Among the Hindu wedding traditions the Bengali, Maharashtrian, Assamese, Maithili Brahmin, Marwari, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Rajasthani, Oriya, Tamil wedding traditions tend to vary greatly from each other. The tradition of the Saat Pheras in the realm of Hindu wedding traditions remain the same while the other ceremonies of haldi, mehendi, sangeet, exchange of vaar mala, kanya daan, sindoor daan, mangal sutra daan which tend to vary from one state to another. Most of these ceremonies in a wedding tend to offer a great scope for the relatives and friends of the ones getting married to come together and celebrate with music and dance occasions. The Maharashtrian wedding traditions vary completely from the Malyalee wedding traditions while the Assamese wedding traditions and Oriya wedding traditions vary from each other to some extent.
The Buddhist and the Jain wedding traditions tend to vary from each other while simultaneously differing from the wedding traditions from the other Hindu religious wedding types in India. The Jewish wedding traditions also offer a totally different picture of the Indian traditions and cultures compared to the Hindu wedding traditions and the Buddhist and Jain wedding traditions. The region of Kashmir housing both the Muslim and Brahmin Hindu population tends to be different from the original Hindu and Muslim wedding traditions as followed in the rest of India.
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