Potto Bastra – After the groom is seated at the chadnatolla (wedding altar and canopy) – the sanctum sanctorum where only the groom, bride and the priest takes their place, the groom is offered new clothes by the person who is to do the sampradaan – the elderly male member of the family who does sampradaan offers the responsibility of the bride to the groom.
Bor Boron – When the bor jatri reaches the bride's home, usually the mother of the bride along with other members come out to welcome the groom and his family by showing the holy earthen lamp, sprinkling trefoil, and husked rice placed on a bamboo winnow (kula).The members of the groom's house as well as his friends dress in their best attire and journey to the bride's house where the wedding will take place. The bridegroom is accompanied in the wedding carriage by two older male relatives, one from the bride's side and another from his own family (called his Borkorta), as well as the youngest male member from his family, who is dressed as a bridegroom, (this role is called his Neet bor similar to the "best man" in western traditions). Before leaving for the wedding venue, the groom is blessed by his mother and he formally seeks her permission to begin a new life with his soon-to-be "better half". Bor Jatri – The bride's family sends the groom a carriage or festively decorated car.