Marriage patterns are changing among the tribal Gujjars and Bakerwals in Jammu and Kashmir. The two tribal communities now prefer marriages that are simple and less expensive; and the customs of ...

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat took part in a mass wedding event held in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Wednesday on Wednesday -- on the occasion of auspicious Akshaya Tritiya.

An estimate shows that at least 150 agents are currently thriving on bride trading in Gujarat. AHMEDABAD: A few days ago a Tata Sumo, loaded with tribal belles, drove into Chanasma taluka of Patan ...

More than a century ago, in a court in Tura in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, a Garo tribal man filed a petition seeking compensation from his prospective father-in-law. According to Garo ...

Tribal leaders in a remote Ghanaian village welcomed North East bride Elaine Lawler as their African Queen. Elaine, 33, who married sweetheart John Lawler last month, was officially installed as queen ...

Chhota Udepur (Gujarat) [India], May 26 (ANI): Tribals in villages here follow an unusual tradition- marriages take place without the groom's physical presence. "This practice is followed in three ...

Marri Srinivas and Durga, both in their 20s, entered into a wedlock in August in Pedana town of Krishna district, keeping alive the Yanadi tribe’s custom of “reverse dowry” paid to the prospective ...

The practice of a man living with the bride's family is common among the Baigas of central India. | Shatabdi Chakrabarti/Sahapedia.org Capture, elopement, refusal and ...