The marriage ceremony resembles that of the other Uriya castes, and the Khadras have the rite called _badapani_ or breaking the bachelorhood.

A little water brought from seven houses is sprinkled over the bridegroom and his loin-cloth is then snatched away, leaving him naked.

In this state he runs towards his own house, but some boys are posted at a little distance who give him a new cloth.

Widow-marriage and divorce are permitted, but the hand of a widow must not be sought so long as she remains in her late husband's house, and does not return to her father.

When a bachelor marries a widow he must first perform the regular ceremony with a leaf-cup filled with flowers, after which he can take the widow as his second wife.