Hindu Matrimony in the USA: Matches Who Live Here

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"Hindu" covers families from Chennai to Chandigarh, so most people narrow the search to their own language or community first. Each page below shows members in the USA from that group, with notes on where they tend to live.

• Language: Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Sindhi.
• Community: Brahmin, Iyer, Patel, Reddy, Kamma, Kapu, Nair, Rajput, Agarwal and Jat.
• Not sure yet? Browse brides in the USA or grooms in the USA across every community.

Kundali, manglik and muhurat when one family is in India

Many Hindu families still want the horoscopes matched before a first meeting, even when the couple grew up in New Jersey or Texas. The usual sticking point is the birth details: a chart is calculated for the exact time and place of birth, so a groom born in Houston and a bride born in Vijayawada need their own local times, not India time for both.

Our free kundali matching takes each person's own place of birth and gives the 36-point guna score, and our manglik dosha guide explains what families usually do when only one chart is manglik. When it comes to the wedding muhurat, remember the date is chosen for where the ceremony happens, so ask your priest to work it out for the US city, not for your hometown.

Hindu temples where families meet, state by state

Temples are still where many introductions start in the US, through a family friend at a festival or a priest who knows both families. These are some of the temples named in our community guides, each of which has addresses, wedding services and more temples nearby.

• Texas: the Sri Meenakshi Temple and BAPS mandir in Houston; the DFW Hindu Temple and Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple around Dallas. See the Texas guide.
• California: the Shiva-Vishnu Temple in Livermore and the Balaji temple in San Jose in the Bay Area; the Malibu Hindu Temple near Los Angeles.
• New Jersey: the Sri Venkateswara Temple (Balaji Mandir) in Bridgewater. See the New Jersey guide.
• New York: the Hindu Temple Society of North America (Ganesh Temple) in Flushing, Queens. See the New York guide.
• Illinois: the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple and the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago. See the Chicago guide.
• Georgia: the Hindu Temple of Atlanta and the BAPS mandir. See the Atlanta guide.
• Washington: the Hindu Temple & Cultural Center in Bothell and the Bellevue Hindu Temple. See the Washington guide.
• North Carolina, Virginia–DC, Pennsylvania and Florida: see the North Carolina, Virginia–DC, Pennsylvania and Florida guides.

Meeting in person: Hindu matrimonial events in the USA

If you would rather meet several people face to face, two not-for-profit organisers run matrimonial events for Hindu singles in the US. Hindu Matrimonial USA is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) that holds events for Hindu, Jain and Sikh singles, and HinduVivah lists its events on Eventbrite. Dates and cities change through the year, so check each one's page for the next event.

Events and an online profile work well together: you meet people in a room, and families can keep looking between events.

Making a Hindu wedding legal in the US

A Hindu ceremony on its own doesn't make a marriage legal in the US. You need a marriage licence from the county first, and the priest or officiant signs it after the ceremony. The rules differ by state, so check the county clerk where the wedding will happen. Three examples:

• California: you must have a licence issued in the last 90 days, and San Francisco's clerk is plain about it: "You are not married until you have a ceremony" (sf.gov).
• Texas: Harris County says there is a 72-hour waiting period after you buy the licence, and the officiant should sign it within 90 days (Harris County Clerk).
• Florida: a licence is valid for 60 days and goes back to the clerk who issued it once the wedding is done (Hillsborough County Clerk).

What to check about a match who lives in the USA

Before families agree to anything, ask the questions that matter for a life in the US: where the person actually lives, whether they are a citizen, a green card holder or on a work or student visa, whether either of you would move, and how involved each family expects to be. These checks are the family's own responsibility, because NRI Hearts doesn't verify visa status, marital status or income.

Our checklist for verifying an NRI groom or bride lists the official places to confirm each of these, and our safety tips cover what not to share early on.

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