Mehendi Designs

Mehendi Designs, Ideas, and Photos
With the wedding season upon us, here is a quick guide for you to answer all your bridal mehendi queries. You can choose from a plethora of designs and patterns in which you your mehendi to be applied.

Significance Of Mehndi in the Indian tradition
The significance of mehendi in the wedding scene in the Indian subcontinent is great. Application of mehendi on the hands and feet of the bride is considered very auspicious and a good omen on an overall level. This tradition is also followed in our neighboring countries of Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. Not just geographically, mehendi is significant in different religions as well. Islamic literature states that Prophet Mohammed used to apply mehendi to his beard and it was also used to cure the sick.



Design ideas for Mehendi Ceremony

Bridal mehendi can be called a science of its own. It is superbly vast and has many nuances to it. Your mehendi can be designed in a variety of styles and designs, based on your selection. Mentioned below are the broad styles that bridal mehendi can be distinguished into.
* Traditional Indian Mehendi Design is characterized by intricate motifs and elaborate floral designs that cover the entire space of the palms and the arms, usually leaving no space in between.

* In Arabic Mehendi Design flowers and leaves are used and arranged in a particular pattern. Thick outlines of flowers and the leaves are made, and some space is left on the palm in a way that it looks clean and uncluttered.

* Pakistani mehendi designs has a fusion style that incorporate elements of both the traditional Indian design and the Arabic design. Black mehendi is majorly used to make floral and Arabic style leaf pattern outlines. The inner designs are done with red mehendi

* Rajasthani Mehendi Design mainly represent folk, dance, traditions and the colours of the Rajasthani culture. These designs are very unique to look at and make heavy use of flowers and leaves, mainly mango leaves, peacocks etc. for an ethnic look. Another technique used in this style of mehendi design is the ‘mirror reflecting technique’. The designs on both the arms and both the legs are mirror images of each other and hence Rajasthani mehendi designs are touted to be very difficult to make.

* African Mehendi Design includes geometric figures, patterns and mainly dots. This is a less frequently used design in the Indian subcontinent.

* Egyptian Mehendi Design is unique in a way that it is very complex and unlike the designs we usually come across. It has a different looking lines, curves, shapes and patterns that usually have some symbolic significance attached to them.

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