Lot of cultural marriage customs of the Muslims of the sub continent are based on hinduism. Talk about real bidah...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jafreen-m-uddin/symbolic-sparkle-7-pieces_b_6301120.html
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This article is incomplete.
All bidah are reprehensible.
Some bidah are based on culture of the particular society.
Out of solah singar waistband, vermillion powder, mangal-sutra ( special necklace), Armbands or Armlets, bindi etc never used in Muslim marriages.
Upper caste of Hindu society come from middle east before Vedic period.
Mainly aboriginals belong to lower caste.
We need to make the nikah simple as Islam says