The Importance Of Arranged Marriage

Mythili was punished harshly by her grandmother if she returned home late either from school or her friend’s house. She had to take fifty sit-ups in the pooja room. Mythili was served only rice and butter milk for keeping the wet towel on the paddy bag when all the other members were served delicious food. She was warned for using inner wear and trimming her hair. Mythili could not expect modern thoughts from an old-fashioned woman who was brought up in a traditional way. She refused to return to her mother’s house after her baby was aborted fearing the abuse of her grandmother.

The history repeats when the cold war brooms between Mythili’s teenage daughter Padmini and her mother-in-law Mangalam. But she remembers the words of her grandmother

Basically a marriage is termed as arranged when it is arranged by people other than those getting married. In the process, it strictly curtails the phenomena of courtship. Parents, relatives, match making agents, matrimonial sites or a trusted third party play a crucial role in arranging the marriage. In fact the task of match making is quite a number of times carried out by astrologers, religious leaders, trusted relatives, family friends, etc. In older times, the bride and the groom were neither asked for their consent, nor informed about their life partner. But at present in most of the cases the financial status of the bride’s father prevents him from asking the consent of his daughter. The process begins with practices like matching the horoscope of the couple for checking the compatibility, the background of the families and their castes. The marriage ceremony is highly formal in case of an arranged marriage, with the groom 's family playing to the gallery. The marriage is conducted in strict accordance with the Vedic rites and rituals. After marriage the bride bids farewell amidst blessings for her prosperous marital life. In India arranged marriages are preferred because the expectations of the brides are