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Marriages in India, has always been the biggest concern for the Indian families. Lot of importance is given to the sir name carried by the bride or the groom. In fact, the respect and dignity of a person is attached to his sir name, as in who were his ancestors and to which family name he belongs. The caste, creed and culture are the three most important elements, which are kept on the high priority list. The bride and the groom surely have to match each others religions, community, language, culture and region. Without matching each other’s religious and richness status, the bride and the groom are strictly not allowed to tie marriage knots with each other.

Marriage between two religions or often referred as inter- caste marriage and are almost prohibited in the country. People belonging to different religions or cultures are not allowed to get married, because doing such means violating the religious acts and terms. Marriage is the most sacred bond, which a girl and a boy bonds with each other, for a time period, which is life- long. The bride and the groom are always believed to have same religion or culture because it helps them in having a smooth movement in their journey of marriage, in terms of understanding and supporting each other in the religious acts.

In the early days of the Indian marriages, there were hardly any marriages known as inter- caste marriages, but with the advancements in time, and even government coming up with new laws to support the citizens will and their right to marry with the person they wish. There have been special acts made, supporting the laws of inter- caste marriages and which has somehow proved as an inspiration for the Indian bride and groom to marry according to their choice and with the person they want to. The modern society, today, has witnessed a number of inter- caste marriages, or marriages between bride and groom from different religions. This is because of the changing times and the change in the approach and the thought process, which has enabled the youth of the country, to execute their thoughts and ideas freely.

Inter- caste marriages in India are mostly the result of love marriages, wherein the decision of marriage is purely taken by the bride and the groom, based on the understanding and the comfort they share. Love marriages in India have been seen growing to a larger extent in the last few years, due to the acceptance of this concept in the Indian society and with the Indians, widening their arena of thoughts and implementation of these ideologies. Inter- caste marriage, also referred as love marriage, surely leads to a better married life shared between the bride and the groom after their marriage, because they understand each other well and already have built up that comfort zone, in which, they both together can have a prosperous and a healthy married life.

The only problem stated by the elders at the time of inter- caste marriages, is that, in case of the Indian marriages, it is the bride, who has to go to the groom’s house after marriage and has to follow all the rituals and cultures in accordance to the norms set in the groom’s family. But, in case of inter- caste marriages, the bride, who comes from different religious background, finds it difficult to settle herself in the new religious environments and mould her beliefs and activities according to a different religion, which if done in some other way, can sometimes, effect her image in the family. Therefore, precautions should be taken by the bride, in case of inter- caste marriages, where she needs to be very careful in practising the religious chores with the family.

Though, most of the families in India, have started accepting their children’s conducting inter- caste marriages, but there still a huge number of people are left in the country who need to understand that there is nothing more important than the happiness of their children and they need to mould their views in accordance to the changing times and accept their children’s choices for the sake of their happy married life.