“They are not to be called husband and wife who only sit together rather they are husband and wife who have one spirit in two bodies”. The concept of Sikh Marriage is explained by Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of the Sikhs that marriage is an attempt of uniting the individual soul to the Universal Soul. They insisted that marriage is not merely a civil or social contract, but that its highest and most ideal purpose is to fuse two souls into one so that they may become spiritually inseparable. The Sikh Gurus had a very high regard for the state of marriage, and they themselves entered into matrimony. The real goal of marriage in Sikhism is union of both souls with Almighty Lord. It is a means to attain spirituality and not an end in itself. Marriage in Sikhism is regarded as a sacred bond of mutual help in attaining the heights of worldly life and spiritual bliss. Marriage is a spiritual identity, not just a love affair between two people. Marriage as more of a religious ritual than a social in east or legal affair like that in west and is considered a sacred institution in most cultures and religious traditions.
