performed in the wedding. Exchanging rings during wedding has become the tradition of everyone. It doesn’t mean which religion they are in. In any religion this is the custom practiced. In the same way Hindu wedding rings also play a crucial role in their religion. In Hindu marriages mostly the parents of the bride select the suitable bridegroom for her. In olden days the bride sees the groom only on her wedding day. Even if this custom is slowly vanishing, it is still established.
Once the selection procedure is over the family members of both the girl and boy decides a positive date for their engagement also known as Misri or ring ceremony. The cleric will see the horoscopes of both the bride and groom and selects a good day for their marriage. These traditions differ from place to place and community to community. These traditions play a crucial part of Hindu wedding. In this ceremony the girl and boy exchange Hindu wedding rings among each other.
The Hindu wedding rings are placed in front of their family god or goddesses and worshiped. They pray that the pair should be happy for their rest of the life. After the marriage the bride carries gold and diamond jewelry to the bridegroom house. She also carries silver articles and household goods from her parents. In addition to all these things the bride family offers a lump sum of cash. All these things will be formerly discussed and settled by both families. These wedding rings can be of normal gold or diamond.
The engagement and wedding rings are bought seeing their creativity and innovative designs. In the wedding ceremony friends and all the relatives of bride and her parents sing and dance. After all these gets over there will be a mehendi ceremony also in which the brides palm is decorated with mehandi.