Henna, also known as mehndi, holds great importance in the Indian culture.\u00a0Mehendi is considered to be the oldest form of body art and dates back to the time prior to the vedic age. Festivities in an Indian marriage begin with mehendi ceremony. The bride to be and all the ladies adorn their hands with beautiful and embellishing designs on their palm and feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart\nfrom being a fun pre-wedding ritual, mehendi also has a deep-rooted\ncultural importance to it and plays an important part in a girl\u2019s\nlife. It is an integral part of an Indian bride\u2019s identity. It\ninsinuates beautification and represents the divine bond of matrimony\nwhich is considered as a sign of good luck. It also signifies the\nlove and affection between the couple and their families.the color of\nmehendi also represents the understanding and affection between a\nbride and her mother-in-law. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThere’s nothing strictly\nsacred or spiritual about it, but applying Mehendi is considered\nbeneficial and lucky, and always regarded as beautiful and blessed.\nThat is perhaps why Indian women are so fond of it. Deemed to be a\nsymbolic representation of fertility mehendi is also known for it\u2019s\nmedicinal properties. The herb present in henna is good for the\ngrowth of nails and has a cooling effect that aids in soothing\nstress, headaches and fever. So, mehendi is applied to relieve the\nbride and the groom of all the wedding stress and even safeguards the\ncouple from any of the viral diseases before the wedding. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides\nthe wedding celebrations mehendi is also worn on many festivals like\nkarva chauth, Raksha bandhan, teej, Diwali etc. Ladies have been\nfascinated with various henna styles and designs for generations now.\nOccasions and events are just excuses for ladies to celebrate and\napply mehndi. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Henna, also known as mehndi, holds great importance in the Indian culture.\u00a0Mehendi is considered to be the oldest form of body art and dates back to the time prior to the vedic age. Festivities in an Indian marriage begin with mehendi ceremony. The bride to be and all the ladies adorn their hands with beautiful…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}