Gursikh Anand Karaj Ideas

[Guest planningawedding]

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saad sangat jeeyo, I'm in the process of planning a wedding for my sister...

i came across this forum and saw many topics about what's appropriate, gurmat/manmat, outfit ideas and others...

I thought I would share these videos of real gursikh weddings with u guys to help other people as there seems to be many people in the same boat as i am... this may give them some ideas

bear in mind if someone in the video engages in an activity u may disapprove of...spare some thought for them as it may be family pressure and not their own fault (i can relate to this with the 'maiyaan' part!!)

http://vimeo.com/13089533

http://vimeo.com/36239621

http://vimeo.com/44700628

http://vimeo.com/27901935

[chatanga]

only thing i can ask you, is after having seens loads of weddings, is ask the girl and her friends/relatives, not to wear clothes with plunging necklines. We dont want that showing at the Gurdwara.

[SikhiStore]

One of the above videos are of my wedding. If you have any queries, feel free to ask us/ PM us, as we would be happy to help in any way we can.

[PAL 07]

I wish to make two points:

1: "Gursikh weddings" are becoming a grand procession of big ego's. You gotta have all this and all that, a lot of pomp and show. A lot of money being spent. This is setting a bad trend that others feel they have to follow..."oh so and so's wedding was like this, i want mine to be like that aswell". So my suggestion is a simple sato guni marriage.

2. Sharam and dharam go hand in hand - these should be abidied by in a wedding and in the videos produced....initimacy such as having your arm aroung the girls shoulder or hugging. This is not stuff for display in a "gursikh wedding". I also agree with "Chatanga" that a Gurdwara is not a place to be showing around bare chests. This applies to all the sangat not just the jori. I recently went to the Gurdwara and i was about to go home after the bhog of the akhand jaap. Outside i noticed wedding sangat coming in after the milni. One gori had such a small skirt on and bare legs, it was like about one foot long. The gutless committee members didn't have the guts to tell her to become decent or go away.

[SikhiStore]

Totally Agree PAL07 with both points 1 & 2 (especially 2!)...

Ours is the Gurjeet SIngh & Harvir Kaur video above. We tried to keep it as simple, as close to how we think it should be done in lines of Gurmat and the main emphasis being the Laavan and Maharaj. We wore simple clothes, managed to avoid the rituals (maiyan, waving milk etc), used our own cars etc.

The Divaan involved Kirtani, somebody talking in Punjabi & English throughout giving explanation of what is being done and why. Seperate Katha in English and Punjabi after and then followed by a Kaveeshri Jatha and Langar at the Gurdwara.

[Sevadar01]

R.e : 1st wedding clip: Singhs in full Baana dancing around to bhangra just doesn't look right at all !! The others all looked ok to me ...