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Marriage Procedure In Andhra Pradesh

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Feb 84 min read

Choosing a life partner and getting married is an important life decision. It is the decision, which affects the entire life of a person. If a person's personal life is not sorted, it will affect the other spheres of life as well. It will affect the mental peace and the professional life of the person. Personal law governs marriages in India. The Hindu Marriage Act governs marriages in Hinduism. Likewise, Muslims and Christians have their own personal law. The Special Marriage Act is the law that governs marriages between different religious couples.

How marriage is performed in Andhra Pradesh:

  • Nischitartham (engagement): This signifies the start of the wedding ceremony. The bride and groom's family exchanged gifts, clothes, jewelry etc.

  • Pellikuthuru (Haldi ceremony): the families apply a Mixture of oil and turmeric to the couple.

  • Snathakam: In this, the groom wears the silver thread, symbolizing the beginning of the grihastha journey.

  • Kashi Yatra: The groom pretends to give up all worldly desires and go to Kashi for spiritual enlightenment.

  • Managal Snaan: On the early morning of the wedding day, the bride and groom take the sacred bath at their homes.

  • Gauri Pooja: The bride performs the Gauri pooja and takes the blessings for a happy married life.

  • Jeera Kala-Bellamy: In this, the couple sits opposite to each other and pastes Jeera on each other’s hand.

  • Managalsutra: The groom puts mangalsutra around the bride’s neck and ties three knots on the thread attached to it.

  • Kanyadan Akshata & Saptapadi: The couple exchanged the garlands. They take seven pheras. The groom puts the silver toe ring on the bride’s toe.


Marriage Procedure in Andhra Pradesh

  • The couple first of all needs to submit the notice of intended marriage to the registrar of marriage. The parties can apply to the state in which either party is residing for at least 30 days before the notice of the intended marriage.

  • The notice of the officer registrar must be published for objections.

  • The objections can be filed within 30 days by the general public if they have any interest in the matter.

  • If no objection can be filed, then the marriage will be solemnized in the office of the registrar.

  • The parties need to go to the officer of the registrar with three witnesses. The parties and the registrar need to sign it. The witnesses are the eyewitnesses of the solemnization of marriage.


Marriage registration procedure in Andhra Pradesh

  • Marriage can be registered through online mode as well nowadays. It is a much more convenient and hassle-free procedure.

  • For the marriage registration, the couple needs to visit the official website.

  • They need to fill out the form and sign it. They even need to attach the required document along with the application form.

  • After this, submit the application form after checking all the details.

  • After the submission of the application form, the registrar will schedule an appointment on a fixed time and date.

  • After the form submission, the registrar will fix the date within 15 – 30 days from the submission of the application. However, this entire process can take an entire 60 days to complete.


Advantages of court marriage

  • The court marriages are cost effective. As we all know, India is fond of big fat weddings. Now, this trend is changing. The court marriages do not require that much expense. The couple is only required to fill out the application form fees. Other than that there are no extra expenses for the wedding.

  • Other than expenses, court marriages are less time-consuming. It does not take even a full day to perform a court marriage. You just need to fill out the form and wait for 30 days. After that, on the fixed time and date you need to visit the office of the registrar and follow the procedure of court marriage which is not time-consuming.

  • The court marriage provides the way for inter-religious marriages as well. As India is a sovereign country, inter-religious marriage is allowed. The court marriage makes it easier for those couples to get married.

  • Other than this, the court marriage also provides legal security to the couple. As the marriage has been registered in the register of the registrar, it gets legal sanctity. The legal sanctity provides legal security to the marriage.

  • Court marriages also help in preventing social evils. In court marriage, there are fewer chances of demanding dowry. Mostly the couple does court marriage against the wish of the parents which makes it impossible to demand a dowry. It even helps in preventing child marriages as child marriages cannot be done through court marriage.


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