Modern life, society and people have raised a question whether the institution of marriage is alive. Kanyadhaanam, Panigrahanam, saptapadhi, etc are important functions other than the vratams and homams. These will be followed by a few who are neither here nor there, but still would allow them because they show these on tv. A few rituals today are irrelevant. Like Kaasi Yatra the girl's father appeases the groom to return as he would provide all paraphernalia for performing regular yagnas! Except a few 'quirks', there are not many grooms who can be trusted to do 'sandhyavandanam' daily. I think all the scholars and enlightened should streamline the system to make the function done within two shakes of a duck's arse so that the bride and the groom and the parents-in-law can run back to their pre-marriage positions!