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In particular, how difficult was working with your priest? I have only ever seen weddings in movies....and I want to go through the rites and rituals as necessary. Yet I do not know if the rituals will actually take as long as (i’ve heard) 3 hours. If anyone has any experience with hindu weddings, please comment and calm my nerves. Perhaps explain your experience.

I have read many sources that agree with one or the other, so what do you believe? Is Sanatana Dharma (hinduism) a way of life or a religion? If it is a way of life, should someone who practices the dharma partake in the activities that surround Indian culture? If it is a religion, what practices are considered religious and which are cultural? 

Say, for example, someone (who is not a native to India nor grew up with Sanatana Dharma) comes to embrace Sanatana Dharma. Say they wish to express their faith/way of life, on special occasions and in the everyday. Should they separate the religion from the culture? Or is it even possible to separate either because it is a way of life? 

I have read many sources that agree with one or the other, so what do you believe? Is Sanatana Dharma (hinduism) a way of life or a religion? If it is a way of life, should someone who practices the dharma partake in the activities that surround Indian culture? If it is a religion, what practices are considered religious and which are cultural? 

Say, for example, someone (who is not a native to India nor grew up with Sanatana Dharma) comes to embrace Sanatana Dharma. Say they wish to express their faith/way of life, on special occasions and in the everyday. Should they separate the religion from the culture? Or is it even possible to separate either because it is a way of life? 

Hello,

I am planning my wedding. On the outside, I appear as a white American. However, I practice Sanatan Dharma (hinduism). I will be marrying a man who is American by birth and not Hindu, although he is open to the customs and beliefs. We will be partaking in hindu rites and rituals at our wedding. I am stuck between deciding if I want to wear a white gown or a traditional saree for the occasion. I have had the dream of wearing both, and silly as it may sound, I would personally like to wear white during the ceremony but a saree to the reception. This seems illogical to me as the ‘correct’ place for each garment would be the opposite, the saree at the ceremony and the white gown at the reception. And yet, I would like my wedding photos to be of me in a white gown. I do not know what to do, nix one and wear the other entirely? Perhaps. Please, any advice or scenarios would be appreciated. TIA

I am a converted hindu. I am American and so is my fiance. I would like to conduct my wedding using traditional hindu customs but am unsure how others would view this, especially since neither my nor his family is hindu.

I was raised in a Lutheran Christian household. I am now a firm believer in the Advaita philosophy, most commonly associated with classic hinduism. I want to incorporate my faith into my wedding. I have studied the ways in which traditional hindu weddings are carried out. I want to do a ‘fusion’ using aspects of a traditional American wedding and that of a hindu ceremony. Would this be odd (or even appropriation?) as I was not born into a hindu household and I am not Indian nor is my fiance? 

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