{"id":130,"date":"2025-10-05T20:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:40:35","slug":"haldi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/?page_id=130","title":{"rendered":"Haldi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Haldi_page_top.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-container\">\n<p>The Haldi ceremony is a vibrant Hindu pre-wedding ritual where turmeric paste is applied to the bride and groom by their family and friends, typically one or two days before the wedding. This tradition symbolises purification, prosperity, protection from evil spirits, and the joyful start of married life.\u200b<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rituals and Customs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During the ceremony, turmeric paste (mixed with rose water and sometimes sandalwood, milk, or other aromatic ingredients) is prepared and applied to the couple\u2019s face, hands, and feet by loved ones.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Both families gather together, often dressed in yellow and surrounded by decorations like marigold flowers.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>After the ritual, both the bride and groom usually take a ceremonial bath to cleanse themselves of the Haldi paste and prepare for the wedding.\u200b<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Symbolism and Significance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Turmeric is celebrated for its cleansing and antiseptic properties, representing purity and good health.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>The bright yellow colour of Haldi symbolises prosperity, happiness, and the start of a new journey in marriage.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>The communal application of Haldi strengthens familial ties, emphasises unity, and ensures the couple enters marriage surrounded by love and blessings.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dress Code<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Traditionally, people wear yellow or orange clothes for Haldi. We will be dressed in yellow as well. If you need inspiration for your outfits, you can find a lot of photos by googling &#8220;Haldi ceremony&#8221;. However, you don&#8217;t have to wear something yellow, if you don&#8217;t want to.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Haldi ceremony is a vibrant Hindu pre-wedding ritual where turmeric paste is applied to the bride and groom by their family and friends, typically&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/gallery-mine.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-130","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/india.nadjafeldmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}