Finding Life Partner through Online Matrimonial Sites

Almost every second person in the country is addicted to internet and likes to spend his/her time while surfing different sites and meeting new people. Starting from shopping and chatting with friends to finding the life partner, Internet has eased everything. Internet has helped so many people in finding their life partners.

Earlier dating or match making sites were now viewed positively and consider it to be something that needs to be hidden from others. But gone are those days when people find it embarrassing to tell others that they have found their love of the life on Internet. These sites are the hot favourite in the market, and seeing the good scopes, various websites have been launched to cater the increasing needs and count money. The advantages offered by these match making sites are:

1.    Convenience: These sites are very easy to use and you can search your partner while sitting at the comfort of your home. If you find the suitable partner according to your choice then you can exchange your contact details and chat with the person according to your availability and ease. If things go well, you can also meet the individual in person.

2.      Cost-effectiveness: It is an extremely affordable and cheap way to search, which saves both time and money. No need to go to other cities or expensive restaurants to meet the families. All you need to have is a computer and internet connection, and the world is yours. Also you need not to worry about what you are wearing or get stressed about facing the person.

After you finalize the life partner for yourself on match making sites, you can now ask your parents to intervene and talk about the future prospects. Internet has really made the things easy and it’s now up to us how we utilize things for our own benefits.

Author: Rashmi Karan

Rituals in the Garhwali Matrimonial

Uttarakhand is one of the most beautiful states of India, which flaunts mesmerizing beauty of nature. The state is divided into two regions, Garhwal and Kumaon. The Garhwal and Kumaon divisions are surrounded by amazingly high hills and scenic beauty. Both the divisions have different lifestyle and different wedding customs.

The wedding traditions are unique and the region has an applauding anti-dowry approach. The Garhwali matrimonial follows a strict caste system and arranged marriages are only preferred. Every wedding includes matching of horoscopes of the boy and the girl, fixing of wedding dates, etc. the weddings are fixed as per the status of the families only.

The first step to conduct a wedding is engagement ceremony, where the families of both bridegroom to be present gifts to each other and the boy and girl exchange rings. At the time of wedding, a procession is led with a white flag (Nishaan), which depicts that the groom is clad with the Baratis and traditional band including shehnai, piper, nagada and drums. At the end of the procession, a man carries a red flag, representing the bride.

After the wedding procession reaches the bride’s home, the groom is welcomed and ethnic food is served to the Baratis. The Garhwali brides wear a big nose ring made up of gold, known as nath, which symbolizes prosperity. The nose ring is presented to the bride by the groom’s family.

The wedding rituals in Garhwali matrimonial include seven steps, where the couple takes seven rounds of the sacred fire. After these rituals, the couple is declared as husband and wife. The bride bids adieu to her family and the marriage procession returns with the bride and groom together. The procession is led with a red flag and a red doli. At the time of returning, the last man of the procession holds the white flag.

Author: Rashmi Karan

Right Age for Marriage

Marriageable Age

Marriageable age is a topic, which has always been in question. Parents start worrying about our marriage, as soon as we complete our graduation or school for that matter. In case of Indian brides, finding the right match has always been a concern for parents and they start looking for the same at a very young age. In earlier times, education and self- dependence were considered lame excuses for delaying Indian marriages and girls were forced to marry at a very young age. But now with the enactment of laws for marriageable age, parameters have been set for our Indian families to marry their children at respective ages.

Laws have obviously made a big difference in deciding the marriageable age, but mind set up is the most important thing which decides, where you are ready for marriage or not. You need to be mentally, physically and financially sound to bind your soul with another. A sense of responsibility and emotional connect has to come from your inside, to do justice to the sacred bond of marriage. Peer pressure is just not the right thing, when it comes to marriage. You must make your parents understand what you want in life and how do u see yourself growing in future. This helps in settlement of most of the problems in your life. Also, matrimony search these days, have become easier with the growing popularity of online matrimonial sites. These sites help you reaching your prospective bride or groom in flicker of seconds.

Factors like independent, highly qualified, well- settled, mature, understanding are few which tops our preference, when we look out for marriage match. Therefore, before doing so, we should make sure, that we ourselves match these basic factors.

Above all, we should be well prepared for accepting someone in our life and spending our entire life with him happily.