Hindu Marriage

The gotra exogamy, as a tradition among Hindus, prohibits marriage between members of the same gotra. The Hindu society traditionally expects people to marry someone outside their gotra. But The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 legalizes marriage…

Hindu Monogamy The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 strictly prohibits the Hindus to practice polygamy. Monogamy is the law and practice of the Hindu society. Monogamy is a form of marriage when one man only marries one woman. Ever since the…

Endogamy Endogamy is a rule of marriage which is intimately related to the caste structure. In Endogamy form of marriage, a person has to marry within his or her group or varna or caste or sub-caste. For example, Brahmins have to marry…

Anuloma and Pratiloma Marriage Anuloma and pratiloma marriage, as a rule of marriage is an inseparable part of the hindu caste system. The rule of anuloma and pratiloma marriages has greater significance for the caste structure of Hindu…

POLYGAMY IN HINDUISM Polygamy among the Hindus has become a thing of the past. It is legally prohibited. Bombay State had passed legislation against its practice as early as in 1946 and later Madras and Saurashtra governments followed it.…

What is a Marriage? Mating is preponderantly a psychophysical phenomenon involving the pairing off of individuals of opposite sex under the influence of the sexual drive. But all mating are not marriages. Marriage is something else. When…