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 has explained about some severe type of Mangala Dosha in which death or divorce will take within one year after marriage.^[1]

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