Marriage Customs

I have learned that the land of India full of diverse cultures and traditions. The country is home to numerous religious communities, tribes and races. And where you have a mixture of all these you also have many different weddings and rituals. Here is  a list of some of those wedding traditions.

Hindu 

Assamese  

Bengali 

Buddhist

Jain

Jewish

Kannada

Gujarati

Kashmiri

Maharashtrian

Maithil Brahmin

Malayalee

Marwari

Muslim

Oriya

Punjabi

Sindhi

Tamil

Telugu 

In Hindu law the marriage-tie is very binding, and may only be broken for some grave reason. If the wife is drunken, or unfaithful to her spouse, or excessively extravagant, or if, after eleven years she bears him no son, he may take a second wife ; but, even then, his first wife still rules the house. There are at least five things essential to the marriage ceremony, viz., the betrothal, the gift of the virgin, the acceptance, the seizure of the hand, and the seven steps, or sapta-padi. There are Eight types of Hindu weddings, Brahma marriage, Daiva Marriage, Arsha Marriage ,Prajapatya Marriage , Gandharva Marriage, Asura Marriage, Rakshasa Marriage, and the Paishacha Marriage.

(source: iloveindia.com)

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