If That Ain't Love Then What Is? Here Are 5 Crazy Things People Did In The Name Of Love

It's hard to accept the death of a loved one. The grief and pain can be unbearable, and sometimes it pushes people to unimaginable limits. Here are some people who went to stratospheric levels to honour their beloved, all in the name of love.

1. Karnataka man installs his wife's wax statue

Industrialist Shrinivas Gupta, who celebrated housewarming in Koppal, installed a silicon wax statue of his wife Madhavi who died in a car accident in July 2017. Pictures from the ceremony have since gone viral.

#Karnataka: Industrialist Shrinivas Gupta, celebrated house warming function of his new house in Koppal with his wife Madhavi¡¯s silicon wax statue, who died in a car accident in July 2017.

Statue was built inside Madhavi's dream house with the help of architect Ranghannanavar pic.twitter.com/YYjwmmDUtc

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Sitting on a sofa, the statue is adorned with a pink and gold sari and the face has a warm smile on it. The middle-aged woman also has flowers in her hair, reminding everyone how she must have looked. According to Mr Gupta, the statue was installed just ahead of the ceremony so his wife Madhavi could always live in her "dream home".

2. Man who built a 'mini Taj Mahal' for his wife

Shah Jahan built one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, to honour the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Little do many know that there was one modern-day 'Shah Jahan' living among us. Faizul Hasan Qadri, a retired postman pulled off a similar feat by building a mini Taj Mahal for his wife.

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The 83-year-old retired postmaster had begun constructing the mini Taj Mahal, a replica of Shah Jahan's Taj Mahal, in 2012 for his late wife Taja Mulli Bibi, whom he had married in 1953. However that 'monument of love' could not be completed since Qadri had spent all his savings in the basic structure including building material like bricks.

As the 'monument of love' made it to the news, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav also called the postmaster to Lucknow to meet him. During the meeting, the former Uttar Pradesh CM also offered him funds to complete the structure and get the marble work done.

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Qadri declined the offer and asked the party to establish a girls college in his village. He also donated some of his land for it.

3. Man who planted 20,000 trees to pay tribute to late wife

A man from Odisha created a forest in his five acres of land in remembrance of his late wife. He has planted more than 20,000 plants.

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Known as ¡®Tree Man¡¯ in the locality, Khadala had started planting trees after his wife encouraged him to work towards saving the environment. But after his wife¡¯s untimely death, he worked more vigorously on his mission.

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4. Telangana man built a temple of love for his dead wife

In Telangana, a retired employee of the Telangana electricity department, built a temple in memory of his dead wife, Rajamani who had passed away due to ill health.

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Chandra Goud built the temple in Gosanipalli in Telangana's Siddipet district and the monument now draws curious visitors to the remote village with residents hailing Goud's love for his wife.

5. Bihar's 'mountain man' Dashrath Manjhi carved a road in memory of dead wife

In Bihar, 'mountain man' Dashrath Manjhi carved a path through a hillock using a hammer and chisel in order to shorten the distance between his village and a hospital. Manjhi's wife had died because she could not reach the hospital in time.

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In memory of his beloved wife, back in 1960s, Manjhi took on the task to chisel out a path so that on other person suffered the way his wife did. Dashrath Manjhi passed away in 2007 due to cancer at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is an inspiration to many. He carved a path between Atri and Wazirgang through a 360 ft long, 30 ft wide and 25 ft high hillock, using only a hammer and chisel.

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