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UNITED STATES, December 20, 2011 (press release): The new book “Vivaha Samskara – Hindu Wedding Ceremony” will answer many questions raised by the inquisitive young Hindu men and women contemplating a traditional religious wedding. And the book will also help their parents in many respects.
After reading the book, the bride and groom will understand the significance of the rituals they will perform at their Hindu wedding ceremony. This book also will help traditionally trained purohitas (the Hindu priests) officiating weddings to better communicate with the couple and their parents in the pre-wedding planning process.
The book has adapted the original vedic ceremony to contemporary lifestyle, adding a “mutual consent” step and a making small changes to the “sapta-padi” (the rite-of-seven-steps) in which both the groom and the bride express their expectations (as opposed to only the groom doing it in the original traditional Vedic ceremony).
The book also discusses the understanding needed from the people involved when young Hindu men and women choose their partners raised in non-Hindu traditions and still want to have Hindu Vedic wedding.
“Vivaha Samskara – Hindu Wedding Ceremony” is a labor of love for its author Shri Deepak Kotwal who led the team with a Sanskrit scholar Nana Datar (Toronto, Canada), Dilip Amin (San Francisco, CA) and Arun Jatkar (Pittsburgh PA) as members.