Marriage in India: Hindu, Islam,Sikh ,Christian
Marriage in India is understood to be a
social union of two persons- a male and a female. It is a partnership and a
legal contract between two individuals to unite their lives legally, socially,
economically physically, mentally and emotionally to mutual consent and
reciprocal love to beget children to repay one's debt to the ancestors. Through
a marriage not only two individuals but two families also come into mutual
relationship. In India, Marriage is a religious duty than a social institution
where parent endeavors to inculcate in their children, the values of equality,
emotionalism and sensitivity. Parents help their children to find a suitable
partner according to their own desires keeping in mind the societal rules.
Therefore, in response to the parental love and care, children have minimum
chances of marrying outside their own religion, caste, social status or
economic class. A person after completing the student life enters
into the second stage of life, that is, the life of a householder. The
institution of marriage provides security, certainty, social identity to both
man and woman and protects the family. The basic unit of Indian society is
family with man as the head of the family and the woman as the Grihalaksmi (the
queen of the house).Indian traditional Marriage indeed makes life worth living.
It is said; true value of marriage is not measured, but treasured. For its
values, social- religious behavior and family culture India is acknowledged and
appreciated all around the world. In the moments of sorrow and happiness,
ancient scriptures, the prophet, the spiritualist, the philosophers have paved
the right path to go in right direction from historical age. Woman of India is
expected the most virtuous and the mythological figures. Hence, in India,
Marriage is considered as a compulsory and an obligation of society.It is
obvious that finding perfect partner is always a difficult task in India. In
particular, it is not easy in a multilingual and multicultural country like
India where there is disagreement even on food and clothing. To keep all these
issues in mind, arranged marriage system is given more importance in India.
Basically, when a marriage is arranged by people other than those getting
married, such as parents, match making agents, matrimonial sites or a trusted third
party on the basis of religion, cast, creed, natal chart, financial and
biological status, educational qualifications, social status, personal values
and experience, cultural backgrounds, astrological compatibility, marriage is
termed as arranged marriage. Arranged marriage is deeply rooted in Indian
spiritual and cultural ethos. In case of arranged marriages, there is less
possibility of break up, good interaction among all the family members helps in
preventing dissolution of marriage through divorce. That is why; arranged
marriages are a successful traditional aspect of family life in Indian
culture.Love marriages are always considered as anti traditional failure
mirages in India as these marriages are based on attraction not on love. When
two individual with consent of experienced person come closer and
possesses unique friendly behavior for each other to give and get not only
earthly love and care but platonic warmth also, the marriage becomes
successful.
