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Answer-first guides on how a matchmaker works, registering a marriage in India, kundli matching, staying safe, and marrying across borders.
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- Guide · Legal
How to Register a Marriage in India
The Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, the 30-day notice, the documents you need, and why the certificate matters more than families expect.Guide · Updated 17 July 2026 - Guide · Tradition
Kundli Matching (Guna Milan) Explained
The 36 gunas, the eight kootas and their points, the 18-point threshold, Nadi and Mangal Dosha, and an honest view of what the score really means.Guide · Updated 17 July 2026 - Guide · Safety
Staying Safe in Matrimony
How to verify a match before money or travel, the red flags of matrimonial fraud, and exactly how to report a scam through the 1930 helpline and cybercrime portal.Guide · Updated 17 July 2026 - Guide · NRI
Marrying and Moving a Spouse to the USA
The CR-1 and IR-1 spouse visa, the K-1 fiance route, Form I-130, green cards, and OCI. The India to US corridor, step by step.Guide · Updated 17 July 2026 - Guide · NRI
Marrying and Moving a Spouse to the UK
The spouse visa under Appendix FM, the income requirement families ask about most, the English and settlement rules, and OCI. The India to UK corridor.Guide · Updated 17 July 2026 - Guide · NRI
Marrying and Sponsoring a Spouse to Canada
Spousal sponsorship for permanent residence, inland versus outland, the three-year undertaking, open work permits, and OCI. The India to Canada corridor.Guide · Updated 17 July 2026 - Guide · Choosing
Matchmaker or Matrimony App: Which Suits Your Family
Who searches, who speaks to the other family, what each route costs and who each suits, side by side.Guide · Updated 9 October 2026 - Guide · NRI
NRI Matchmaking: Cost, Process and What to Check
One rupee price wherever you live, how the search runs across time zones, and what to check about a match abroad.Guide · Updated 9 October 2026
Verified statistics.
- Statistics · Matrimony
Indian Matrimony Statistics 2026
The online matrimony market, the listed players, who is online, how Indians marry and the NRI market, every figure sourced and dated.Statistics · Updated 14 October 2026 - Statistics · Weddings
Indian Wedding Industry Statistics 2026
Market size, weddings a year, what a wedding costs, the season, gold and jewellery, loans and Delhi NCR, every figure sourced and dated.Statistics · Updated 14 October 2026 - Statistics · Marriage
Marriage in India Statistics 2026
Age at marriage by state, child marriage, arranged and inter-caste marriage, divorce, dowry, the courts and registration rules, every figure sourced and dated.Statistics · Updated 14 October 2026
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