Before the main ceremony, several events set a festive and spiritual tone: Indian Wedding Traditions and Customs to Know - The Knot

A quintessential Indian visual: the groom arrives at the wedding venue not quietly, but on a white horse (or luxury car), surrounded by his family dancing to a live brass band (the Shehnai and Dhol ). This is the Baraat . The groom is treated like a prince arriving to claim his queen.