Does Swami approve court marriage?

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Sairam,

Two of my friends(American Christian marrying an

Indian Hindu) are planning to have a court marriage

next week for reasons i do not know. They want to have

a vedic wedding end of this year in India. They do not

know about Swami and are not religious.

I'm just curious. I remember reading somewhere that

Swami once said register/court marriages are 'paper'

marriages and that marriages must be performed in a

spiritual fervor and ought to invoke the Gods, have

spiritual fire, right muhurtam and elders blessings.

But i've grown up seeing a lot of my cousins get

married in the communist party style (cos they were

actively into the party ideals and also to save a

bunch of money) in the presence of a judge, a couple

of senior leaders, family and friends.What does Swami

think about this?

Love, Sandhya