A Unique Wedding Without Bride And Groom Took Place In This UP Village. Here's Why
A wedding is considered a sacred bond between two individuals, wherein they come together and take vows to spend the rest of their lives for each other. The ceremony is marked with festivities, rituals and much more. But what if this occasion doesn't involve a bride and a groom altogether??
While this might sound unreal to most of us, one such wedding was actually organised in the Kaiserganj area of Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district. It had all the required arrangements - from dance and music to pandits for the rituals and even a pandal big enough to host over 400 guests, including VIPs, for the feast.
Marriage?of a well with a garden
The only difference was that the solemnisation did not involve two persons, but instead, it was a marriage of a well (kuan) with a garden (bagiya).
The gravity behind this marriage can be established from the fact that it was conducted in the presence of deputy collector Mahesh Kumar Kaithal.
"It all started with an ancient well in the village getting dried up, which is considered inauspicious. While everyone in the village was worried, 85-year-old Kishori Devi suggested that the marriage of the well with a garden would ward off the evil," Brijesh Singh Rathore, a villager, told TOI.
Invitation cards sent to 1,500 individuals
Kishori Devi's idea got a positive response, and the banquet was set for March 13.
Village seniors Rakesh Singh, Akhilesh Singh, Amresh Singh and Suresh Singh took upon the responsibility of turning this unique wedding into a grand affair.
The invitation cards were carefully picked, printed, and distributed among villagers and 1,500 Hindus and Muslims from adjoining villages.
All wedding rituals performed
Subsequently, the rituals of greatest importance, "Mirchiva" and oil worship, were conducted according to the traditions in the presence of SDM Kaisarganj Kaithal.
For the final wedding rituals, Akhilesh was handed all the duties for the groom's side while his elder brother Suresh Singh represented the bride's side.
Like any other wedding, the Baraat procession was taken out with grandeur and the bride's side received it at the village Bagiya, the wedding venue.?
"The marriage was unique in many ways. One of its kind, and quite real in every sense," said Manish Singh, block head of Kaiserganj.
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