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Indian marriage markets still heavily rely on matching astrological charts to prevent statistically doomed partnerships
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In Western culture, astrology is mostly used to justify ghosting someone on Tinder. In India, it is an institutionalized prerequisite for matrimony. Families consult Jyotish (Vedic astrology) to calculate 'Gunas'—a compatibility score out of 36. If your celestial math doesn't add up, the marriage is violently opposed by families. It is the original, extremely high-stakes algorithmic dating app.
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