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'''Saptapadi''' ({{lang-en|seven steps}}, ''saptapadī'') is the most important [[rite]] (Sanskrit: rītī) of a [[Hindu wedding|Hindu marriage]] ceremony. The word, '''Saptapadi''' means "Seven steps". After tying the [[Mangalsutra]], the newlywed couple take seven steps, that is called Saptapadi. After the seventh step, the couple legally become husband and wife.<br />
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Saptapadi is sometimes mistaken with [[Saat Phere]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Menski|first=Werner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFtcAgAAQBAJ&dq=agniparinayana&pg=PA28|title=Modern Indian Family Law|date=2013-12-16|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-83992-4|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
In [[East India|Eastern India]], [[South India]] and [[Western India]], during [[Hindu wedding]], the couple say these words as they complete the seven steps of Saptapadi: <br />
:"''Now let us make a vow together. We shall share love, share the same food, share our strengths, share the same tastes. We shall be of one mind, we shall observe the vows together. I shall be the [[Samaveda]], you the [[Rigveda]], I shall be the Upper World, you the Earth; I shall be the Sukhilam, you the Holder - together we shall live and beget children, and other riches; come thou, O sweet-worded girl!''"<ref>[http://www.panchangam.com/kalyaan.htm www.panchangam.com]</ref><ref name="sdc2009a">{{Citation | title=South Indian Wedding | publisher=SanathanaDharma.com | access-date = 2009-05-21 | url=http://www.sanathanadharma.com/articles/wedding.htm | quote=''... The Ritual of the Hindu Wedding too is each symbolic ...''}}</ref><ref name="bnaiyer2009a">{{Citation | title=Sapthapathi Manthras - Its meaning | publisher=bnaiyer.com | access-date=2009-05-21 | url=http://www.bnaiyer.com/companion/paths-13.html | quote=''... they both say: "Now let us make a vow together. We shall share the same food, share the strengths ...'' | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725073538/http://www.bnaiyer.com/companion/paths-13.html | archive-date=2008-07-25 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.sophieanand.com/Mariages%20Hindous.htm www.sophieanand.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113094439/http://sophieanand.com/Mariages%20Hindous.htm |date=2007-01-13 }}</ref><ref name="sawnet2009a">{{Citation | title=A South Indian Wedding – The Rituals and the Rationale: The Vedic Ceremony of the Tamil Shaivite Brahmin community | publisher=SAWNET | access-date=2009-05-21 | url=http://www.sawnet.org/weddings/tamil_vedic.html | quote=''... The gates of the wedding hall are adorned with full-grown plantain trees, signifying evergreen plenty for endless generations ...'' | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512152857/http://sawnet.org/weddings/tamil_vedic.html | archive-date=2008-05-12 }}</ref><br />
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In [[North India]]n weddings, the bride and the groom say the following words after completing the seven steps:<br />
:"''We have taken the Seven Steps. You have become mine forever. Yes, we have become partners. I have become yours. Hereafter, I cannot live without you. Do not live without me. Let us share the joys. We are word and meaning, united. You are thought and I am sound. May the night be honey-sweet for us. May the morning be honey-sweet for us. May the earth be honey-sweet for us. May the heavens be honey-sweet for us. May the plants be honey-sweet for us. May the sun be all honey for us. May the cows yield us honey-sweet milk. As the heavens are stable, as the earth is stable, as the mountains are stable, as the whole universe is stable, so may our union be permanently settled.''"<ref name="warner2006">{{Citation | title=Diane Warner's Complete Book of Wedding Vows: Hundreds of Ways to Say "I Do" | author=Diane Warner | year=2006 | publisher=Career Press | isbn=1-56414-816-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdnNZ3U6iG8C&dq=%22seven+steps%22&pg=PA8 |pages=7–8 | quote=''... We have taken the Seven Steps. You have become mine ...''}}</ref><ref name="sehgal1969">{{Citation | title=Hindu marriage and its immortal traditions | author=Sitaram Sehgal | year=1969 | publisher=Navyug Publications | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwUYAAAAIAAJ | quote=''... May the plants be honey-sweet for us; may the Sun be all honey for us and ...''}}</ref><ref name="munro1996">{{Citation | title=Wedding readings: centuries of writing and rituals on love and marriage | author=Eleanor C. Munro | year=1996 | publisher=Penguin Books | isbn=0-14-008879-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OiALO4j3LpkC | quote=''... May the nights be honey-sweet for us; may the mornings be honey-sweet ...''}}</ref><ref name="macfarlane1999">{{Citation | title=Wedding Vows: Finding the Perfect Words | author=Michael Macfarlane | year=1999 | publisher=Sterling Publishing Company | isbn=978-0-8069-0639-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W987VY-4h3IC&pg=PA89 | quote=''... we are word and meaning, united ...'' |page=89}}</ref><br />
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==In Culture==<br />
* In 1961, a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] was released in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Tollywood]], directed by Ajoy Kar, named ''[[Saptapadi (1961 film)|Saptapadi]]''. It is a love story with a twist set in Bengal in pre-independent India (early 1940); the time when young Indian students were competing equally with British 'goras' in all fields, whether it be education or sports.<br />
* In 1981 a [[Telugu film]] was released named ''[[Saptapadi (1981 film)|Saptapadi]]'', directed by [[Kaasinathuni Viswanath]]; this film won a [[National Film Awards|National Award]] in Indian Films.<br />
* ''[[Saptapadii]]'', a [[Gujarati film]] directed by Niranjan Thade, was released in 2013. The music of the film is given by [[Rajat Dholakia]] & Piyush Kanojia. Popular TV actor [[Manav Gohil]] stars opposite [[Swaroop Sampat]]. It also stars child actor Heet Samani. Produced by Amitabh Bachchan’s [[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation|AB Corp]] and leading event management company Slash Production, the film is written by Niranjan Thade, Chandrakant Shah & Kaajal Oza Vaidya. Its worldwide distributor is Different Strokes Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Dr. Devdatt Kapadia and Mrinal Kapadia)<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Hindu wedding]]<br />
*[[Vivaah]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://www.vivaaha.org/saptapad.htm<br />
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