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Jasdeep, 29
Melbourne · Civil engineer
- Sikh
- Vegetarian
- Born here
Matches 7 of 7 of your preferences
For men · from $39 a month
A reply here means something.
Fifty-one women matching an ordinary search in all of Australia. Eight in all of New Zealand. That is the biggest site there is, and no membership fixes it — which is why we started here instead.
This is your search. Photos appear when she says yes.
Your search
Sample- Melbourne + 50 km
- Sikh
- 27–33
- Vegetarian
- Citizen or PR
- Melbourne + 50 km
- Sikh
- 25–30
- Vegetarian
- Any status
Approved men who match your preferences. Newest first. Women whose preferences you match, and who chose to be found. Newest first.
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Amrit, 30
Melbourne · GP
- Sikh
- Punjabi
- Citizen
Matches 6 of 7 of your preferences
Photos, private
Simran, 26
Melbourne · Physiotherapist
- Sikh
- Vegetarian
- Citizen
Matches 7 of 7 of your preferences
Photos, private
Harleen, 27
Melbourne · Pharmacist
- Sikh
- Punjabi
- Grew up here
Matches 6 of 7 of your preferences
A person read every profile here before it went live. Photos stay private until one of you accepts the other’s interest, and then you see each other’s. Your phone and email are never shown to anyone. Photos appear when she approves your request. Every interest you send carries a note you wrote, so make it count. Her contact details are never shown; she shares them if she wants to.
- 10 : 1
- men per woman on the biggest site*
- 1.15 : 1
- the real ratio in the census†
- 0
- women shown to men nobody has read
*Roughly ten men per woman in the founder’s own searches on Shaadi.com, Australia & New Zealand, 2026. †Sikh population of Australia, ABS Census 2021: about 112,000 men and 97,000 women.
The problem
Why you never hear back.
It is not you. The census says our community is almost evenly split. The platforms show ten men for every woman because they built something women refuse to use.
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She is drowning
On the big sites an interest is a tap, and paid members send them by the hundred. The woman you wrote to may have stopped opening the app long before yours arrived.
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You are competing with ghosts
Our founder made a working fake profile on the biggest site in minutes. When anyone can do that, the real women learn to assume you might not be real either.
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Nobody speaks for you
Matchmaking on the big sites is a premium extra, sold separately. On the site itself there is no one to make your case, ask what she is actually looking for, or tell you honestly why it is a no.
What is different for you
A search where she actually replies.
Every interest carries a note you wrote, sent to women who chose to be found by you, who know a person read your profile before it went live. Fewer messages sent. Far more answered.
- ID-checked, or invisible
- You check your ID before your profile goes live, and so has every woman you will see. Nobody can search or be found before that, so she knows you are who you say you are before she reads on.
- A search worth doing
- You see the women who chose to be found by men like you. Open her profile and it shows, point by point, how many of her preferences you actually meet — including the ones you do not. No leaderboard, no endless scroll.
- Her phone number is never on the page
- Contact details are never displayed, at any tier. When she shares hers with you, it means something.
- Her photos when she says yes
- Not blurred as a tease. Withheld until she decides, which is the reason she is here at all.
- An honest no
- A decline comes back as a decline, not silence. You are never left wondering whether she saw it, and you are never charged to find out.
- Someone in your corner
- On the Vichola tier your matchmaker approaches families for you, handles the awkward parts, and negotiates timelines and expectations on your behalf.
Pricing
Pay for what you use.
Prices are in your own dollars: NZD in New Zealand, AUD in Australia. By card, Search renews monthly; cancel any time.
Search
$39 / month
or $99 for 3 months, paid once: just over a dollar a day
Search approved profiles yourself, with the controls that make women reply.
- Every profile ID-checked before it goes live, yours and theirs
- Search and filter every woman who chose to be found by men like you
- Every interest carries a note you wrote, so hers is an inbox and not a firehose
- No daily quota — write as many as you are willing to write properly
- Photo requests; her photos appear when she approves you
- Private messaging after she accepts
- A person looks over every new profile the same day
- Cultural filters: community, language, diet, family origin, visa status
- Her profile shows which of her preferences you meet, and which you do not
- By card it renews monthly. Cancel any time, and it runs to the end of the month you paid for
- Or 3 months for $99, paid once (just over a dollar a day): it never renews
Most results
Vicholayour personal matchmaker
$1,199 / 3 months
A matchmaker reads your file, searches on your behalf, and brings you people.
- A named matchmaker, never from your own town
- An intake conversation about what you actually want, not what you typed
- She searches for you and brings you people, rather than you hunting
- She reaches women who chose to be visible to a matchmaker only
- She handles the awkward parts: expectations, timelines, families
- She tells you why she is suggesting each person
- You stay visible on the site and can keep searching yourself
The Success Refund
Marry someone you met here and we refund up to 12 months of Search. We would rather you leave married than stay subscribed.
A note from the founder
I spent six months on a paid plan on the biggest matrimonial site in the world, searching honestly for someone to marry from here. I found roughly ten men for every woman, a paid plan that produced nothing, and a fake profile I could make in minutes.
Rishta is what I wished had existed: women free with nothing held back, photos hidden until she says yes, every profile ID-checked before it goes live, every interest written by hand, no phone numbers on the page, and a matchmaker who is never from your own town. I built it because I am looking too.
Founder, Auckland · Read the research
What we ask of you
Three things.
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Check your ID
A code to your mobile, then your passport or licence and a selfie. About two minutes, and then you are live.
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Tell the truth
In your profile, and to your matchmaker if you have one. Your age comes from your ID, a person looks over every profile, and a family will find out anyway.
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Be patient
Replies come at the pace women say yes, not on demand. Five good interests a week beat fifty ignored ones, and early on a city may be small. Every reply will be a real one.
Questions men ask us
Can I browse profiles?
Yes, once a person here has read and approved your profile. You see the women who chose to be visible to men matching their preferences. Some women choose matchmaker-only; the Vichola tier is how you reach them.
Is there a limit on how many interests I can send?
No cap on the number. Every one has to carry a note you actually wrote, which is the part that gets yours read. Bulk-sending three hundred a week is why women delete the other apps, and writing every note makes that impossible here.
How many women are on it?
We are new, and we will not invent a number. Every profile here is ID-checked, and when we tell you a count it will be a real one.
When do I see her photos?
When she says yes to you, and she can withdraw that later without telling you. She sees yours first, if you have chosen to make them visible — the same controls apply to you.
How many introductions will I get?
As many as genuinely fit. Your matchmaker is paid a share of the fee, not per introduction, so she has no reason to send you someone just to make a number.
Can my parents pay?
Yes. They can pay by card at the payment step, or by bank transfer with your member reference. The account is still yours.
What does the Vichola tier actually do?
A named matchmaker represents you: she approaches families, handles expectations and timelines, and carries the difficult answers both ways. It is the role that has always existed in every Indian community. We hired it back.
Is there a refund?
Cancel any time and you are never charged for another month. And on Search, marry someone you met here and we refund up to 12 months of fees.
Join today.
Men join with Search, $39 a month or $99 for 3 months: your profile, a mobile code, payment, then your ID check, and you are live.