Anu GaL: Mehendi -Henna

No Indian wedding is ever complete without the Mehendi. Whichever part of the country the bride may be from, her hands are adorned with the lovely red hue of the mehendi (mehndi). Beauty parlours have special bridal mehendi packs - these days, the brides have a choice between the Indian mehendi (which covers pretty much most of the palm) and the Arabic mehendi (in which the pattern is drawn to one side of the hand).

The cost of applying the mehendi / henna may vary from parlour to parlour. Mehendi (Mehndi) is associated to lots of things - a good dark design is a sign of good luck for the marital couple. It is common for the names of the bride and groom to be hidden in the mehndi design; and the wedding night cannot commence until the groom has found the names. Some examples of popular traditional images used in mehndi designs are the peacock, which is the national bird if India, the lotus flower, and an elephant with a raised trunk, which is a symbol of good luck.

(Wedding patern )

(Wedding leg patern )

(Simple engagement patern)

Have you seen any Indian bride hand empty witout mehendi for their special day.For Punjabi they held a wonderful nite, just for this Mehendi applying day. It so called "Sangeet Nite", there is no word to describe how wonderful that nite will be, hmmm you should see how colorful and all the ladies will sing and dance.And Mehendi is a MUST , and usually they don have specific patern, everyone will draw on the groom hand , and end up with beautiful patern.

And trust me ,to apply mehendi is look simple but if you don have enough patience, please don try into this :-) .I have involved in this Mehendi for past 6 years , and i have applied mehendi , for various type function and day by day, i really fall in love with this task. I juz love to spend couple of hour , patiencely draw the mehendi and end when it turn so beautiful , hmm u must see how happy the groom will be.So gals out ther , you may contact me if you require any mehendi for your special occasion .

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