Like the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi, the new bride is considered to be the guarantor of home's prosperity- but one symbolised by material assets. All of the families priced possessions like jewels, expensive crockery, automobiles, properties are saved for her wedding. 

A girl is expected to be of a certain shape and size. She is asked to handle herself and her body in order to be presentable on the day of the wedding. Just like earthen pots they are shaped to look a certain kind.

Performing a ritual gives men the right to do anything and everything they want to. They exercise control over their wives and guess what?