Bihar: Bride Reaches Her Wedding In Style By Riding A Horse To The Venue

A groom entering the wedding venue riding a horse is a very common tradition in India. The groom reaches the venue with his relatives and friends with a bang. They all celebrate the association with a lot of dancing and great music.

But in Bihar, the tables were turned and this time it was a bride who entered the wedding venue in style in Gaya. The bride named Anushka Guha broke all stereotypes and challenged the patriarchy by riding a horse to her wedding.

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A senior air hostess with Indigo airlines, Guha on Tuesday, led her marriage procession on a horse with her relatives and friends following her dancing to the tunes of catchy numbers belted out by the band party. "I thought all boys go, I am a girl, why should I not go? I thank my husband for not objecting," she said when asked about her unconventional decision.

The bride was clad in a beautiful white lehenga and rode the horse to reach the house of groom Jeet Mukharjee, a Kolkata-based business, who joined the procession in a car.

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"Since childhood, Anuskha would question as to why only a groom rides on a mare and goes to the bride's house. Why can't it be the other way round? We used to tell her that these are traditions being followed from generations but could never satisfy her. She always said that she would break the tradition and do the opposite," her mother Shusmita Guha told IANS.

"It's not enough to talk about women equality and entitlement. We should also practice it and allow our girls to take the procession if they wish. We should let our daughters-in-law also do the same," the groom's father told local reporters.

People on the internet were happy to see this bride changing the tradition and challenging century-old traditions.

Thanks a lot for starting a new system/tradition. God may make success and prosperous your couple life.

¡ª Chandradhanyadav (@Chandradhanyad1) December 15, 2021

Bihar Gajab Hai?

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MashaAllah Shaandar suruat Ham kisi se kam nahi badlaw Aaj ki Maang.

¡ª Islam Ansari (@IslamAn42662418) December 15, 2021

Great ?

¡ª Abhas Kumar (@AbhasKu79564179) December 15, 2021

This is not the first instance where a bride has tweaked some traditions and followed her heart. Recently, a Rajasthan bride too rode a horse and wore sherwani to mark the pre-wedding ritual of ¡®Bandori¡¯ with an aim to convey the message of equality between the genders. Breaking stereotypes, Kritika mounted a horse wearing a sherwani and a pagdi, just like a groom. What¡¯s more special was the fact that the bride made the sherwani with her own hands.

Great to see some new traditions being formed.

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