Jaan - e - Jaan

Chapter 19

( play jeene laga hoon by atif aslam )

bhairavi was walking down the asile...with her long ghunghat on...seeing her eshanth..got up...he couldn't find any words to describe what his heart was feeling right now....but his eyes were saying all those unsaid words, whenever he looks towards bhairavi his eyes has a different type of glow, different type of charm...he glowed on a different level when hs is with bhairavi....and now they are going to get tied in the worlds purest and most sacred bond...the bond of marriage...the bond of forever love....

As bhairavi reached near the mandap...arjun pushed eshanth a little forward, so eshanth quickly gave bhairavi his hand...as she kept her small palm on his gaint one...there was a round of applause , cheering and hooting all over the hall...

Then they both took their place....and the priest starts the prayer for lord ganesh who is symbolic of new beginning and good fortune....then the priest asks arav to come forward for the ritual...as he completes it...then the next ritual...

Jai mala starts...(garland ritual)

As eshanth was about to put garland in bhairavi's neck....arav quickly picks bhairavi on his right shoulder....and gives a teasing look to eshanth....and eshanth smirks back...and arjun, Mahendra and abeer picked up eshanth and then he puts mala (garland ) in bhairavi's neck...everyone's started giggling as they saw bhairavi's shy face...

Arav puts bhairavi back down...and so does eshanth comes down...but before bhairavi could put garland in eshanth's neck...

eshanth kneels down on one knee and lowers his head a little
making bhairavi smile as she puts garland in his neck...but as she looked around, she found that there was pin drop silence around the whole mandap.....and everyone's jaw was on the floor she couldn't understand why...just then she heard miya's voice from behind her whispering...she leans back to listen to her...and miya tell that

" eshanth bhai isn't supposed to kneel down infront of his people he is the king of mewar...."

This made bhairavi realized what eshanth just did...now even her jaw was on the floor...

So when eshanth gets up...everyone again started to cheer and clap...and they started with the next ritual while the bride & groom took each other's hand and started to take rounds around the for the phera ( 7 steps of promise around the fire)

Phera ( 7 steps of promise around the fire )

These phera's / steps are the most sacred part of the marriage the bride and groom Promise each other that they will cherish each other for the rest of their lives and till the next 7 lives...

1st Phera Signifies - Nourishment
2nd Phera Signifies - Strength
3rd Phera Signifies - Wealth and Prosperity
4th Phera Signifies - Family
5th Phera Signifies - Progeny And Children
6th Phera Signifies - Health And Happiness

7th Phera Signifies - Love And Friendship

With each passing step eshanth felt the starting of a new bond in his life, he felt a new sense of responsibility towards bhairavi...which was growing with each passing second...he made a promise to bhairavi in his heart...that " I will love you, cherish you , protect you and worship you with my whole heart and soul..."

With the end of the last step both of them took their place for the next ritual

Mangla sutra / auspicious thread

This thread is very auspicious and sacred in the indian wedding...this thread symbolizes goddess laxmi, who is the hindu goddess of wealth fortune and prosperity.....