In the contemporary world, marriage is becoming one of the burning topics in society. It may belong to the caste system in the marriage or relates to the age of the boy and girl for the marriage. So in the modernized world, Everyone has their own right to make their own decisions with respect to their own life. Either it is related to their career decisions or decision of getting married.
But when it comes to the age of marriage, it becomes quite complex to think about it as the age of marriage always varies from culture to culture or community to community. So, the most common question about marriages, especially related to age, is becoming a major aspect of society. In countries like India, the common age to get married as per the law is for girls is 18 and for boys 21. But if we talk about the community especially, the Sikh community, under this community it is not necessary to get married at a very early age like 18 or 21 but people under the society with such a community have the right to get married when it is suitable for them.
Most of the Sikh community people would like to get married between the age of 24 to 27 years. So now in the modern era, people also would like to live in a modern way so people in the society are becoming educated and well aware. For this instance, most of the Sikh families would like to verify their children between the age of 24 to 27 of year as they are more focused on the children’s careers and other opportunities for which their offspring would become more responsible in order to start a new life with their companions. Sikh matrimony is one best option to find a Sikh life partner.
There are many reasons the Sikh community would prefer to marry between the age of 24 to 27 years such as-
To become independent first- Well, most adults would like to focus more on their career and future opportunities before starting a new life with their partners. as they would like to become independent first in order to get success in their life In order to get name and fame in the society. so, before getting married most of the others get success in their fields between the age of 24 to 27 years.
To get more experience of life- Another factor to get married at 27 years for adults is to get more experience of life in different fields such as experiences with their relatives, work experience, society experience and so on. so that they would become more mature and understand the upcoming things easily so this age is considered as mature age. Even though 24 to 27 years old is also considered the best age for both males and females in Sikh society as this shows the person is capable and experienced to handle their Matters by their own.
To learn to take responsibility - Well in the Sikh community this is also considered as people who are at a good maturity level like between the age of 24 to 27 years old are capable of taking responsibility for others. While during this age most people learn from others and from their personal life to become responsible for their decision and for Society also.
Well, there are so many factors that are being considered for marriage for this common age in the Sikh community but all such factors cannot be described within an article. As for Sikh marriage, people used to get married when they are capable enough to take responsibility in the society of their family as well as to take care of one another.