India's uneven progress on gender ratio keeps men marching for brides

Despite signs of turnaround, frustrated bachelors seek divine intervention

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A woman who moved from India's state of Kerala, where the female to male ratio is higher, gives milk to her son as her father-in-law looks on at their home in Haryana, where the ratio skews heavily toward men, in this 2015 file photo. © AP

NEETA LAL, Contributing writer

NEW DELHI -- For eight years, Raghav Kamath has struggled to find a wife in Mandya, an agricultural area in India's southern state of Karnataka. But the 34-year-old hopes his luck is about to change.

Along with about 250 other eligible men, Kamath is seeking divine intervention to find a spouse. The group will soon embark on a "Bachelors' March" -- a 100-kilometer walk to a temple to perform a special puja, a Hindu offering. This is the desperate men's second march this year. 

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