Mehendi In Rajasthan

Does mehendi designs fascinates you?If yes, than just visit the colorful state of Rajasthan that is famed around the globe for its intricate mehendi or henna designs.

Mehendi is a ceremonial art which was originated from ancient India. But it is popular in several other countries also like Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sudan, Morocco, and some other countries of Central Asia.

It is a traditional art form in which intricate patterns of Mehendi or henna is applied to both the hands and feet of the bride before wedding ceremonies. As putting up mehendi on the hands is regarded as a symbol of good luck. Not only brides, even bride grooms are also decorate their hands with the mehendi before marriage.

Indian ladies are very fond of beautifying their hands with mehendi during various occasion. Beside wedding ceremonies, mehendi is also used in other auspicious occasions or festivals like Karva Chauth, Teej etc.

Among all the Indian states, Rajasthan is famed in the entire country for its mehnedi. Rajasthani mahendi is considered to be of supreme quality as because it leaves the darkest color of red on hands and feet. Due to this mehendi or henna of Rajasthan is always in great demand for bridal mehendi. In the most celebrated wedding of two actors of Indian Film Industry ie Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, more than 15kilos of mehendi is procured from Rajasthan. This very well proves that how popular is Rajasthani mehendi among both the masses and classes.

Mehendi is the most significant element of Rajasthani wedding. Embellishing hands and feet with mehendi does not require much efforts. Even its preparation is very simple. It is prepared by grinding the dry henna leaves into a very fine powder and then mixes with the water to make a paste. This paste is then applied on the hands either with the help of matchsticks or cones. After the mehendi gets dry, it is removed.

There are so many designs available in Rajasthan to decorate hands and feet with the mehendi. Every occasion has a unique design. The most popular design of Rajasthani mehendi is Chowk which means courtyard. This designed is put up in various forms. One form is applied at the time of Gangaur festival, others at the time of Teej or Holi and many more. Some other popular designs that are used in Rajasthan are Chopper (game of dice which symbolizes the marital love), lahriya(waves), pankhi or beejani(meaning fan)etc.

If you visit Rajasthan, at the time of any fair or festival, than you will noticed many men and women , standing in queue to decorate the hands of their customers, with their mehendi paste and designs. So, whenever you are in a trip to Rajasthan, don't miss out to adorn your palms with mehendi or henna which will surely bring good luck to your life.