Hi,
In India, a religious marriage ceremony is considered a legal marriage. However registration of marriage is now a legal requirement in most of the states in India. Moreover, for visa and immigration purposes a formal marriage certificate from the Registrar of Marriages is required. There are different rules and regulations for different religions. For example there are Hindu Marriage Act, Muslim Marriage Act, and Christian Marriage Act and for the Parsee there is Parsee Marriage and Divorce Act.
To know more details, please refer to the links:
http://www.tnreginet .net/english/tel01.asp
http ://www.madaan.com/marriage.htm l
http://www.tnreginet.net/ english/citizen.asp
Answered by
Jeevan singh
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10:57 AM on March 30, 2012