Chapter 6: Matrimony

It is a rishta (match-making) section built into your Samaj. You make a biodata, browse profiles of other Samaj members, send an interest, and when the other person accepts you can see each other's contact number. There is no payment and no agent in between.

Open the Samaj tab and tap the Matrimony icon in the icon row under the top bar. The Matrimony icon shows a green badge when someone has sent you an interest.

The My Matrimony screen. It shows your biodata card (photo, name, age, caste, key details and how complete it is), your interests (people who have expressed interest in you), a Browse Profiles button, and three cards: My Samaj Profile, My Business Hub and My Tree.

You have not made a matrimony profile yet. Tap Create biodata and fill the form (see 6.2). You can browse only after you set up your profile.

Matrimony needs your Samaj registration first. Join your Samaj from the Samaj tab (see 1.4), then come back.

It counts new activity: a new interest received, or a reply to an interest you sent (accepted, declined or unmatched). It clears when you open the Matrimony screen.

No. By default you see profiles from your caste group (the app shows "Showing profiles from your caste group"). You can narrow this with filters (see 6.4).

Open Matrimony, tap Create biodata, fill the form and tap Save Profile. The same form opens when you tap Edit Profile on your biodata card.

Five things are needed before Save Profile works: your full name, your date of birth, About me, your current address, and at least 2 photos. Required fields are marked with a red star.

Gender, marital status, height (in cm), education, profession, annual income, mother tongue, religion, and caste or subcaste. Only the required fields must be filled, but a fuller biodata gets more attention and a higher match score (see 6.4).

Never married, divorced or widowed.

Yes. You must be at least 18 years old. If your date of birth makes you younger, the app shows "Must be at least 18 years old" and will not save.

It is where you add your birth details for horoscope matching: birth time, birth country and birth place. It is optional. Add it if your family matches horoscopes.

It tells people where you live now. You can search a place and pin it on the map using Search & pin on map, or type your address. Country is chosen from a list.

Each profile belongs to the account that made it, and the profile uses that account's Samaj details. To create a profile for a family member, they should log in with their own mobile number and create it themselves.

No. Each account has one matrimony profile.

Open Matrimony and tap Edit Profile on your biodata card, change what you need and tap Save Profile. Editing does not hide your profile and does not cancel interests you already sent or received.

The caste field is linked to your Samaj registration where available. If you need to change your caste or village, do it through Change your Samaj (see 3.5), because it also resets your family tree and matrimony profile.

At least 2 and at most 6. Until you add 2, the form shows how many more you need and Save Profile stays off.

In the Photos section tap the "+" box and pick pictures from your phone. You can pick several at once. If you pick more than the limit, extra photos are skipped and the app tells you only 6 are allowed.

You will see "Upload failed". Check your internet and add that photo again. Photos that did upload stay in the form.

Tap the small red cross on the photo, then add a new one. You must still end up with at least 2 photos when you save.

The first photo in your list is the main picture on your card, so remove and re-add photos if you want a different main picture.

A quick score on your biodata card based on seven things: name, at least one photo, education, profession, height, About me and mother tongue. The card tells you how much to add to reach 100%.

A complete biodata gives people more to look at, and profiles with a photo get a higher match score on others' screens.

They are deleted along with the profile (see 6.12).

Open Matrimony and tap Browse Profiles. Scroll through the cards. Tap a card to open the full profile.

Active profiles of the opposite gender from your own, from your own caste group. Your own profile is never shown. Each screen loads up to 50 profiles, so use search and filters to narrow down.

No. To keep browsing relevant and safe, the app always shows the opposite gender and this cannot be switched.

A match score out of 99. It starts from a base and goes up when you share the same mother tongue, education and profession, and when the other profile has photos. Green means a strong match, orange a fair one. It is a quick guide only, not a promise of compatibility.

The photo, name and age, and small chips showing if the person has a business or a verified family tree and how many.

Type in the search bar at the top. It looks at name, village, profession, education, mother tongue, caste and community.

Tap the filter icon in the search bar. You can filter by age range (starts at 18 to 50), marital status, education, profession, mother tongue and caste or subcaste. Under "Show only" you can also choose profiles with photos, profiles with a business, or profiles with a family tree.

Tap Clear all in the chips row under the search bar, or Reset in the filter sheet. You can also remove one chip at a time.

No profile matches your search and filters. Try widening the age range, removing a filter, or check back later as new profiles are added.

The person may have hidden, renewed or removed their profile, or your filters may exclude them.

No. They match loosely, so "B. ED" and "Teacher" in a profile can still match the filter options.

Their photos (swipe through them), name and age, marital status, height, education, profession, annual income, mother tongue, religion, caste, date of birth details, About me, and the cards for Samaj profile, business and family tree if they have them.

Not until you are connected. Contact details open only after an interest is accepted (see 6.8).

If a profile shows a family tree, you can open it in view-only mode from their profile.

Yes. The profile screen keeps the list you came from, so you can move through the profiles without going back each time.

The app does not show any "viewed by" list.

Open the person's profile and tap Send Interest. You will see "Interest sent!". The person gets a notification and a badge. You need your own matrimony profile first, otherwise the app says "Create your marriage profile first".

Not while one is already waiting. If your interest is pending, the app says you already have a pending interest with that profile. If they have already accepted, it says you are already connected.

On their profile the button changes: "Interest Sent - Awaiting response", "Connected!", or "Send Interest Again". You can also see all your interests under Sent in the Interests screen (see 6.9).

Yes, after a 30-day wait. During the wait the app says "You can send a new interest to this profile in N day(s)". After 30 days, Send Interest Again appears.

Only the person who declined can shorten it. If they choose "Allow them to request again", you can send a fresh interest right away.

Yes, straight away. There is no wait after withdrawing.

Yes, there is no cooldown after an unmatch, unless the other person blocked you.

That profile has chosen not to receive interests from you. You cannot send one.

No. There is always a single entry per pair of people. A resend turns that same entry back to pending and notifies them again.

Your interest is sent with your biodata. Once the person accepts, you can introduce yourself using their contact details.

The app does not set a limit.

Open the notification, or Matrimony > Interests > Received. On the person's profile you will see "This person has expressed interest in your profile" with Accept Interest and Reject buttons. In the Received list the buttons are Accept and Decline.

You see "Interest accepted! You are now connected." You and the other person become connected, and each of you can see the other's contact number. The sender gets a notification.

Yes. A confirmation asks you to confirm and explains that by accepting both of you will be able to see each other's contact details.

The status becomes rejected and the sender is told that there is an update on their interest (the notification does not say who declined or why). The sender can try again after 30 days unless you allow it sooner.

No. Declining only ends this request. To stop all future interests from the person, use Block (see 6.10).

In Interests > Received, find the declined request and tap "Allow them to request again". The person can then send a new interest at once. You cannot undo the decline itself.

Open the person's profile or go to Interests > Sent, tap Withdraw Interest and confirm. You will see "Interest withdrawn". You can send a new one later.

Yes. Use Unmatch (see 6.8).

A "Connected!" label on the profile and the other person's phone number. You can also see this in the Sent or Received list under that person's card.

Yes. The accept notification says you can now chat. The phone number is for calling or messaging on your own.

Only people whose interest you accepted, or who accepted your interest. Nobody else can see it on your matrimony profile.

Open the profile or the Received/Sent list and tap Unmatch. A box asks you to confirm, and an option lets you also block the person. The other person gets an update notification. Their number is hidden from you again and yours from them.

Yes, either person can send a new interest, unless one of you blocked the other.

Matrimony > Interests. It has two tabs: Received (people who sent you an interest) and Sent (interests you sent).

Pending: waiting for a reply. Accepted: connected. Rejected: declined. Withdrawn: the sender took it back. Unmatched: a connection that was ended.

Received, pending: Accept or Decline, or open the profile. Received, declined: Allow them to request again, or Block. Sent, pending: Withdraw. Either tab, accepted: Unmatch. Finished requests can be deleted from your list.

Open the request and tap the delete option. The app asks "Delete this request?". Deleting only clears it from your list.

The person removed their profile or it expired. The request stays in your list, but you cannot open it.

In the Interests screen, tap the blocked profiles icon in the top bar (see 6.10).

Open the profile, tap Report, then confirm "Are you sure you want to report this profile?" You will see "Reported. Thank you." The report is recorded against that profile so it can be reviewed.

Fake or misleading details, someone else's photos, abusive behaviour, or anything that feels unsafe.

Tap Block this person on a profile (on received or declined requests and on connections) or Block in the Received list, then confirm. You can also tick "Also block this person" when you unmatch.

That person can no longer send you an interest. They are told they cannot send an interest to this profile. Blocking does not delete the existing request or remove either person from the Samaj.

Blocking stops interests only. It does not hide your profile from them in the browse list.

Open Matrimony > Interests, tap the blocked profiles icon at the top (Blocked Profiles), find the person and tap Unblock. They can send you an interest again.

They get no notification. They only see the message when they try to send an interest.

The form tells you: "Your profile stays visible for 3 months. You can delete it anytime, or it is removed automatically after that."

A banner appears on the My Matrimony screen: "Your profile expires in N days", and when only a couple of days are left it turns red with "renew now!". A Renew button is on the banner.

Tap Renew on the banner. Your biodata opens. Check your details and tap Save Profile.

When the time runs out, your profile is removed automatically and stops showing in browse. You can create a new biodata any time.

Your profile and its interests are removed together, so renew before the date if you have connections you want to keep.

Open My Matrimony, open your biodata card and tap Remove your profile. Read the message, then tap Remove.

Your matrimony profile and photos, every interest you sent or received, your name from other people's blocked lists, and the birth details saved from your Kundli section. This cannot be undone.

Your Samaj registration and profile, your family tree, chats, contacts, wall, gallery, pins and business. Only matrimony data is removed.

Yes, create a new biodata from Matrimony at any time.

You will see "Could not delete the profile right now. Please try again." Check your internet and try again.

It is deleted with its interests (see 3.5). Create a new one after you register in your new Samaj.

New interest: "New Marriage Interest: [Name] has expressed interest in your profile. Tap to view." Accepted: "Interest Accepted! [Name] accepted your interest. You can now chat with them." Declined or unmatched: "Interest Update: You have an update on a marriage interest you sent / one of your marriage connections. Tap to view."

It opens the Interests screen.

Yes. A resent interest is a new pending interest for you, so you get a new notification and badge.

The notification does not say who or why. Open Sent to see the status.

See 2.4. Make sure notifications are allowed for KuhuChat on your phone, you have internet, and battery saver is not restricting the app.