Marriage Certificate in Bangalore (Hindu)

Hindu Marriage certificate in Bangalore is pretty easy

• It does not matter if you got married in Bangalore or not [ i was married in Chennai ]
• I think you should have been married for more than an year
• You do not need any witness to be around you when going to the office, just need signs which no one checks/cares about
• Address proof - in my case BSNL landline worked.
• Id proof for both of you
• Wedding Card
• One PostCard size photo, front facing for both of you { if you have one with the garland that's the best }
• 2B photos of both of you - 3 copies [ basically this are two passport size photos combined into one
• 2 filled forms back to back: http://www.karunadu.gov.in/karigr/actsrules/otheracts/hindumarrforms.pdf
• Find out nearest SubRegistrar office in your area which deals with your address, Make sure to make go there twice
• First for making sure all the documents you have noted up are good, any changes
• 2nd time go with your wife, process takes around an hour, it may be done in 30 mins if there is no crowd in the office
• They may ask for a bribe ranging from 100 to 500, do not get into that, let the process complete and then handover Rs 100, i think the fee is Rs 20 or something. [ sadly i had to pay 500 Rs, but the joy of getting marriage certificate in 30 mins was pretty big than mere loss of 500 bucks ]
• At the end they will make you proof read for any corrections and hand over two copies of original Marriage Certificate.
• You are happily legally married  now, CONGRATS, now there is no way to retreat back :P

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Basically find out the sub-registrar office nearby or addressing your place.
This will be a 2 step process. First time go to that office and tell them that you would like to make a marriage certificate, This will give you a form + ask for documents., it will also have some place for adding 3 witnesses, But you do not need to worry about that, tell them you are a married for more than a year. In my case the sub-registrar office was in Gangangar (5th main street). Write any 3 names on the form, get the documents, go to sub registrar office and you should get your certificate in 1-2 hour.

--Good reads with similar info as above--
This might be good read: http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/83413-what-procedure-register-marriage-online-bangalore.html#axzz28ADaVw69

link: http://www.karunadu.gov.in/karigr/faq/registrationofmarriage.htm#5
forms: http://www.karunadu.gov.in/karigr/actsrules/otheracts/hindumarrforms.pdf

http://vibez.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/how-to-register-your-marriage-in-bangalore/
http://ritzsri.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/how-to-register-marriage-in-bangalore/

Best luck and let me know how it works out. Congrats on getting legally married.