When a Rasogulla led to Calling Off a Marriage in India

As per a report, a Hindu marriage was called off in Kurmapur village of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh State of India because of just a Single Rasogulla (Bengali Sweetmeat) . Read this interesting story here........When a Rasogulla led to Calling Off a Marriage in India

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Intercaste Marriage by Son costs Priest his Job

As per a report:
A temple priest in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu was sacked after his son married a woman belonging to a community of another caste, which was in opposition to the alliance, in Kumarapalayam near Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. Read full story  here at......Intercaste Marriage by Son costs Priest his Job 

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Man Building Loo to Save His Marriage

As per a report:

A Man in India is building a toilet to save his eight-year marriage. Dev Karan has been given a January 10 deadline by a court to build a toilet if he wants his wife back, who filed for divorce four years ago. Read more here at,,,,,,,Man Building Loo to Save His Marriage 

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Why many Indian Young people are going under the knife before their Wedding

Wanna know why many Indian young people are going under the knife before their wedding. Read here at...................Ready to wed? Go under knife first

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Now no Feasts at Marriage Parties

It seems next time people go for a wedding, they shall not be served Feasts at Marriage parties. As per a report:

With an eye on reducing wedding expenses, a khap panchayat of 12 villages in Bhiwani district of Haryana has imposed a ban on lunches or dinners at marriage parties. Read more.........Now no Feasts at Marriage Parties

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Groom thrashed for being late, bride marries someone else

Ghaziabad: Being late for his own wedding proved costly for a bridegroom as he and his relatives were beaten up by irked family members of the bride who was married off to another person...........Read more....Groom thrashed for being late, bride marries someone else

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Dalit groom seeks police protection to ride Mare

Jaipur, A Dalit bridegroom in a Rajasthan village had to seek police protection to ride a mare as part of his marriage rituals following opposition from upper caste residents, police said Saturday.

Police said the villagers had threatened to harm the youth and his family members if he passed by their houses mounted on a horse on his wedding eve Friday. Read More................Dalit groom seeks police protection to ride mare

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Denied to dance at cousin's wedding, man hangs self

INDORE: A wedding turned out to be a tragedy when a close relative of the bride committed suicide after the 25-year-old was reportedly denied to dancing along with the 'baaratis' at Indira Ekta Nagar here on Saturday night.

According to the police, the marriage of the girl was to be solemnized on Saturday and the 'baraat' was supposed to come from Annapurna of the city. When the baarat reached there, the bride's cousin identified as Rajesh Beleem, son of Kailash also wanted to dance with others. Read More................Denied to dance at cousin's wedding, man hangs self

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Wedding Card worth Rs.100,000 (about $2,000)

New Delhi: They could be Swarovski studded, they could match the bride’s trousseau, they could come in multiple folds and, yes, they might just cost Rs.100,000 (about $2,000) each. Welcome to the world of the big fat Indian wedding card! Read More................Twinkling, bejewelled Indian wedding cards - got one yet?

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Groom dazzles in exam hall before entering marriage hall

Ahmedabad: When Dinesh Rajput, 24, entered a classroom at Samjuba High School in Isanpur on Sunday afternoon, he attracted quite a lot of stares.

Decked in expensive clothes and perfume, his face and hands were light yellow fresh with a coat of 'pithi,' his hands were adorned with henna and gold fingers and his neck had a garland around.
Read More.............Groom dazzles in exam hall before entering marriage hall

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Where children conduct their parents’ marriage

Saputara (Gujarat): Among the Bhil tribal community in Gujarat’s Dang district, youths very often conduct the marriage of their parents! This is among the many quaint customs this broad-minded community has been following from age-old times.

According to Dayabhai Patel, a tribal from the area in southern Gujarat, the Bhils follow a tradition where if the parents of the bride are too poor to conduct the marriage, the girl is sent off with the boy after a formal engagement.

“It is a Bhil custom. The girl is sent to live in the husband’s house and they have kids. When the children grow up, they first marry off their parents before their own marriage,” Dayabhai, a driver with the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL), told this visiting IANS correspondent. Read More................Where children conduct their parents’ marriage

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Happily ever after for Raju-Chinki, the monkeys?

The wedding of Raju and Chinki could put Bollywood to shame. The monkeys were married off in a hush hush ceremony by villagers in Rajasthan before the forest department could stop the 'wildlife crime'! The newly weds have now landed in a zoo.

The caretaker families of the two monkeys had planned an elaborate north Indian wedding for the two. Three-year-old groom, Raju, was to ride a horse from Banetha town in Tonk district, some 100 km from Jaipur, to bride Chinki's house in Talwas village in neighbouring Bundi district. Read More................Happily ever after for Raju-Chinki, the monkeys?

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When two Simians take Marriage Vows

And so it shall be July 6, when three-year-old groom Raju, in typical north Indian fashion, rides a horse from Banetha town in Tonk district, some 100 km from Rajasthan capital Jaipur to bride Chinki's house in Talwas village in neighbouring Bundi district.

What will follow will be the usual trappings of a Hindu wedding, including seven rounds of the fire and the marriage "vows".

That's not all!

"We have made all the preparations. Marriage invitations have been sent to hundreds of people. The priest had announced the wedding date in the engagement ceremony organized Tuesday," Raju's caretaker Ramesh told IANS. Read More................This marriage is pure monkey business!

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Youth to Marry off Wife to Lover

MEERUT: In a bizarre tale of marriage without consent, a 21-year-old supervisor in an IT company has got his newly-wedded wife tie a rakhi to him — symbolically making her a sister — after learning that she had earlier secretly married another man. The 'groom', Nitesh Tyagi, has also vowed to get the girl, Aarti, married to her lover despite alleged threats from her family. The girl, meanwhile, is living at the supervisor's house in Meerut's Devlok Colony.Read More................Ajab prem ki ghazab kahani: Meerut youth to marry off wife to lover

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Wedding-day Ragging

Thiruvananthapuram: Ragging seems no longer the nightmare of new comers in campuses alone but even the newly wedded could be its victims, at least in parts of Kerala.
The much abused act has taken a new but more serious form in parts of Kerala by the name "marriage ragging",a practice of playing pranks and springing shocks on the couple on the wedding day by the groom''s friends. Read More................Wedding-day ragging - a new social evil in Kerala

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Cops Sing and Dance at a Wedding & nab a Fraudster

AHMEDABAD: The only police officer who can do Bollywood jhatkas and still look good is Chulbul Pandey, a la Dabangg. But looking good was the last thing on the minds of Navrangpura police station officers as they sang and danced with revellers at a wedding on SG Road recently. And the effort paid off as it helped them nab a fraudster. Read More................Cops Sing and Dance at a Wedding & nab a Fraudster

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Transgenders 'wed' Hindu god

KOOVAGAM, - Jyoti, a 62-year-old transgender Indian who was born a man, saves up money every year to buy a beautiful new wedding dress for a festival at which she gets married to a Hindu god.

This year, she played her role as a "bride" wearing a blue silk brocade sari that cost 15,000 rupees ($338) -- nearly 2 months' earnings.

The "groom" at the annual festival in Koovagam, Tamil Nadu, was Aravan, a Hindu god celebrated as a young warrior who was killed in the ancient epic, the Mahabharata. Read More................Joy and pain as transgender Indians 'wed' Hindu god

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Parents chop off girl's nose over her love marriage

Raipur: Seven close relatives of a girl, including her parents, were arrested on Friday in a remote village of Chhattisgarh after they chopped off her nose to punish her for eloping with and marrying a village boy, police said.

The arrests were made from Rahmankapa village in the state's Kawardha district, some 280 km from Raipur. Read more at: Parents chop off girl's nose over her love marriage

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Girl climbs up a Cellphone Tower in protest not to get married

JAIPUR: In reel life Veeru climbed a water tank to get married to Basanti, but in real life incident in Bikaner, a young girl climbed up a cellphone tower not to get married.

The girl, Usha Bala, 22, wanted to pursue higher studies and become a member of the Prajapita Brahma Kumari ashram at Mt Abu. Her parents wanted to get her married soon and got her engaged almost three months back. Read More................High drama as Bikaner girl climbs cellphone tower in protest

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Man Gets Shot In Head But Keeps Date With Bride

Jaipur: It was a scene even Bollywood’s scriptwriters could not have imagined. A man gets shot in the head while he is getting ready for his wedding procession.

Shocked relatives rush him to the SMS Hospital. Friends and family start praying for his life. What does our hero do next?

Next morning, Babu Lal, the 27-year-old man who got shot in Bharatpur on Sunday, flees from the hospital, head heavily bandaged, medicines still flowing in his veins, and goes straight to the bride's home. An hour later they get married. Read More................Man defies death, keeps date with bride

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