Under lockdown and far apart, Sushen Dang and Keerti Narang went online to say their marriage vows — and pulled off a spectacular wedding complete with thousands of guests and raucous Bollywood dancing.
In a country famous for lavish weddings that last for days, the young couple are among a growing number modifying their marriage ceremonies under a virus lockdown that has limited public gatherings.
Eager to go ahead with the arranged marriage on the auspicious date selected for them by a priest, the pair turned to the internet to tie the knot.We never imagined that even our online wedding would be so grand,” Mr Dang, a 26-year-old data analyst who is based in Toronto, told AFP of the April 19 event.
“A hundred guests joined in our celebration on the app. We live-streamed the ceremony on Facebook which was watched by another 16,000 people.”
The nuptials spanned the country.
Mr Dang, decked out in a turban and traditional sherwani kurta, logged on from Mumbai, while Ms Narang — in her red bridal finery — joined from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
The priest overseeing proceedings chanted hymns as he sat before a ritual fire at his home in Raipur in Chhattisgarh, with guests logging in from Delhi, Gurgaon and the southern tech hub of Bangalore.
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