SOCIAL AND MORAL ISSUE

Marriage and Family
Marriage
Marriage is one of the most popular and important of the sixteen Hindu sacraments. The religious conception of marriage is that it is a union of two souls enjoying peace and prosperity at home.
Marriage bonds the bride and bridegroom in spiritual ties of love and liberty, equality and integrity. They become one soul living in two bodies. This is reflected in the following verse traditionally recited by the bridegroom whilst addressing the bride.
Marriage is a sacred duty incumbent upon every normal, healthy person." Marriage is a sacrifice and one who does not enter the married life is an incomplete person. According to the Hindu view, marriage is based on noble sentiments of love, self-sacrifice and self-denial that help to uplift the human race. The primary function of marriage is to fulfill one's obligations towards society and provide continuity of the human race by giving birth to children.
Marriage and family life
Marriage is the start of the second and most important stage of the life called the Grihastha Ashrama. At this stage, as householders, a person is at his or her most productive stage and is meant to participate in the economic life of the country. The other three stages - student life, retirement life and renunciation depend on this. The Manu Smruti state just as come to rest in the ocean, the three other ashramas depend for their support on the Grihastha ashrama.
There are eights forms of marriage:
1. Brahma Vivah
2. Prajapatya Vivah
3. Daiva Vivah
4. Arsha Vivah
5. Grandharva Vivah
6. Asura Vivah
7. Rakshasa Vivah
8. Paishacha Vivah

Among these eight types of marriage, only the first two are highly rated because they are solemnized with the proper consent of the parent and the bride and the bridegroom.The choosing of a husband by a womean is known as "Swayamvara" it is also called as self choice.