Simplicity is the essence of life – this is what Arya Samaj community counts on. This community has a wide range of attributes to add on.  Arya samaj wedding is inexpensive and involves simple marriage procedures and high spiritual quotient. This community denounce cast and dowry system and believes in diseminating vedic knowledge in every corner of the world. Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswathi. Arya Samaj wedding is not just about the bride and groom tying the knot, but a celebration that goes on for a considerable period of time, a new journey, a coming together of families and relatives that extends beyond the two individuals.

The journey

Like all other traditional wedding, parents play a crucial role in Arya Samaj wedding as well and marriage is fixed with their consent. As the community does not believe in idol worshipping, Arya Samaj wedding is performed with chanting of vedic mantras wherein fire and other elements are witnessed. Their marriages are known for its simplicity.

In an Arya Samaj wedding, the mantras are chanted as well as their meaning is made understood to couple so that the couple can relate themselves to the meaning and significance of the wedding mantras.

This wedding differs with traditional Hindu wedding in that neither it includes too many rituals or ceremony extends over a long period of time.

Within an hour the wedding ceremony is winded up and expenses incurred on the marriage is very low as compared to the normal traditional Hindu wedding. In fact, there is no such thing as pre-wedding rituals.

Once the marriage is fixed, the first ritual ‘Madhuparka’ is performed which symbolizes a happy married life. In this ritual, the bride offers water three times to groom, which he then sprinkles on his feet, over his body and drinks it on the third time.