Wedding attire is a clothing which is worn by the bride and the groom on their wedding day. Both bride and groom spare significant time to choose a dress to wear on the day of wedding ceremony. In Muslim wedding ceremony, the outfit of the bride and the groom differs from the one worn by Hindu bride. The wedding dress of the Nikaah ceremony (Marriage or wedding) follows the sober and elegant look. The black color is considered inauspicious as it is said that this color represents mourning in the religion. Today we are going to tell you about what a Muslim bride and groom wear on nikaah ceremony.

Wedding attire of Muslim Groom

Traditionally a man wears kurta pajayma on the wedding day. Now grooms are getting conscious how they want to look on the most important day of their life so the more rooms are opting for sherwani, chuddidar pajami and heavy embroidery kurta. The shoes which are preferred over sherwani or chuddidar pajami are sandals or nagrai. They complete their overall attire with gold neckpieces, rings or with bracelets.Muslim groom adorns his head with a turban which is known as Karakuli topi which is worn at the time when he enters the wedding venue. According to customs, grooms put a veil of red roses on their forehead to cover up their face from evil eyes. With modern era, Muslim grooms are giving a worth of tuxedo and indo western.

Wedding attire of Muslim Bride

As stated in Quran, the Muslim bride has to decently cover up her body where only hands and face are allowed to be visible. Green is the most auspicious color for choosing a color of wedding attire according to Quran. Brides prefer salwar kameez, shararas, or lehenga and Ghaghra, a heavy pleated skirt with a long blouse. A veil of varying length is wrapped around her head styled around shoulders and waist as a mark of respect and tradition. In Muslim tradition, nose ring is worn on the right nostril which is necessary to be replaced with nosering after the wedding. one other significant jewelry item of a bride is Maang tikka adorn at the left side.

Muslim Brides in India wear a bright color other than green for the bridal outfit and adorn gold and silver jewelry beaded with precious and semi-precious stones. Some of the magnificent jewelry pieces worn by Muslim brides are, circular earrings (Kundalas) or heavy jhumkas, anklets (Nupara), headpiece adorn over the forehead (Dekdaman), heavy gold bangles (Kach Koor) where gold bracelets with stones are known as Manthoora.