Bhoomi/Pandiri puja - Worship to Mother Earth

The marriage events starts a day before the Muhurtam day (Marriage day). So the important event on October 11, was preparing my brother as groom.
First things first, in India the celebrations are marked with decorating with green leaves, rangoli...





Mango and Coconut leaves forms the important ones and later comes the dias/pandiri. In our tradition we personify every object in the creation, so also goes with Earth. Indians treat Earth as Mother and with lots of reverence. Every morning , pray to Earth saying that we are starting our day and mother in this process, we might walk/run over you with our feet please forgive us and then start the usual activity.
And on that day my mom and sister also performed the similar puja to mother earth seeking her permission to erect the decoration poles.





It concludes there before setting up the decoration and the puja will be performed again before removing the decoration.
The decorated house: