The promises of heart
The thread of love
Union of souls
The blessings from heaven
The bond so strong
Companions forever”
Indian
weddings are full of celebration and splendid display. It is like one such mega
event in every body’s life. Catering, decor, wardrobe, gifts, guests are looked
after with utmost details and care. The bride and the groom are apple of
everyone’s eye. Their personal grooming is one thing that is also taken care of
with much precision. Weddings are the time to get pampered and feel special.
And one thing that cannot at all be ignored is the bridal mehndi. It comes in various styles and
designs these days. My personal favorite is the Arabic Mehndi.
Almost
a year back I went for my friend’s wedding in Goa, it was a destination
wedding. It was going to be a week-long celebration. Having helped my friend with all the bridal
packing, finally the day arrived when we had to fly to Goa. I was super excited
as it was my friend’s wedding, and for the first time I was attending a wedding
in Goa.
Taking
care of all the details and the booking, the one thing we all had missed was mehndi.
And it was going to be a tough job finding an expert in Goa who would apply
mehndi. The search began and we went to the best beauty salons to find one. At
the end of the day though we selected a specialist with best mehandi design but she
was already booked for some ladies kitty party. She agreed to send her junior
for our function, but it would not be up to the mark. We group of friends
decided to request the kitty party ladies if they could help us by sending the
specialist for the bride. Contrary to our apprehensions they willingly agreed.
Ceremonies
begun and the mehndi night was super fun, a relative of my friend applied some
very amazing mehndi design
on other ladies and the bridal mehndi was by the specialist. It looked very
beautiful. That night I saw a special charm on the face of bride. She glowed
like never before. It was probably the bridal glow mixed with the blessed
colors of mehandi.
Mehndi
for a bride brings along special sentiments and feelings. Mehndi along with
being medicinal also is the harbinger of love and romance between the newly
wed. It’s fragrance when combined with lemon and clove acts as an aphrodisiac. Divine are our rituals and blessed are the solemn
ties of marriage.
(Image courtesy - Here)
I like Rajasthani Mehendi though i use them seldom
ReplyDeleteHmm Rajasthani Mehndi is also equally good. :-)
DeleteI too love the Arabic Mehendi. As you said it, it entails a lot of feelings and sentiments for a bride that is associated with Mehendi right from inscribing her hubby's name on it. :')
ReplyDeleteYup, It infuses romance. :-)
DeleteTried once and didn't have the patience to keep it long enough to get the deep colour
ReplyDeleteYeah, even I lack patience to wear it for long.
DeleteThanks for sharing.. Nice article..
ReplyDeleteclick here
I love mehndi but it is relegated to very special occasions of late. Mostly I can hardly find the time to keep it on for long.
ReplyDeleteSame here, I love Applying Mehndi but lacks the patience to keep it for long and now days time is a constrain.
DeleteMehendi is a delight! DOnt like it though when it starts fading :(
ReplyDeleteIt looks bad when fading starts. but still it will remain as you said a 'delight'.
DeleteThe beauty of mehandi can't be emphasized enough, Indian women do look pretty with it.
ReplyDeleteI am the only one who doesn't like Mehndi. Love the opening verse and your picture.
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