A poruwa ceremony is a traditional Sri Lankanwedding ceremony with Buddhist culturalinfluences.

The groom and his relatives assemble on the leftof the Poruwa and the bride’s family gather atthe right side.

The bride’s father places the right hand of thebide on that of groom as a symbolic guesture ofhanding over the bride to the groom.

Muslim wedding arecelebrated with pompand grandeur.

Wedding ceremony isknown as “Nikaah” inUrdu.

Muslim wedding ritualor Nikaah ritual can bebroadly divided inthree categories,namely pre-marriage,the weddingceremony, and postmarriage rituals.

The Muslimwedding ritual orNikaah Muslimwedding ispreseded by theMaulvi or the Qazi.

The bride and thegroom are seatedseparately.

Maulvi or the headpriest reads theverses for HolyQuran.