Last month a mosque in Kerala organised a wedding for a Hindu couple that took place according to all Hindu traditions and now, ignoring binaries, a church in Adoor, Kerala funded a Hindu wedding. The church provided help to the family of a cancer-stricken Hindu rubber tapping worker by funding the wedding of his elder daughter, reported TNIE.?
The marriage was between Kala, daughter of Karthikeyan and Kunjipennu, residents of Theppupara in Ezhamkulam, and Renjith, son of Yasodharan of Nooranad.
The wedding took place at the Sree Parthasarathy temple in Adoor but the reception took place at St Mary¡¯s Orthodox Church at Karuvatta.?
Karthikeyan, was diagnosed with mouth cancer a year ago. He is undergoing treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. With his condition and poor financial background, he had been struggling to save enough money for his daughter's wedding.?
According to TNIE, the church committee helped with Rs 2.5 lakh in aid ¨C Rs 1 lakh in fixed deposit for the couple, Rs 1 lakh for ornaments and dresses for the bride and Rs 50,000 for the reception.??
This was the third girl of the family whose marriage expenses were taken care of by the church.?