How long can I stay engaged before planning for a marriage

[Guest Rianpreet]

I am getting engaged to a girl. But we both are 20yrs. We will be waiting for marriage after we complete university which is 4-5years from now? Is that allowed as per the guidelines?

[ipledgeblue]

No. If you read the history of Guru jis' times and even centuries later, usually marriages were done in childhood. Then when they were old enough to start their grihast jeevan partnership, the bride is brought over to her husbands's house in muklawa ceremony.

4-5 years engagement is silly. You get Anand Karaj now, and then after university she you do muklawa, that is much more in the guidelines!