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Jain matrimonial |
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Jainism recommends for the peaceful co-existence and interaction of two different living organisms in mutual benevolence and mutual dependency. They consider life as a gift that should be shared together and also help each other to exist and grow. This is the fudamental theology of Jain matrimonial. Jains have a wonderful prayer in their hearts. They always try to forgive for all living beings also seek and receive the forgiveness of all beings. In their pray they also crave for th efriendship of all beings. For Jains, marriage is more or less a worldly affair. Marriage and family raising are recommended to all the Jain Shravakas. Because children born of the wed-lock would follow the Jain dharma only. Jain matrimonial makes use of several rituals and customs.
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The customs of jain marriage are govermned by the traditional practices, which again varies from one community to the other.There are some rituals that are of course common to all Jain marriages. For the Jains, marriage means a public declaration of a man and a woman's intention to be together for the entire life. The community gives support to the couple by being a part of it. The Jain community gathered on various occasions and have doomed the practice of negotiating a dowry before marriage. Jain matrimonial does not support the system of dowry. They believed that there should not be any waste of money or time. Nevertheless, marriage is an once-in-lifetime occasion that has to be celebrated grandly and gorgeously. Jain marriages are mostly conducted by the Jain pundits only.
The Jain brides wear sarees only. They prefer red and other bright colors. The groom wear the traditional Kurta Pyajama or the Dhoti Kurta. The Lagna Patrika Vachan is an important caremony of Jain matrimonial. This is read out in the groom's house. This is done either on the engagement day or any other auspicious moment. After this the priest reads the letter after the groom has performed the Vinayakyantra Pooja. Engagement or sagai ceremony is held at the groom's house. The groom wears the traditional Jain headgear, wash his hands and do the Vinayakyantra. After the Vinayakyantra pooja, the bride's brother applies tilak on the groom's forehead and offers him gifts like a gold chain, a ring, clothes, coconut, sweets and money.
After Sagai, the next most important ceremony is Mada-mandap. This is held a day or two before marriage. This ceremony is celebrated both at the groom's as well as the bride's places. The other Hindu marital rituals like barati, aarti, phere, kanyadaaan, havan and granthi bandhan are also followed in Jain matrimonial. Ghudhchadi is a ritual that takes place before on the marriage day before the barat or the groom's procession leaves for the bride's place.
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