INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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The Custom of Polyandry is in existence among few human societies at all social level. Custom of Polyandry is very rare, and found in only few societies of the World. In few regions in the world is Polyandry an accepted practice. Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman is married to more than one man simultaneously. There are few references of Polyandry in Hindu Epics like Mahabharta. The custom of Polyandry is reported from the states of Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand in the North, from Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the South and from Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the North Eastarn part of India. Only very few communities of the world followed this custom as an accepted practice. This paper aims to study the history, current position of Polyandry and its effect on Women’s Rights in India
Keywords:
Polyandry; Women’s Rights; Social Custom; Marriage; Culture; Himachal; Family.
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"Polyandry And Women Rights In District Kinnaur Of Himachal Pradesh", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.b652-b659, February-2024, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2402178.pdf
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