once krishna said

North indian version of marriage ( based on Pāraskara Sūtra)  people ( especially modern ones ) don't understand what is marriage they think its just certain boring and too much of rituals with no significance . nowadays marriage is just a name sake marriage because nobody knows the sanskrit that's why people think its some useless stuff , so i would go only on explaination and signification of mantras and acts. Because if you understand this much you would understand entire marriage ceremony. dwAra pooja  The wedding venue is technically the “Home” of the bride, so the groom’s party is welcomed at the gate with customary ceremonies done by the women of the family. What is done varies from community to community but the intention is to create auspiciousness and to avert negative influences. Milini Milini is the “meeting” of the relatives of the two sides. Usually done by Punjabis. The respective male members of the two families meet, greet...