Varapuje is usually performed a day prior to the wedding ceremony to welcome the bridegroom and his family, As the Bridegroom arrives at the venue of the wedding with his family, friends and the priest, they are welcomed by sumangalis in accordance with the Vedic rituals. The groom’s parents introduce themselves by reciting their lineage through gotra, pravara.Wedding invitations are exchanged; the details of the auspicious lagna and muhurtham in which the bride will be given away are read out. Then, clothes, silverware and other gifts are exchanged.