Haldi Kumkum in Patna (हल्दी कुमकुम)
the pre-wedding haldi rite kept with the women of both families
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- ₹1,999
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Packages and prices in Patna
| Basic | ₹1,999 |
|---|---|
| Standard | ₹2,299 |
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- Pandit fee
- Paid to the named pandit who performs the ritual.
- Samagri
- The items the ritual needs, itemised when the package includes them.
- Travel
- The pandit's travel to the address you give, by distance band.
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- GST
- Tax charged as the law requires, shown separately.
- Duration
- 75 min
- Pandits
- 1
- Venue
- home
- Samagri included
- yes
About Haldi Kumkum
The haldi is kept in both households on the day or two before a wedding: turmeric paste with sandal and oil is applied by married women of the family, beginning with the mother, and the couple does not leave the house afterwards until the wedding.
It is the most social of the wedding rites and the least formal — the songs are the women's, not the pandit's, and the pandit's part is the short puja that opens it and the sankalp that names the couple. An hour and a half, at home, and the clothes worn for it are expected to be ruined.
Keeping a rite in Patna
Patna keeps rites for a population drawn from every district of Bihar, so a household's custom here is usually its village's rather than the city's. Two families on the same street will differ on which day of a wedding carries which rite, and the pandit is expected to follow the family rather than the town.
Practically, the city is spread out and the traffic decides the day: a morning muhurat in Kankarbagh and an afternoon one in Danapur are two different bookings. Temple-mode rites are usually kept at Mahavir Mandir or at one of the two Patan Devi shrines, and both fill early.
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