Anant and Radhika Wedding: At the wedding of Anant and Radhika Ambani, the age-old Kanyadaan ceremony had its moments of being the most emotive moment with Nita Ambani, Chairperson, Reliance Foundation, speaking during the occasion with her heart. She explained to the audience the position of daughters in Hindu culture and the broader definition of the Kanyadaan ritual while elaborating on how it symbolizes the coming together of not two individuals but two families with the addition of one member into both families.
A Warm Welcome and Heartfelt Emotions
Nita Ambani began by welcoming the distinguished guests and expressing that overwhelmed feeling of joy and consequent gratitude she was going through, having seen her son, Anant, joined in wedlock with Radhika. She reiterated further on the sacrosanct ceremonies a Hindu wedding represents, where ‘two souls destined’ get married not for one birth but seven lifetimes.
As the function moved into the Kanyadaan ceremony, Nita Ambani seized the opportunity to put in her two cents on what forms the real essence of this ancient ritual. She says, “Traditionally speaking, Kanyadaan is literally giving the bride away by her parents, but it is about entrusting the dear daughter to her new family.”. “From being a daughter myself to being the mother of a daughter and a mother-in-law, I know that no parents ever give away their daughters,” she added. She further said that daughters are the greatest gifts of life and considered to be the direct expression of the divine presence of Goddess Lakshmi, joyful and prosperous for the house.
The Deeper Meaning of Kanyadaan
Nita Ambani said that, in Indian spiritual and cultural heritage, womanhood is held in high reverence, and wherever there are daughters, there is auspiciousness. She further goes on to define the God-given, higher power of daughters as sources of happiness, love, and light.
According to Nita Ambani, any single thing in Hindu philosophy can be reconstituted and recreated with time. She further added that an Indian marriage is based upon perfect equality between the bride and bridegroom, and with their families also. Therefore, the real essence of culture in Kanyadaan is when the bride’s parents accept him as a son and entrust their most prized possession of a daughter to his family.
Cherishing Daughters as Divine Blessings
Turning towards Radhika’s parents, Nita Ambani told them that they were not losing a daughter but gaining a son and a whole new family. She reassured them too that Radhika would be loved and cared for as one of them in the Ambani household.
At last, Nita Ambani invited Radhika with warmth into the family as Mrs. Radhika Anand Ambani and wished all love, laughter, and joy for the couple in life. The speech represents Kanyadaan in a manner that adds heavy emphasis to much-needed interminable values of love, respect, and unity in Hindu culture.
