We have all heard the popular phrase, 'true love never dies.' No matter how many times it is said - death, divorce, and breakups split even the best of couples. However, this man is going above and beyond to stay true to that phrase.?
A man in Assam married his deceased girlfriend in heart-rending nuptials and pledged to stay single for the rest of his life.
A viral video shows grief-stricken Bitupan Tamuli, 27, putting vermilion on the forehead and cheeks of his now-dead girlfriend, Prathana - who passed away after a prolonged illness?at a private hospital in?Guwahati?on Friday.
The man even appeared to put a garland around her neck and another on himself during the ¡°wedding¡±.?
Tamuli decided to wed his dead girlfriend with a promise to keep her in his life forever.
Subhon Bora, a relative of Prathana, said she had suddenly fallen sick beyond recovery a few days prior to her death on Saturday, November 18 at the hospital, a report said.?A video of the heartbreaking ceremony was shared on Youtube shortly after.
While this might seem like an anomalous incident, a wedding involving at least one dead person, people getting married posthumously is not unheard of in a different part of India.??
In 2018, a man married his dead girlfriend at her funeral and vowed to never get married.?The grief-stricken boyfriend had performed a marriage ritual in front of dozens of mourners.
Her distraught mother was seen crying over the body of the girl.?The young woman had apparently died after a bus accident in Tamil Nadu.?The girl and boy were in a relationship for years and were about to get married when tragedy struck.
The young man decided to wed his dead girlfriend and pledged to keep her in his life forever.
While marrying a dead person is unusual to most of us, there is a highly-unusual tradition called 'Pretha Kalyanam', or 'marriage of the dead' is still kept alive by a few communities in Karnataka as well as in parts of Kerala.??
¡°For those who are not accustomed to traditions of Dakshina Kannada this might sound funny but it¡¯s a serious tradition here,¡± Youtuber Anny Arun wrote in a Twitter thread that went viral earlier this year.??
In the odd tradition, those who died in childbirth, are usually married off to another child who is deceased during childbirth, he had explained.?
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