An Indian Bride

The most beautiful woman in the world is a Mother!

The runners up position goes to the Indian Bride

Her coyness is alluring

Her gait sophisticated

Expectations - unlimited of bliss and happiness.

The Sikh girl adorned in Chooda and Kalire

Is ready for the Anand Karaj ceremony

wearing a beautifully designed Anarkali

The Bengali girl in an embellished red Banarasi

Enhances her pretty fish-shaped eyes

With white and red sandalwood dots and red bindi

Heavy jewelry and a gorgeous Kanchipuram saree

Are the highlights that a Tamil bride wears

On the day when she is the cynosure of all eyes

Her uncles carry the feather-lite Telugu bride to the marriage hall in basket

Wearing a beautiful white saree and a red border

Ready for the auspicious Jellakara bellam ceremony

Cream and gold are the colors of a Malayalee bride

Several layers of golden jewellery adding hue

The bridegroom stands intoxicated by the strings of Jasmine in her hair

A thin veil conceals

The kajal-lined eyes, the extrinsic jhoomar and the beatific smile

Of a Muslim bride dressed in zari embroidered silks

As she walks down the aisle in pristine flowery white

The Christian bride is crowned by a tiara

Mesmerising flowers in her hand are paled by her flawless complexion

The Assamese bride wears the Mekhla Chadar

designed from the special muga silk in colors blue, yellow and red

Outshining the over-awed groom's kurta and designer Chelang.

Kundankari jewellery competes

With the gold-threaded saree for appreciation

But the guests end up admiring the resplendent Marwari bride

The doe-eyed Gujarati bride

gets to wear two sarees - Panetar and Gharchola

Eliciting approval from traditionalists and fashionistas alike

The Pathiani shimmers with a golden border

The bejeweled nath and moon-shaped bindi also

Define the dreamy reticent Marathi bride

The bridal wear of some kashmiriçs brides is Pheran and Kasaba

Other brides adorn the Dejharoo and Tarang

No wonder that an extraordinary rainbow has risen over the snowy horizon

Inheriting her mother's Perak with rows and rows of alluring Turquoise

The Ladakhi girl adorns it as a crown

Even as her beautiful Goncha and rows of neckpieces announce her the queen of the occasion.

Varied dresses, diverse jewellery in every corner of the country

But you do realize who the real show stopper is the...

The graceful, elegant, radiant and shy radiant Indian bride.