The ceremony of wearing the sacred thread by the boys is important among
the Brahmins. This is performed at about the age of fifteen. Marriage
is most important, when elaborate rituals are performed. With difference
in details from community to community. Child marriage was common in Haryana.
Now among the upper and educated classes, marriages are held at a comparatively
late age. Even in rural areas child marriages are rare. Sati was practiced
particularly among certain communities. Widow remarriage is less restricted
even among the higher classes.
