Make their First Lohri as Married Couple Extra Special with These 10 Spectacular Lohri Gifts for Newly-Weds (2019)

Primarily celebrated as a harvest festival in most parts of Northern India as Lohri, the festival has its roots originally in Punjab, marking the end of winters and welcoming the seasons of abundance, spring and a new prosperous year. The night of the festival is looked upon as the longest night of the year, after which the days turn longer and nights become shorter.

Lohri is basically a social festival, celebrated amongst family, friends and relatives, especially in the farmers’ community. On this festival, a huge bonfire’s lit around which everyone gathers, sing and dance, performing rituals of throwing jiggery, sesame seeds, sugarcane sticks, popcorns and other sweets that are popular in winters into the holy fire to the beats of the Dhol and Bhangra dance. People dress up in bright colors to mark the festivities.

The festival is extra special for a new wedded couple and especially for the bride, where she carry new clothes, colorful bangles and decks up just like her wedding day (well nearly!) and giving her company is her husband with his new attire and a colorful turban. The bride is gifted with clothes, jewelry, cosmetics and sweets and the couple celebrate Lohri with their entire family, friends and relatives on a large scale. Once the rituals are over, Lohri is celebrated with traditional dancing and singing around the bonfire. The bride too is expected to exchange gifts with her new family and seek the blessings of the elders with her husband for a happy married life.

As it is true for any other festival, Lohri too is an occasion for celebrations and gift giving and receiving. Any festival in India is incomplete without sweets and hence the ideal gift to give on Lohri can be an assortment of different kinds of sugary delights in addition to Lohri special rewaris, gachaks.

New clothes are equally important and as such an ethnic ensemble is much recommended as gifts on Lohri. Artistic Puja Thalis are popular choices these days for gifts, that come in handy during all religious ceremonies and offerings. A mixed bag of dry fruits or readymade Lohri special dry fruit hampers are also useful and recommended for festivities along with flowers, fresh fruits, jewellery and or electronic appliances.

Made of pure cotton, this vibrant Rajasthani bedsheet is a handcrafted block print double bed sized sheet with two matching pillow covers. The set has a thread count of 120 and measures 225 cm (88.5 inch) X 274 cm (107.8 inch) approx. in bed sheet, while for pillows it measures 43.18 cm (17 inches) x 68.58 cm (27 inches) (±5%) approx. The double bed sheet is priced at Rs. 1,399. Pair it up with a lovely Red floral Shaneel Double Bed quilt made of high quality compact yarn fabric, with handcrafted Sanganeri block print. It is a double stitched quilt with machine stitched borders and is very soft, warm and light weight priced at Rs. 2,699.

This set of two beautiful planters that are personalized will make the newlyweds’ surrounding green and fresh. The planters are white in color and can be personalized with either of their names for special effects on one planter and a new year wish on the other. The planters set has one planter measuring 2.8in X 2.8in X 3in (l x b x h), and the other measuring 4.3in X 4.3in X 4.5in (l x b x h) in ceramic with a modern theme. The set is priced at Rs. 495.

The Mimosa White Opalware Dinner Set from the Larah series by Borosil comes with 21 pieces, including full plates of 27cms, quarter plates of 18cms, a vegetable bowl of 11.5cms, a serving bowl of 20.5cms. The dinner set is 100% food grade, with toughened glass and is 100% microwave & dishwasher safe. It has a mirror finish and is break, chip & scratch resistant apt for daily use. The dinner set is priced at Rs. 1,991.

The Lohri Special Basket Hamper from Ghastiaram is a rectangular special hamper that includes 200gms of Till Ladoo, a box of Lohri special Khajoor of 200 gms, 200gms of Gud Revari, 200gms of Til Gachak and a foldable & reusable kite with a spool string to celebrate Lohri in a special way. The kite measures 12x24” and the hamper weighs 800gms, priced at Rs. 1,306.

This couple watch set from the Revogue Collection is water resistant, have movement quartz, with a stainless steel back case and analog display. The set has a sapphire glass and is from a limited series with a case thickness of 38mm and band width of 35mm. The case shape is round and model year is 2017. The couple watch set is priced at Rs. 1,990.

Convey your love and care by presenting this special Chocolate - Dry fruits- Sweets gift hamper to the newly weds. This thoughtful sweets hamper includes 200 gms each of cashews, almonds, pista and raisins, 500gms of Motichoor Laddu, a box of 16 pieces of Ferrero Rocher chocolates, all priced at Rs. 2,199.

The nature health basket is a delicious way of welcoming the couple to a beautiful life of love, happiness and celebrations. The gift basket features the best assortment of luxury fruits on the day of your order, paired with a beautifully decorated bunch of classic purple stem orchids. The basket is all of 3kgs with 6 orchid stems and a special message card. It is priced at Rs. 1,927. You can choose to further customize the basket by adding a cake or other accompaniments at an additional charge.

Gift this beautiful and ethnic golden colored hanging lantern with red panels along with a ragini silk painting to the new couple for Lohri. The lantern is made of a copper base with intricate work at the light source, where the candle is placed inside the lamp. It measures 9.5in X 3in X 3in (l x b x h) and can be hung on the wall or from the ceiling. It is priced at Rs. 870. To keep the traditional theme going for their in house décor, pair the lantern with a Purple Ragini Silk Painting of Radha and Krishna made with water colors in a portrait form, measuring 13.6in X 10in (height x width). The beautiful painting is priced at Rs. 625.

This beautiful and ethnically decorated box contains an assortment of Pure Kaju Katlis, Kesari Katlis, Strawberry Katlis and Pista Katlis made from the best cashews from Goa, weighing 500gms. The sweets are priced at Rs. 899 and will be lip smacking for the new couple on their first Lohri festival.

Make them feel like royalty with this regal gift of classy bowl set, designed beautifully in gold plating. The serving set is intricately styled with a floral pattern with gold plating on most part of the set, with a silver coated center on the bowls. This designer set includes a serving tray, two serving bowls and two spoons, all priced at Rs. 600.

Lohri is all about community festivities and an occasion where everyone from the family, friends, relatives and the entire village gather together to celebrate the harvest. Dancing to the traditional beats of the dhol around a huge bonfire, throwing lohri special food items as a mark of celebration is considered an auspicious omen. When celebrating Lohri, it’s good to know the significance of each special ritual you perform as part of the festival to understand it, relish and enjoy it more!