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  2. Marriage in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    The concept of a love marriage is not a novelty in India, as it is regarded to be the equivalent of the gandharva marriage, which is still perceived as not righteous today. Hindu literature does indicate that love marriages were recognised and accepted in ancient times, for example, the legend of Dushyanta and Shakuntala in the Mahabharata ...

  3. Saptapadi - Wikipedia

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    The song, Jab Tak Poore na ho Phere Saat (transl. Until seven pheras are not completed), from the 1982 Bollywood film Nadiya Ke Paar , highlighted the importance of the Saptapadi ceremony. The song starred popular star Sachin with Sadhana Singh with music by Ravindra Jain. Saptapadii, a Gujarati film directed by Niranjan Thade, was released in ...

  4. List of most-viewed Indian YouTube videos - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] "Swag Se Swagat" became the first Indian music video to cross 500 million views on YouTube. [3] [4] [5] "Humpty the train on a fruits ride" by "Kiddiestv Hindi - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs" became the first Hindi video on YouTube to cross 1 billion views on 26 December 2019 and is the most viewed Hindi video on YouTube. "Chotu ke ...

  5. Hindi wedding songs - Wikipedia

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    Hindi wedding songs are a major genre of Hindi film music. [1] They often form the backdrop of some very memorable emotional or joyful scenes in Hindi movies. [ 2 ] They are often played during Indian , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and other South Asian weddings.

  6. Gandharva marriage - Wikipedia

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    In Mahabharata, one of two major epics of Hindus, Rishi Kanva, the foster father of Shakuntala, recommends Gandharva marriage with the statement “The marriage of a desiring woman with a desiring man, without religious ceremonies, is the best marriage.” [9] Elsewhere in Mahabharata (iii:190.36), the epic says “No man any longer asks for ...

  7. Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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    By the Special Marriage Act, 1954, a Hindu can marry a person who is not Hindu, employing any ceremony, provided specified legal conditions are fulfilled. By Section 7 of Hindu Marriage Act, and tradition, no Hindu marriage is binding and complete before the seventh step of the saptapadi ritual, in presence of fire, by the bride and the groom ...

  8. Hinduism and LGBTQ topics - Wikipedia

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    In a 2004 survey, most — though not all — swamis said they opposed the concept of a Hindu-sanctified gay marriage. [40] But several Hindu priests have performed same-sex marriages, arguing that love is the result of attachments from previous births and that marriage, as a union of spirit, is transcendental to gender. [41] [42]

  9. Pati Parmeshwar and Majazi Khuda - Wikipedia

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    Indian and Pakistani culture teaches the concept of Pati Parmeshwar / Majazi Khuda, in which the husband is regarded by his wife as being next to God. [1] [2]Pati Parmeshwar (Hindi: पति परमेश्वर, Urdu: پتی پرمیشور), also called Majazi Khuda (Hindi: मजाज़ी ख़ुदा, Urdu: مجازی خدا), is a concept in South Asia that teaches that the ...