Matrimonial sites is the biggest and fastest growing internet sector of India today. Online matrimonial sites are the main mediators that are helping prospective grooms and brides to meet one another. Many of the online portals offer free registration and you can list there a photo profile of yourself and your choice of the significant other you intend to meet. You could be sitting in U.S.A and search for an Indian bride right from your home depending on your criteria and interests.

In recent times it has been a boon for parents all over as it has made life a lot simpler to know what the expectations of the youth today are and finding a significant match. The process is very simple.

Register and create a free profile

Search for members who meet your criteria

Contant members via email, phone or chat.

We Indians have always been known for our rituals and strong beliefs that is what sets us apart from the western world. Marriage means a big deal to us and parents are concerned about finding the right match for their girl. Love marriages are much less common, although this has been drastically changing over the past few years. Who says one cannot have love in an arranged marriage, there might be exceptions but I vouch for one as I am happily married and in love with the man my parents chose and married. The debate that many of friends back in Sweden had was how can they work, my answer always was life has no guarantees.

 In the traditional days what happened was that a marriage broker was very much an essential part of the whole match making process. He is a volunteer by choice and who introduces grooms and brides family to one another he would charge a nominal fee if the match was fixed. This has been a far long tradition down south of India where the janamkundalis also would be matched by him.  With the boom in internet matrimonial sites they have become a thing of the past now.

Miracles happen through internet, many in the west prefer dating services and dating portals are at an all time high in the US. But in the east and countries like India many users who search are for mostly getting married. Have a quick search on the internet and you will find an array of matrimonial sites that will help you find the right partner. They are mainly classified on the four main factors the Religion, Country, Profession, physical appearance.

Here is a pick of the top most searched and preferable hindu matrimonial sites all over in india and nris abroad.

• Shaadi: World's largest South Asian matrimonal Web site with facilities to add, update and search profiles of marriage-minded individuals.

• Bharat Matrimony: This portal seems to be liked by all the prospective married couples and their parents. Mainly because it caters to the tastes of every Indian be it for the Assamese, Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Parsi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Kannada, Marwadi, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu, Kerala, Tamil communities.

• JeevanSathi Top Indian matrimonial portal from the house of naukri.com with hundreds of thousands of active matrimonial profiles from around the world.

• SimplyMarry.com This is another site that has come new to the market but has taken a major share from its competitors.

• Muslim matrimonial : Muslim, Muslim dating, Muslim online dating, Muslim personals, Muslim singles, Muslim girls, Arab, Middle East, Muslim matchmaking.

• Jainmatrimonial.faithweb.com/ Matrimonial Site for Jain
  

• Falgunimehta.com/ For Gujarati, Marwari and Kutchi
  

• KannadaMatrimony.com - Matrimonial portal for Kannada people around the world.

• Bharatplanet - NRI matrimonial service. Also offers an option to search multiple matrimonial sites at the same time.

• Misleading Profiles: Not everything you see and read on the internet is true, you have to be extra careful of imposters. Therefore one should be careful enough to have the detailed information before making any final decisions.

• NRI’s Alliances: There have been not one but many cases where they have been cheated by persons who were already married and married again through these sites.

• Easy to Back Out: Not everyone is ready for a commitment and you may have a broken heart just to know that the other person is not in for something concrete. Therefore never fully trust a person till you meet him/her in person.

Every cloud has a silver lining, and there are couples who are using the sites to find their significant partner and if one is careful and cautious you can never go wrong. If you don’t want to take my word for it, just have a look at some of the happily married couples who met one another through these sites. They just were like one of us finding their perfect soul mates and the number of couples is astounding.have a look at thier success stories at shaadi.com.

Marriage is a very beautiful journey of life; it will have its share of ups and downs. Finding the right soul partner will make a world of difference in your lives. Through matrimonial sites or through sheer luck may every one find love and happiness in their lives?

If you are still puzzled as which site you are in hunt for yourself or your friend, you should check out this comprehensive analysis done on all the major matrimonial sites here on matrimonial shootout.