selectvenue Weddings in India are considered as a holy activity to start a new beginning of a life or new family. Indian weddings are incomplete without the mandap. You might be thinking why are we talking about mandap?
Mandap is the place where the actual wedding takes place or the actual magical moments takes place. For Indians it is a holy place for taking wedding activities. Yes, it is the place where all the ceremonies of making a marriage official take place according to authentic Indian traditions. Mandap is always set in the middle of the wedding venue and this middle spot should always stand out the most around the venue to grab attention of the guests. It is the place where the wedding decorators provide the basic services until they are asked to go with the orders. The mandap that is set is not just for pleasing the guests but it has some meaning behind the structure of mandap. It is the tradition of putting a canopy with four pillars in every Indian wedding for a fruitful married life. Only a selected members are allowed to enter a mandap while the wedding rituals, namely, the groom and bride, the parents of bride and groom and the priest who summon all the rituals. There is a spot in the middle of the mandap for the holy fire named Agni, the groom and bride walk around the fire for seven complete circles with a knot tied together. So it is believed that mandap is considered as a sacred area during a wedding. Some great mandap decoration ideas are here.
In south Indian weddings some mandaps have white and orange marigold flowers all over the pillars, while some have simple decoration with green banyan leaves along with some others flowers for complimenting the banyan leaves. Well others have multi floral designs along with bells hanging.
Weddings in other parts of India has beautiful collections of mandap like theme of pink roses with drapes , dome structured mandaps, white seating arrangement with floral strings hanging, floral themed mandap with multi coloured flowers, mandap with floral strings hanging, while some prefer simple minimal designed mandap with some flowers and many more.
