| India, the land of different culture, tradition and rituals | | | | most important is the horoscope. The horoscope of |
| still holds certain practices and believes close to her | | | | the girl and the boy should match. Even after that, |
| heart. One among them is the matchmaking | | | | there are lots of thing that the family considers. |
| ceremony before the marriage. India is well known | | | | Some of them are that the girl should be from same |
| for the values that she holds from the past to the | | | | religion, preferably same caste. Then the girl should |
| present. People over here believe in certain ritual and | | | | be shorter than the boy is and lots more. If all these |
| practice it in their life. | | | | things match then only the boy is allowed to marry |
| India is the land of different religion; all these religions | | | | that girl. |
| have their own rituals and practices. One of the | | | | Sometimes it may seem horrible for every one, but I |
| important and surprising things that I found was the | | | | found it interesting. From the researches that I did, |
| matchmaking system that prevailed in Indian society. | | | | made me realize that the things written in the |
| Horoscope is a very important ingredient of every | | | | horoscope seems to be somewhat the same that |
| Indian family. They believe that horoscopes can | | | | which happens in each individual's life. This made |
| foresee a man's future and can make it better by | | | | horoscope an essential part of cultural life. The |
| performing rituals and all. Every individual, mainly in | | | | horoscope of each individual varied depending upon |
| Hindu religion has a horoscope that is based mainly on | | | | the position of nine planets on the day they are born |
| the nine planets that revolve around our planet Earth. | | | | and upon the planet position for their zodiac sign. |
| My research was to find out if there is something | | | | There are some hidden facts in this horoscope, which |
| true in this belief. This research took me to the world | | | | made Indians to believe it. |
| of Vedas, from where this astrology and horoscopes | | | | People outside India might be unaware of this |
| is believed to be originated. Vedas, according to | | | | system of marriage and will get surprised by hearing |
| Indian Hindu mythology is an integral part. | | | | this, but this fact is true and it is still followed in the |
| In India, people prefer arranged marriage. When a | | | | Hindu families of India. The horoscope system that |
| boy in a family reaches the age of marriage, his | | | | sounds to be an unpractical and foolish thing for |
| parents will start searching for a suitable girl. The girl | | | | others is the heart and soul of Indian Hindu families. |
| should have all the qualities that they are looking for, | | | | |