Our Heritage ISSN: 0474-9030 Vol-67-Issue-2-July-December-2019 Copyright ⓒ 2019Authors Page | 941 Delayed Age At Marriage Among Muslim Communities With Reference To Anantnag District of Kashmir. Ms. Jyoti* & Ronaq Naseem** Assistant Professor Sociology, School of Humanities, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India Email I.D: jyoti.24958@lpu.co.in Post Graduate Student, School of Humanities,Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India INTRODUCTION Marriage is a social institution or ceremonially perceived association or legitimate contract among people that sets up a support for the family. Marriage is a basic institution in which practically every one of the general populace intentionally enter. Present day times have realized change in the nature of the conjugal relationship. With changing ages we discover increasingly more data about what marriage includes and requires. In current occasions a great deal of difficulties have developed, running from choosing towards going into an adoration relationship before marriage to have the capacity to find out about securing and upgrading the conjugal connections. This marriage cycle welcomes an enormous extension for researching the mental factors specifically and large number of different factors when all is said in done to recognize what makes and disintegrates this relationship. The principle focal point of the present investigation is to recognize factors in charge of conjugal postponement with regards to Kashmir under controlled parameters of subjective research by reaching the organizers of marriage mentoring focuses of three noticeable urban communities of Kashmir (viz. Baramulla, Sopore, and Srinagar).The facilitators shared their encounters which their customers share willfully. The monetary parts of marriage fluctuate among societies and have changed after some time. In certain societies, endowments and bride wealth keep on being required today. In the two cases the money related courses of action are generally made between the man of the hour (or his family) and the lady's family, with the lady of the hour frequently not being engaged with the arrangements and regularly not having a decision in whether to take an interest in the marriage. In early current Britain, the economic wellbeing of the couple should be equivalent. After the marriage, all the property and expected inheritances of the spouse had a place with the husband. The patterns of marriage are changing from a long time in Kashmir. Individual’s social progression, especially their advanced learning achievement and work status; add to late marriage among people. Then, social variables, for example, conventional jobs, masterminded marriage, and co living arrangement with more established guardians, impacts the planning of marriage. It is currently a built up truth that among the last 20 to 30 years, society of Kashmir has progressively been seeing the pattern recently relational unions. Postponing in some other part of financial life can be remunerated at some or point another however deferring the marriage past its normal age prompts repercussion. Numerous causes and factors those are turned into the reasons for disregarding the correct period of marriage. In the present review, the creator would abridge the marvels generally relational unions in Kashmir by endeavoring to investigate a portion of the prime causes in charge of it and its ensuing results. The most preferable term used for marriage in Islam is Nikkah, which means the joining of two hearts, and two different families. Nikkah was first celebrated in heavens. The reference here is to the Nikkah of our Father Adam and our Mother Hawwa. There are several factors that lead to late marriage. Few of them are dowry, an extravagance of marriage, unemployment, and