Once we reach a certain age all of us start looking for a life partner to settle down with. Our search is for a soul mate to share the ups and downs of life. Among many other ways, one of the most common and century old way of meeting a life partner in India has been through matchmakers or relatives. Arrange marriage is an old tradition in Indian society which has evolved over the years but is still strongly prevalent. Men and women no matter how independent still like to involve their parents and family in a big way in matters of marriage and parents also give their children the space and time to understand each other instead of blindly tying them together.

As the arrange marriage has evolved similarly ways of meeting prospective brides and bridegrooms is also evolving. With the advent of technology and especially with the coming of internet meeting a life partner has found a new platform on matrimonial websites. A marriage site is a place where prospective brides and grooms, and even their families create profiles to find a life partner of their choice. There are several matrimonial sites catering to men and women looking for a life partner. Matrimony websites list profiles of men and women from all over the world. These profiles are a mix of men and women from different professions, castes, creed, states, and ethnicity.

They also provide bespoke online matchmaking services to those who don't have the time to search, read and shortlist profiles which they think would be a prospective match. Their experts match and shortlist profiles as per the information given by the user. The experts suggest profiles of other users, which they think would be the most compatible according to their tastes, likings, hobbies, etc. With the consent of the bride/bridegroom even their parents, friends, siblings, or a close family member can also create a profile.

Matrimonial sites offer different membership options to their users. Users can opt for free membership or paid membership. Paid memberships also come with different validity periods and other advantages. In a free membership the users can surf the profiles of other users, read about them, but need to opt for a paid membership to see details like contact information, etc. Taking a paid membership becomes compulsory or important not just to see the contact details of the users one is interested in but also to show that one is genuinely interested in finding a life partner and is investing on it. It also sets one apart from the people who like to create fake profiles just for the fun of it or it create nuisance.

Matrimony sites give ample of options to meet new, like-minded people with the same purpose of getting settled. They also offer expert advice over chat and phone and other features like chat messenger/windows to talk to other users.

Register on a a trusted matrimony site today and take your first step towards marital bliss.