This is performed a few days before the wedding. Both families perform a puja to their Kuldevta, or family deity, for blessings. Meals with family and close friends usually follow this ceremony.
Timings: 26th January, 2025 to 15th February, 2025
Apply turmeric paste with mango leaves to the groom's forehead, shoulders, hands, and feet. The paste is then taken to the bride, and the same ritual is performed with the bride.
Timings: From evening 04:00PM
Date: Sunday, 23rd February, 2025
Venue: Vajrai Sadan, Bungalow No 2, Almighty Villas, Mumbaikar Wadi, Papdy, Vasai West
Date: Monday, 24th February, 2025
Timings: From morning 10:00Am
Venue: 125 Patil Pada, Near Gaon Devi Temple, Khanivali, Tel Wada
Ganpati Puja, Devdevak and Gurihar Puja
Like many other auspicious Maharashtrian occasions, the wedding day commences with the worship of Lord Ganesha. Ganpati Puja is performed to ensure a bright future for the couple. Devdevak follows up by inviting the family deity to the wedding mandap. In Gurihar Puja, the bride, all dressed up in her wedding attire, worships the goddess Parvati for her prosperous life. The bride's maternal uncle gives her some rice, which she then offers to the goddess.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Punyavachan and Seemanpuja
The bride’s parents take her to the wedding venue and ask everyone to bless their daughter on Punyavachan. In Seemanpuja, the bride’s mother receives him with Aarti and sweets upon the groom's arrival. She washes the groom’s feet and applies tilak to his forehead.
The groom enters the Mandap and sits on a designated wedding spot. The antarpat, or curtain, is hung in front of the groom, restricting his vision of the bride, who’d be sitting opposite him.
The bride then enters the Mandapa, and the priest chants Mangalashtakas, or sacred vows, accompanied by musicians. At an auspicious moment, the antarpat is removed, and the couple exchanges jai mala. That’s when everyone showers them with akshata, or whole rice.
The father of the bride gives away his daughter to the bridegroom with blessings. The groom promises to love and respect his wife forever.
For the final Marathi marriage rituals to commence, a sacred fire is ignited, and the bride offers grains to the fire, chanting three mantras repeated by the groom. However, only the bride silently utters the fourth mantra. After that, the bride’s parents worship the couple as avatars of Vishnu and Laxmi, and the couple then tie a turmeric thread to each other’s hands. As a final touch, the groom ties the Mangalsutra around the bride’s neck and puts vermillion on her forehead.
After saying out loud the seven wedding vows, the couple encircles the holy fire seven times while performing the Marathi marriage ritual of Saptapadi.
The couple performs the Laxmi Pujan and worships until the fire goes out. The groom then gives the bride a new name. Finally, the bride's brother teasingly twists the groom’s ear to remind him of his marital duties, and the couple takes everyone’s blessings in the end.
Varat in a Maharashtrian wedding means the bride's farewell from her parents’ home to her new family. Usually, a procession follows the bride to her in-laws’ house. While the bride bids her goodbyes, the groom carries the Parvati idol from Gaurihar Puja.
The groom's family is happy to welcome the newlyweds. The groom's mother performs Aarti and washes the couple’s feet with milk and water. The bride is then asked to push down a kalash of rice at the entrance, and they both enter the house, putting their right foot forward.
After all the Marathi marriage rituals, the final celebration party is organized. Here, the bride and groom are introduced to all the guests. The bride wears a saree gifted to her by the groom’s family, and the groom wears an outfit gifted by the bride’s parents.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Timings: Afternoon 12:30PM
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Timings: Afternoon 01:30PM
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Timings: Afternoon 02:00PM
Venue: Shubh Banquets
4th Floor, Adjacent to Platform, North Lanes 2, Opposite Vasai Station Road, Shastri Nagar, Vasai West, Maharashtra 401202.
Date: Tuesday, 25th February, 2025
Timings: Evening 04:00PM, Onwards
Venue: Vajrai Sadan, Bungalow No 2, Almighty Villas, Mumbaikar Wadi, Papdy, Vasai West
