You Can Buy a Husband at India’s 700-Year-Old Groom Market

odditycentral.com/ ^ | August 11th, 2022

[BenLurkin]

Every year, thousands of men gather under the Pipal trees in the local market area of Madhubani district, India’s Bihar state, and wait to be chosen by prospective brides. Called Saurath Mela or Sabhagachhi, the 9-day groom market was allegedly started by Raja Hari Singh of the Karnat dynasty over seven centuries ago to make it easier for women to find the right husband from a diverse group of men. Each groom is priced based on their capability, including their educational qualifications and family background.

Maithili women in Bihar choose their husbands. Accompanied by their families, they browse the available offers, ask for proof such as birth certificates and school certificates, and if they find someone they like (and they can afford), they start discussing the details.

Bihar’s traditional groom market, reporting that engineers, doctors and government employees are most sought after, with the young ones being the most popular. Even though dowries are officially illegal in India, and that one of the main goals of the groom market was to eliminate the dowry, it’s still common practice for young, eligible bachelors to demand considerable dowries from the family of the bride.

[wardaddy]

There are exotic beautiful Indian women but they are not stellar like Thai or Swedish or high Chinese or Colombian

Some genetics in the world just don’t play out the same

It ain’t fair

My oldest boy the other day said

Indians
Abos
West Africans

All got the short straw

[SunkenCiv]

Sure, but the prospective gold-diggers would want to know what her survivor’s pension figure will be when the 700 year old groom dies on the wedding night.