Arya Vysyas grooms hail from Andhra Pradesh. The Arya Vysyas are Vysya (business and trading) castes, who also reside in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Orissa. The Arya Vysyas grooms are vegetarians and very orthodox when it comes to marriages. Intercaste marriages in Arya Vysyas community are still taboo; hence, relations in Arya Vysya matrimony are preferred within the community. The Arya Vysyas grooms rituals prescribed in the Vasavi Puranamulu, a text written in medieval period.