Margadarsini - Jeelakara

Muhurtham

Kanyadaanam

Kankana Dhaarana

Paanigrahanam

Jeelakara-bellam

Suthra Dhaarana

Saptha Padhi

Sindhoora dharana

Sthaalipaakam

Talambralu

Arundhati & Dhruva

Aashirvaadam

Jeelakara - Bellam

Jeelakara-Bellam

This ritual is followed in Telugu weddings. After the priest recites the wedding slokas from the Vedas, the bride and groom apply a paste of cumin seeds (jeera) and jaggery on each other's hands. This is known as Jeelakarra-Bellamu. The slightly bitter cumin and sweet jaggery when ground together turn into an inseparable mixture. Communicating that the bride and groom are supposed to become inseparable through life's bitter and sweet times.