Marriage Laws and Ceremonies in Hinduism

This article is arranged in two main sections: the first part examines some injunctions of marriage such as: contract of matrimony and its veracity, the relations of spouses in matrimony, their obligations with each other, forbidden cases of the marriage, and adultery. Since marriage possesses a high significance in all religions, precepts of marriage are among the most important religious rules in Hinduism too. Marriage has a determinative role in individual and social situation of men and regulates their relations in society. The second part is allotted to ceremonies of marriage in different eras like Sutra and Vedic time. In this section, ceremonies of wedding, marriage proposal and choosing a blessed day for wedding are considered.