Riya & Karan — from Mumbai to Pune in six weeks

"We almost matched on a different platform — but the conversations went stale within a week. VivahWala felt different from the first day."

Riya, a 27-year-old architect in Mumbai, had been on three other matrimonial sites before she heard about VivahWala from a cousin who had been on the platform for a month. Karan, 30, an analyst in Pune, had joined only ten days earlier.

"The compatibility score wasn't a gimmick," Karan says. "Her profile came up at 92% on my first search. I sent an interest the same evening."

Six weeks. Three video calls. One trip to Pune for the families. By February, the wedding date was set.

What worked

• The 7-step profile pushed both to be honest about expectations
• Photos were watermarked — no awkward moments about images travelling outside
• Privacy controls meant phones exchanged only after the second video call