A Perfect Life Partner For Your Loved Ones | Maangu

In traditional India, it was the responsibility of friends, relatives, and well-wishers to begin the arduous, elusive, and un-guaranteed process of obtaining validation of the job/income/background of family of the bride/groom, and of the groom/bride themselves.p2

These details were difficult to find out and sometimes big bucks were shelled out to third party detectives to hunt out the desired validation (or lack of it).

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Feet Washing

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This is a very common tradition across different cultures in India. While some have the tradition where the bride’s parents wash the groom’s feet, others make the bride herself wash his feet. While in earlier days, the tradition made some sense as grooms generally walked barefoot from one village to another for the wedding, in modern days with cars replacing feet and even horses, this tradition is outdated. In Assamese tradition, it is the bride’s sister who washes the groom’s feet. It only seems insulting to get two adults, as old as the groom’s own parents and deserving the same amount of respect, to wash the feet of the groom. Neither is the groom forced to walk barefoot anymore nor does he have to travel long distances…….

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Marrying with tree in Indian Culture | Maangu Views

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In a crazy Indian wedding custom, if the bride is Manglik, she is made to first marry a Peepal tree or a dog. It is believed that marrying a Manglik woman results in the early death of the husband. Hence, the woman is first married to a tree or an animal to ward off the evil effects of the curse on her human husband. The husband has no such traditions to fulfill if he is Manglik. A simple religious ceremony resolves the issue…..

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How To Save Hours Of Time With Social Matrimonial Sites?

Interviews amongst the sample population revealed that most of them used these sites because they are: ‘convenient’ and ‘helps them save time.’ Well, in today’s busy world, time is the most precious commodity, and if matrimonial sites really help save time, they are worth spending a bit to know more about them.w3

Profile Search

In traditional India, the giant nexus of the joint family, brokers, and the extended web of relatives and friends were used to look up the profiles of prospective brides and grooms. Looking up suitable profiles would take months and sometimes years as information available was not clear and no definite channels of information existed. Also, the geographical boundaries were restrictive as each broker had a comfort zone to which he/she stuck to, thus prolonging the search for the perfect partner.

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Definition of Dharm, Adhyaatm and Panth

जीवन जीने का मूल सिद्धान्त्,मूल्य, मान्यता, कला, व्यवहार्,आदी के समूह का नाम धर्म है और आत्म परिसकार की साधना का नाम अध्यात्म है । इसके साथ हि इश्वर प्रती आस्था विश्वास और मान्यता तथा इससे आत्म प्रगती के अभ्यास का तरिका या शैली का नाम पन्थ है

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