Mangala Dosha

Mangala Dosha (IAST: Maṅgala-doṣa), also known as Mangal Dosh because of schwa deletion, is a Hindu superstition prevalent in India and Nepal. A person born under the influence of Mars (Mangala) as per Hindu astrology is said to have "mangala dosha" ("mars defect"); such a person is called a Mangalik (or Manglik). According to the superstition, the marriage between a Manglik and a non-Manglik is disastrous.

People who believe in this superstition think that a Mangalik bride will cause her husband's early death. To prevent this disaster, the bride may be married to a tree (such as banana or peepal), an animal, or an inanimate object. This mock marriage custom has different names depending on the "groom" used in the ceremony; for example, if the bride is married to a clay pot (kumbha), the ceremony is called "kumbh-vivah" ("wedding with a pot"). It is believed that all the evil effects resulting from the Mangala Dosha befall on the mock "groom": the bride is thus freed from the consequences of being a Mangalik, and her subsequent marriage to a human is expected to be a happy one.

Definition : According to Vedic astrology, in a kundli if Mars is placed in 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house then native is said to have Mangala Dosha in kundli.

Effects : According to Hindu Astrologers Mangala Dosha in a chart is not good for martial life. If the bride has this dosha in her birth chart then her husband will die or she will be divorced. Astrologer Vinodkumar Pathak^[4] has explained about some severe type of Mangala Dosha in which death or divorce will take within one year after marriage.