Bengali weddings
In a Bengali wedding the bride arrives seated on a wooden plank (piṛi), lifted by her brothers, her face hidden behind betel leaves. She is carried around the groom seven times (sāt pāk), then lowers the leaves for śubho dṛṣṭi, the first auspicious look, followed by mālā-badal (exchange of garlands).
Sampradān (the giving of the bride), the homa and sindūr-dān follow, and the wearing of śaṅkhā-polā bangles marks her as married. The newly-weds spend the night in the bāsar ghar with friends and cousins.
Śubho dṛṣṭi