Ashmits Pellikuturu Function

Pellikuturu Function – The Pellikuturu function started around 10.30 AM on 5th Mar, 2011 at Dhola-ri-Dhani right after the thread ceremony for the groom. My aunts, cousins and nieces & their friends were all actively involved in applying haldi & besan paste to the bride and blessing her. We were lucky to get Dhola-ri-Dhani, which truly helped us transform our vision of a perfect wedding to a reality.
The Pelliuturu function or the Haldi ceremony as it is more popularly known as, is a ceremony where the bride and the groom go through a elaborate ritual of ceremonial bath. The aim is to purify and prepare them for the wedding rites. In the olden days, this ritual was more elaborate with the bride being bathed in milk or sandal – rose scented waters but now due to time constraints these are sadly going extinct.
This was followed by Aarti where the female relatives all gave aarti to Ashmita and Rakshith to bless them.