Guides
Written for families here, not for search engines.
Fewer pieces, more specific ones. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will fix it the same week.
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Weddings · 6 min
Anand Karaj in Australia and New Zealand: booking the gurdwara and what to expect
How to arrange an Anand Karaj at a gurdwara in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland or elsewhere: the Rehat Maryada requirements, the morning timing, the legal side, and what it actually costs.
19 September 2026
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Family · 5 min
The roka when one family is in Melbourne and the other is in Punjab
How Punjabi families are doing the roka and thaka across ten thousand kilometres: who flies, what happens on video, what to send, and the visa timing nobody mentions until it's late.
19 September 2026
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Sikh & Punjabi · 6 min
Sikh matrimony in Australia: how it actually works in 2026
Where Sikh families in Australia really look for a rishta, why the apps show ten men for every woman, and the questions worth asking before anyone's parents get on a call.
19 September 2026
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Visas & moving · 5 min
Marrying across a visa: the honest questions to ask before a rishta
If one of you is a citizen or PR and the other is on a visa or overseas, these are the questions to settle early. Not legal advice; the questions that stop a marriage becoming a paperwork problem.
19 September 2026
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Research · 6 min
Why women leave matrimony apps: what six months on Shaadi.com taught us
Our founder spent six months and a paid plan searching for a Sikh partner from New Zealand. Ten men for every woman, a fake profile made in minutes, and the design decisions we made because of it.
19 September 2026