At an auspicious time on the day determined earlier, the bridegroom with all his relatives and friends goes to bride's house and enters the duly decorated marriage platform. He gets all due honors and great privelges that are normally due for a honorable guest coming to any house. This is called "madhu parka" in the scriptures and is colloquially called as Vara Pooja. Bridegroom is made to sit in bhadrasana. his feet are washed. He is offered ghee, curds and honey duly mixed and held in a bronze vessel. Bridegroom drinks it three times with appreciation. Bridegroom is garlanded and given dual auspicious fruits and cloth. The rule is to give a cow as per vedic principle. But now the practice is to give a coconut. He is supposed to symbolically represent the Lord uma Maheswara, Lord Lakshmi Narayana and shachi- Indra.
Kalasha Aradhana (installing the deity through placing coconut on the vessel containing sacred waters), Ganapthi pooja, swasti vachana, Nandi Samaradhana, Ankurarpana, Mantapa Devata sthapana, Raksha bandhana, gowri pooja and sabha pooka are other aspects.
Expectations
Remembering the celestial couples Lakshmi- Narayan and Uma- Maheswara and pouring the " Jeera & Jaggery" on each other's head at an auspicious time , the bride and bridegroom gaze at each other with an intense feeling of love. The sentiment conveyed in the chanting of manta at that time is as follows :
"Oh Varuna...Oh Brihaspathi...Oh Indra....Oh Surya...shower Grace on her. Let her looks be ever auspicious. By her looks, let no harm happen to me, who is going to be her husband and to my brothers (and the progeny we 're going to have.)"
"Oh woman...Let your looks be free of fear and worry, but serene (peaceful). Let you have the grace and a good mind. Let no hurt be caused to your husband by your sight. May you progress well. May you obtain the children who will survive. May you be acceptable to Gods. May you be auspicious and graceful to us. May you be pleasant to us, May all good come from you to other people and animals (that live in our house).
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