Monday, June 25, 2012

Matrimonial Sites India helps find your Community Match


We all know that a wedding is a social event, which not only involves the bride and groom but the entire family. Distant relatives, some of whom even the groom and bride do not remember attend the wedding function. The relatives and parents arrange the marriage alliances for most of the cases. Usually these types of ‘arranged marriages’ were popular at one time in India. Be it Oriya matrimony or Punjabi matrimony, marriages fixed by the elders of family were common. These alliances were fixed through contacts and information from priests and matchmakers. They informed about suitable boy or girl and parents interested called for the meeting of families. Usually this type of arrangement of wedding matchmaking was common in India when the joint family system was prevalent in the country.

With the changing times, families started getting smaller and nuclear families became more common. In addition, communities started shifting to different geographical locations for livelihood. Lifestyle got busier and many new additions to daily life happened. One such addition to regular lives is the Internet, which changed habits of people.  The internet offered many advantages. And yes, even matchmaking was done through Internet. Many new Matrimonial sites India came up and changed the way of finding groom or bride.

Modern society and technological improvement did not change the Indian culture. These matrimonial sites helped in matchmaking for wedding. In present times, even the prospective bride and groom can look partners through these sites. And why just them, even parents use these websites to find a suitable bride or groom for their children. The concept of ‘arranged marriages’ still prevails in many families across the country. Parents use these matrimonial sites to find partner. It can be very well said that matrimonial sites India have comfortably the modern wedding matchmaker.

Author: Shipra

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Jewelry of the Bride


Bride and bridegroom are definitely the center of attraction in nay wedding. Bride particularly pays extra attention towards her dressing and makeup, and the most importantly, the jewelry. No matter to which religion or which community the bride belongs, jewelry has always kept a very important place. In the Hindu community of India, the jewelry is the related to the some aspects of the married life of the couple.

The most important and costly element of the bridal jewelry is the neckpiece and ear ring set. The set is generally made up of gold and is studded with precious stones like diamonds, ruby, emerald, etc, and also the semi precious stones that give the beautiful look while adding to the costs of the set.

Another important jewelry is the bangles, generally a bride wears bangles made up of glass or metal, and they are also paired with gold bangles. The increasing prices of gold have made it pretty tough for the middle and lower middle class families to afford the gold jewelry.

Finger rings beautify the fingers are the bride. The modern bride love wearing platinum and diamond bands, apart from traditional gold rings.

Mangtika and nath are some of the most important components of the bridal jewelry in Hindu matrimonial. Nath symbolizes holiness of the marriage and is made up of gold/silver and has small pearls and other precious stones.

Another important element is Bindi that is worn by the bride on her forehead, in between both the eyebrows. Red round bindis have been traditionally popular, but the changing trends have brought diversity in the style of a bindi. Now the bindis are available in a number of shapes and size, and also colours. The brides mostly select bindis that match with the wedding trousseau.

Author: Rashmi Karan

Monday, June 4, 2012

Marathi Matrimony in the bustling city of Mumbai


City of dreams, Mumbai is one of the largest cities in India with more than 20 million people living here. It is located on the western coastal plains of India and is the capital of Maharashtra. Being the financial capital of the country, banking and financial institutions are located in the city. The avant-garde buildings of multinational companies of all types (energy, pharmaceuticals, IT etc) compete with each other. Mumbai also has the world’s largest film industry, Bombay. The variety of institutions makes it a truly cosmopolitan city.

The name city is also frequently called by its old name, Bombay. This name is derived from Portuguese who called it Bombaim which means 'good bay'. The present name was adopted in 1996 and is derived from 'Mumba', the name of Mumbadevi goddess and 'Aai' means 'mother' in Marathi. People who belong to the state of Maharashtra are known as Marathi people and even their local language is known by the same name. Marathi people living in Mumbai, though have a cosmopolitan approach towards life, follows strict Marathi Matrimony rituals and customs.

The busy city of Mumbai offers practically no time to its people. It is a common sight to find people rushing to work in the busy streets. The city’s approach towards life is modern and keeping with the times. Even for finding life partners, the youth of present day Mumbai rely on the matrimonial sites. These matrimonial sites save time and money. With more time required for dating, more and more prefer these sites. There are sites designed especially for Marathi Matrimony brides and grooms. The sites provide information on all castes and communities belonging to Marathi community. Also these matrimonial sites gives information city wise Marathi grooms and brides. Busy youth of Mumbai can find their Marathi match from these wedding sites.

Author: Shipra