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Marriage System in India

Marriage System in India :

In so far as India is concerned since times past marriage is considered a religious bond which is to last for ever. The system has its own features. Some of the characteristics of the system are as under:


1. . Marriage in India is considered not a social contract but according to Hindu Traditions it is sacred religious alliance and binding. It is a sanskara which is To be performed by every Hindu family. It is necessary for the performance Of all religious duties because the presence of wife is considered essential for The completion of all yajna.
   
   
2. Marriage is permanent bond which is indissoluble and does not end in this life But continues during the next life. It is sacred also. It is duty of married Couple to have procreations and try to have a male child who could perform last rites of the parents. Without the performance of such rites by a male Child one could not go to heaven.
   
   
3. It is the moral and religious duty of the parents to arrange for the marriage of their children at the appropriate time. In India system of arranged marriage is quite common, though boys and girls approve each other before marriage. The children are expected to accept the choice of the elders.
   
   
4. In India it is believed the marriage is not a union between the boy and the girl But between the two families. Accordingly before marriage parents of both the boy and the girl check and satisfy themselves about family background.
   
   
5. In our religious books there is no place for romantic marriage without of Consent of the parents.
   
   
6. Though our religious books do not forbid the re-marriage of widows yet widow re-marriage, especially in the rural areas has not become popular. Such a re-marriage is not favorably viewed, thought in the urban areas such a re-marriage is not discouraged.
   
   
7. Child marriage still prevails in the rural areas though their rate in the urban Areas have considerably come down.
   
   
8. Dowry is party of our marriage system. Each bride is supposed to bring some Dowry with it, though legally it has been banned. More is the dowry, better is the status of the girl in the new family.
   
   
9. In our religious books a mention has been made about eight types of marriage but Brahma marriage is considered as the best type of marriage. It is the type Of marriage which is with the consent of parents of both the sides and there is No question of dowry in it.
   
   
10. Inter-caste marriage are not allowed by orthodox parents are still not popular In the rural areas, though in the urban in the upper caste and educated youth are gradually adopting it.
    
    
11. In India marriage rites are quite elaborate. At the time of marriage many Religious ceremonies are performed with pomp and show which make the marriage a costly affair.
    
    
12. Marriage system is based on exogamy and the boy and the girl belonging to Same gotra cannot marry.
    
    
13. Marriage under the law becomes emplete only when seven steps have been Taken around the sacred Agni.