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- The Vishva Hindu Parishad plans to launch an online platform to facilitate marriages between members of different Hindu castes.
- This initiative seeks to address a declining birth rate among Hindus in Kerala that officials attribute to delayed marriages.
- Organizers argue that traditional caste barriers and requirements for horoscope compatibility prevent many young people from finding partners.
- The organization also intends to allow men to wear upper garments when entering temples under its management to encourage youth participation in religious practices.
What to watch next
- Launch of the VHP online marriage platform
- Implementation of new temple dress code policies
- Public reaction to the call to abandon horoscope matching
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Anil Vilayil
state general secretary
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“Youths in microscopic Hindu communities find it difficult to get a suitable partner from their own communities. Hence, we have decided to promote marriages that break caste barriers. Let upper-caste Hindu youths find brides from lower-caste Hindus and vice versa. In Keralam, the practice of looking at jathaka porutham (horoscope matching) prevails among Hindus”. Marriage dreams of scores of youths have been shattered for want of jathaka porutham”
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…among Hindus in the state is declining. He attributed the trend mainly to delayed marriages, which he said were caused by caste barriers and incompatibility in the horoscopes of prospective brides and bridegrooms. “ Youths in microscopic Hindu communities find it difficult to get a suitable partner from their own communities. Hence, we have decided to promote marriages that break caste barriers. Let upper-caste Hindu youths find brides from lower-caste Hindus and vice versa. In Keralam, the practice of looking at jathaka porutham (horoscope matching) prevails among Hindus”. Marriage dreams of scores of youths have been shattered for want of jathaka porutham ,” he said. No wedding should be delayed due to these two factors, he said. “VHP will soon introduce an online platform for promoting such marriages and helping youths to find partners belonging to different Hindu…
“Wearing an upper garment should not be a barrier to temple entry. Henceforth, men will be allowed to enter the 200-odd temples under the VHP wearing upper garments”
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…youth from temples. “Hence, we decided to intervene. Reforms are needed to bring the younger generation closer to temples. A meeting of Hindu clerics held in Thrissur in 2023 had made a recommendation to this effect. Wearing an upper garment should not be a barrier to temple entry. Henceforth, men will be allowed to enter the 200-odd temples under the VHP wearing upper garments ,” he said.…
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