Anand Karaj
The Sikh wedding ceremony: four laavan sung as the couple walks around the Guru Granth Sahib.
The anand karaj ("blissful union") is held in a gurdwara, usually in the morning. The couple circles the Guru Granth Sahib four times as the four laavan are sung, each describing a stage of the union. It requires no horoscope and no muhurat, and it is the whole of the religious wedding.
Around it sit the roka, the kurmai, the milni and a reception, which is where the bigger celebrations happen.
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The Sikh wedding ceremony: four laavan sung as the couple walks around the Guru Granth Sahib.
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Around it sit the roka, the kurmai, the milni and a reception, which is where the bigger celebrations happen.
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