An engagement is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriage – which may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be affianced, betrothed, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. In billava community, engagement is not compulsory and some one not interested in wasting money by calling relatives and friends to engagement ceremony. In most of the marriages in dakshina kannada they keep engagement program one day before marriage , but some one directly go for marriage, The duration of the courtship varies vastly. Long engagements were once common in formal arranged marriages. During the time of engagement ceremony both bride and bride groom present a ring.
