Arranged marriage in India

Arranged Marriage have been the tradition in Indian society for centuries. Even today an overwhelming majority of Indians in India have their marriages planned by their parents and other respected family-members. Arranged matches were made after taking into account factors such as age, height, personal values and tastes, the backgrounds of their families (wealth, social standing) and their castes and the astrological compatibility of the couples' horoscopes.

In India, the marriage is thought to be for life, and the divorce rate is extremely low. In India, 1.1% of marriages result in a divorce compared with over 45.8% for USA. The arranged marriages generally have a much lower divorce rate. The divorce rates have risen significantly in recent years.

The following factors are generally considered in Indian marriages to search for compatibility:

--Values and personal expectations: should match
--Age and height: girl should generally be younger and shorter
--Looks: should be acceptable to the other
--Religion: should be same, preferably same sect
--Mother tongue, caste: should be preferably same
--Diet (veg/non-veg/alcohol/smoking): may differ only if acceptable to the other
--Education: comparable educational levels or the boy should be more educated than the girl
--Profession: the profession should be acceptable to the other
--Financial: The boy's current and future financial situation should be acceptable to the girl.
--Astrological signs/attributes: should be compatible, if the two families believe in it.


Once the parents of both bride and groom agree with each in which all the relatives and known circle are called from both sides as a witness and to bless, then in that engagement function itself a date is fixed for marriage as per bride and grooms horoscope and astrologically auspicious day, the priest will announce to all that both the family are agreed to the acceptance of marriage of their son/daughter on the particular date. Then in the name of god both the families exchange fruits and cloths as a symbol of happy acceptance.

The wedding is conducted in accordance with Vedic rites and rituals with the invited guests considered to be the 'society' in whose presence the girl is given away in holy matrimony to the boy.

From that moment on, he is to consider himself responsible for fulfilling her smallest of small desires to the biggest of them, to the best of his ability. He promises to be faithful to her and to worship the ground she walks on. She in turn is to treat him as her lord and master, her guide and adviser through good and bad, for the rest of her life.

That's how the typical Indian wedding looks like.the bire were RED derss(typically) but it can be of any color other than "White" because white in Indian culture is worn on funerals not in wedding.