Sima Taparia Website
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Welcome to Suitable Rishta
Sima Taparia is a Marriage Consultant living in Mumbai. Her name is known to almost every high profile Marwari family in India as well as in other parts of the world.
Our Services
- Collecting relevant Documents, photographs and registration of the member.
- Assessments of your living style and business details.
- Compilation of the relevant information as per our system.
- Short listing the proposals, based on the criterion lay down by both the sides
About Us
Sima Taparia is an Marriage Consultant living in Mumbai. Her name is known to almost every high profile Marwari family in India as well as in other parts of the world.
Born to an industrial and famous family of Late Shri Rameshchandra Lahoti of Gulbarga, has had a passion of maintaining and recalling relationships since childhood. At a young age of 19 she was married to Anup Taparia, industrial group of Mumbai having business interest in hand tools, magnets, textiles, pharmaceuticals and exports. Since Lahoti and Taparia group have a vast network of family, she had a big opportunity of meeting the family members and learning new relationships. Finding the relation with an unknown person is her passion which she does in minutes. You just have to give your name and place to her and the relationship with her is spelled out in flat 3 minutes!!! This gift has turned into opportunity to help eligible boys and girls for marriage.
“Marriage isn’t just about two individuals and families coming together but also about fusion of minds where they complement each other” She says. Initially it was a casual approach but she took it seriously when her friends suggested to take it professionally. “Success isn’t easy”!! exclaims Sima .Proposals are processed at her end with personal touch and visit. In high profile family the parents do not wish to circulate and publish the biodata or details through websites. They wish to keep it ‘secret’ till the time the candidate is finalized. Unlike good old days the friends or family do not suggest a candidate as it has become very personalized. Thus there is a need to professionalize it. Sima sees the lifestyle, likes and dislikes and personal choices which is a big thing to handle. Educated girls do have a say now a days. Her city preference, grooming of boy and freedom is much respected. Similarly the boys do have their preferences. The boys usually tell her ”it’s not all about beauty in a girl”
Sima is very active in suggesting alliance since young age due to her unique strength of remembering relations and immediately recalling them. She is an alliance consultant for high profile Marwari and Gujarati families in India as well as in other parts of the world . All high profile families throng to her for consulting the alliance.
A widely travelled throughout the world has still the time for family and religious activities. She has overseas clients from USA, UK, Hongkong, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, South Africa,Nigeria etc.
Recently, an international film producing company has made a documentary film 'A Suitable Girl' in which Sima is playing a lead role, has won the Best Director Award in Tribecca Film Festival, NYC in 2017.
In 1993 she Founded and was Charter President of only Maheshwari women organization called Deepsakhi. Today it is prestigious organization of South Mumbai with more than 125 elite members.
In 2018 a new wing for young Maheshwari ladies by the name DS Novue is founded with 80 enterprising members.
Sima had led and was Past President of Ruchika club having more than 300 members of Mumbai Marwari women. She is an active Rotarian too.
Sima is a versatile personality and a leader in her field.
Our Services
What We Do
- Collecting relevant Documents, photographs and registration of the member.
- Assessments of your living style and business details.
- Compilation of the relevant information as per our system.
- Short listing the proposals, based on the criterion lay down by both the sides
- Match making - matching horoscope, if it’s a requirements.
- matching bio data and hobbies
- Client servicing-talking to you and getting your approval of the proposals before they are discussed by the other sides.
- Client servicing- talking to the person with whom your profiles have been cross-profiled and getting their approval.
- Dispatching the proposals by e-mail / WhatsApp to both the sides.
- Giving feedback after the meeting takes place
- Representation (visiting along with member/relative) and co-ordination of meeting between both the families for further discussions
Vivaah Sanskar
This has a lot of importance in Indian Culture. Marriage is a religious culture from vedic times. Water and fire are two proofs that are present. In Indian culture relationship of a married couple is forever. There is an English saying that Marriages are made in Heaven but accomplished only on earth.
Sagai(Engagement)
This is a relation between a boy and a girl which is known as an engagement, which is performed in the presence of the people of the society and as a proof the friends and the relatives in the society are kept. Here the relatives of the girl go to the boy’s house, here the tilak on the forehead of the boy is put and he is garlanded also. Fruits, dry fruits, coconuts, clothes, jewellery are given for the boy’s parents and siblings, relatives are also given money according to the status. The girl is made to sit on the left side of the boy nowadays, but according to old rites during the Saat phera or before that the girl is always sitting on the right side of the boy.
Tyohar(Festival or Function)
It is before the marriage ritual. Some festivals like Diwali, Sankranti, Kajli Tij, Ganesh Chaturthi, Holi are the main ones. The girls parents send mangoes, sweets, charoli to boy’s house which are distributed to the relatives. During Diwali crackers and sweet meats and during Sankranti sweet meats made of til and clothes for the boy, Baes, Juari, Satudi are sent. During Ganesh Chaturthi sweet meats, silver bars, clothes and sweet meats is also sent on Holi.From the boys house on Teej day Sinjara(Saree and sweet meats) are sent to the girl. Sweetmeats on Sankrantiday and on Diwali.
Vivah(Marriage)
First Ganesh Pujan is performed atleast before 5 to 21 days according to the facilities.The person who is made the Vinayak(main person) goes to the Ganesh temple with all the puja materials and the wedding card. This day songs are sung four women folk take mung dal in their hands sweet lapsi and rice are prepared for food and even chatarphali Raita is made. All the people of the house eat the food. On this day they make pakoras of mung dal. The bride and the bridegroom are given 5 pakoras and four married ladies crush the pakoras, from this a little dal ka pakoras are made which are given to the girls and the daughters of the family to eat. A puja is performed brfore grinding the pakoras. Coal, nail, supari, 1 1/2 rupees, a small religious thread on which kumkum is applied and the puja is performed. After Ganesh puja we should do a Nandi Shraadh so that no mishaps take place.
Maata Pujan
Before the marriage according a puja is performed of Devi Sitala. On this day the parents, the bride, the bridegroom all eat cold food (nothing is heated).
Battisi Nautna
This is performed in the girl’s parent’s house, if the house is very far off then this rite is performed before ‘Mayra’. For this we need Betel leaf, Supari, Badam, Lavang, Elaichi, Kharek, Cashewnut 5 dry fruits, jaggery, 32 laddoos, 32 rupees, if the marriage is in out station then 5 kg rice, red cloth is taken, and all this is put in the lap of the elder brother of the mother. Tilak is put on the forehead of other brother and a coconut is given (sriphal) songs are sung clothes (saree blouse) and money are given to the bridegroom at the time of the bride going away to her inlaw’s house.
Ganpati Pujan
Place the statue of the ganpati on the place of the marriage. Here also 16 Matru or Navagraha puja is performed by parents, clothes and topi are given to the elder person in the family and laddoo and money are also given.
Tani Bandhana
Religious strings are tied at the marriage dias. Rakhi is tied on the top on a shade and a saree is kept.
Dhan Hath
This ritual is done by the ladies about 4 to 8 in number under the shade. In this necessary materials like rice, mung, turmeric powder, silver ghughra, money, 7 fruits, 2 soop ; and 2 Belan are put in the plate for the puja.
Kankan Dora
In this ritual, an iron key bunch, Laakh fruits kodi, silver ghughra are taken all this is tied in a string and tied on the wrist of the bride and bridegroom, other family members also tie this, this tying denotes that the bride and groom are going to start their new married life. They should lead their married life as strong as iron and gain success in life. Society should give you respect.
Panchan Pujan(Vinayak Sits)
After doing Ganpati Stapana grains, haldi, mung dal, whole dhaniya are put
Mayra
In this ritual the sisters serve sherbet to all their brothers and their wives. Then men are given sriphal (coconut) and tilak is put on the forehead. A saree and a blouse is given to brother’s wife.
Kaalash Bandhna
Here the brothers take a pot of money from their sisters and sarees and clothes are given to the sister and the son-in-law and his family. Then there is ‘Mayra’ clothes, jewellery are taken for the bride and the groom and for the other family members. Clothes are also given to Brahmins and songs are also sung.
Var Nikasi
First the groom is made to have bath and made to wear the clothes which have been given to him by his maternal uncle which he wears throughout the marriage ceremony, then after performing the Sharada Pujan he is brought out by his maternal uncle to mount on the female horse. Now a small heap of mud is stamped on under which there is Raii and Money, by doing this it is said that the groom is going to get married and return back with the bride which shows his masculinity. As he mounts the horse his mother performs puja of the horse, mehndi is applied and money is given to the person incharge of the horse.Then tilak is put on the forehead of the groom. Kajal and glass is shown to him. The groom’s mother blesses him to come home with his bride and not alone. Now all the other son-in-laws of the family hold the reins of the horses and are given money to leave the reins.In the ‘chal’ ceremony married women come forward with pots in which the bridegroom keeps money. The youngest daughter of the family sits at the back of the groom on the horse, this daughter just sprinkles rye and salt over the head of the groom. This is done as there is a belief that the groom will not fall prey of bad omen. The groom carries a ‘khatar’, ‘Gatjoda’, a fruit and a coconut is tied around his waist and with this he is taken to the temple. From here the procession ‘Barat’ starts to reach the bride’s house. Chappal, Betel Leaf, Patasha are sent to the bride’s house, This shows that the bride’s house is under the care of groom’s house people ; this proves that the the bride’s people will look after all the needs of the groom’s people from head to feet.
Kanya Vrat(Kanyawal)
This is done by the elders, parents and maternal uncle and aunt of the bride. They swear that they will eat only after the marriage solemnized of the bride(daughter). Here they take supari and give to the bride. In the groom’s house the groom is made to hold a pot and drink ‘ghimri’ and he is made to go round and round a ‘Dhidholi’ 2-4 times.
Var Varan
Also called ‘Praybarna’ or ‘Gotrachar’. The parents and other close members in the bride’s family take fruits, puja thali, raw milk (not made hot), clothes, jewellery. They first wash the feet of the groom, put tilak and these materials are given to him. Then the Brahmins chant the ‘Gotras’ and ‘Kul’ of both the families. In this the bridegroom and the bride should not be of the same ‘Kul’ or ‘Gotra’.
Bari
In this the groom gives silver thread, 4 silver small boxes, ‘Chink’, ‘Kumkum’, ‘Tika’ to the bride. Small bundles of strings, dry fruits are taken by atleast 5 persons (father-in-law and son-in-law) to the bride’s house. The bride wears these ornaments and comes to in-law’s house. Then the God-Bharai of the bride is performed. Money is given to the groom’s family while on the entrance the groom touches the ‘Toran’ with a neem stick and he is told to dismount from the horse. The bride has a bath and wears the clothes given to her by her maternal uncle before the baraat comes to her house. Before the ‘Saat Phere’, a ‘Gangaur’ Puja is performed. At the marriage dias 3 pheras are taken by the bride around the groom. The mother of the bride with her bhabhi do the puja of the bride and the groom. The maternal uncle and aunt of the bride wash feet of the groom.
Varmala
The groom and the bride exchange garlands at the entrance of the door.
Havan Rungpaan
Colours are crushed by the daughters, sisters and their husbands with mehndi powder and katha. Then ‘Havan’ is done by the parents of the bride. 4 pheras are taken around this havan. The last phera is taken with the groom ahead and the bride behind him. While performing the pheras the bride has to touch a small stone with her feet which means that she is entering a family life (be a house wife) or she is a spinster before the pheras.
The couple perform the havan of ‘Laja’(Saal ki Dhaani). This is done by the brother of the bride. After this the bride leaves the marriage dias escorted by the maternal uncle. The girl is also given a silver ornament and then the parents perform the ‘kanyadaan’ (as if giving away the daughter to the groom).
Bidaai
In this ritual the father-in-law is made to sit under the shade of the dias and Haldi Kumkum is put over him and given money.
The branch shade is taken off by the son-in-law. Then the newly married couple are sent away. The bride performs the puja at the entrance, She has to keep with her laddoos in a vessel and red cloth. These laddoos are given to the mother-in-law of the bride. On reaching the groom’s house, bride’s ‘aarti’ is performed and welcomed. She has to plant her footsteps first on the kumkum and and walk on a white long cloth. On the way 7 ‘thalis’ are also put and in each thali one supari, ‘khaja’, ‘kharek’ are put. A nose ring is tied at the end of the saree palavi of the bride so that while walking the nose ring just touches the ground.
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Due to many failures of love-marriages, now a day’s parents and even the candidate prefer arrange marriage sometimes with horoscope matching.
We in Suitable Rishta help the families to come closer and arrange all pre-wedding and wedding functions go smoothly. From wedding cards to Bidai is all planned. All sorts of entertainment and Vivah sanskars are taken care by Suitable Rishta.
Contact Information
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Sima Taparia is a professional marriage consultant from Mumbai, India. She is the owner of the marriage bureau “Suitable Rishta.” She became very famous for hosting Netflix show “Indian Matchmaking.”
Sima Taparia Age
Indian Matchmaker Sima Taparia was born in 1964 (age 57 years as in 2020). She belongs to the family of Karnataka.
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Wiki/Biography
Sima Taparia is a matrimonial consultant and event manager of Mumbai, India. She was born and brought up into the well-settled family of Gulbarga, Karnataka. She got married at the age of 19 and got settled in Mumbai with family. Sima Taparia was always interested in meeting people and learning new relationships. As a result, she has been working as a matrimonial consultant for a very long time. Currently, she considered as one of the top matchmakers in Mumbai, India.
Family, Caste & Religion
Sima Taparia was born and brought up into the Hindu business class family of Gulbarga, Karnataka. Her father’s name is Shri Rameshchandra Lahoti and was a noted industrialist of Karnataka. Not much known about her other family members or siblings.
Sima follows Hinduism and holds Indian nationality. In addition, she is a Hindu Marwari by caste.
Husband, Marriage & Children
At the age of 19, She got married to Anup Taparia on 24th May 1993. Her husband Anup owns a business of making hand-tools, magnets, textiles, pharmaceuticals and export. She has a daughter named Ritu Taparia Bagree. Currently, she lives with her family in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Body Appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″ Feet Inches
Wight (approx): 60 Kg
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Career
Since a young age, Sima Taparia has a great interest in finding a relationship with unknown persons. Moreover, she has a wonderful ability to remembering relations and recalling it within minutes. Initially, she took it as a hobby and then took it professionally on suggestions of friends.
According to online information, Sima Taparia founded an organization called “Deepsakhi” in 1993. She was the Charter President of the organization which worked only for Maheshwari women.
Sima Taparia started working as a professional marriage consultant for high profile Gujarati and Marwari families. In 2018, she also founded DS Novue for young Maheshwari ladies along with 80 Mumbai. She also worked with known Ruchika Club and held a position as a president.
Currently, Sima Taparia is associated with a matrimonial consultancy called “Suitable Rishta” which helps Marwari families to find desired relations across the country as well as in different part of the world.
Sima receives huge appreciation for her work and is known in every high profile Marwari families. She also has overseas clients from noted places like USA, UK, Hongkong, Thailand, and many more.
Indian Matchmaking (Netflix Show)
In July 2020, Sima Taparia became a part of reality web television show “Indian Matchmaking” of Netflix. She is hosting the show and became very known as Simi Aunty from Indian Matchmaking.
In the show, Sima Tapariya helps young personalities who are looking for a perfect real-life partner. She uses preference form their parents as well as her experience of several years in the same field. Some of known person’s from the shows are Vyasar Ganesan, Ankita Bansal, Aparna Shewakramani and Pradhyman.
Her show Indian Matchmaking was aired at Netflix on 16 July 2020 and has total 8 episodes. She gained huge popularity over the internet also became a popular target for the meme makers.
Apart from popularity, her show also received huge criticism as it promotes outdated perceptions like castism, colourism and classism.
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Facts of Sima Taparia
Does Sima smoke?: No
Does Sima drinks alcohol?: Not Known
She was a former owner and founder of Rajasthani Alliance Consultant.
After the success of the show “Indian Matchmaking”, Netflix India shared a funny tweet on Sima Taparia. Many people responded to the tweet with amazing answers.
Before Indian Matchmaking, Sima also became a part of the noted documentary film “A Suitable Girl.” She has played the lead role along with her daughter Ritu Taparia.
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In 2017, A Suitable Girl received the Best Director Award at Tribecca Film Festival, NYC.
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According to reports, Sima’s service costs are between Rs 1.5 lakh to 4 lakh which is from both sides.
Sima remains active on different social media like Facebook and Instagram. Moreover, her official Instagram is “simatapariaofficial.”
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Moreover, reference is taken from official her official website “Sutable Rishta“