Marriage in India

Indo-Nepali festival celebrated by Hindu women

deaths of young women who are murdered or driven to suicide in an effort to extort an increased dowry

thumb|The Svayaṃvara ceremony of princess Damayantī, by [[Nandalal Bose]] Svayaṃvara ( ) is a matrimonial tradition in ancient Indian society where a bride, usually from Kṣatriya (warrior) caste, selects her husband from a group of assembled suitors either by her own choice or a public contest between her suitors. This practice is mainly featured in the two major Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa, though its prevalence and portrayal vary significantly between them.

a marriage where two people get married with or without consent from their parents

thumb|Kumkuma powder from Mysore, India.

dowry system

One of the eight hindu marriage styles

Kidnapping men for marriage

marriages between two people of separate existent formal and informal social stratification classifications in India

organization

superstition prevalent in India

thumb|Savitri and Satyavan|Savitri is described as an ideal pativrata, depicted here rescuing her husband Satyavan's life from the god of death, Yama. Pativrata () is a term used in Hinduism to refer to the conjugal fidelity of a woman towards her husband. It also refers to the term used to refer to a married woman who is faithful and dutiful to her husband.