A First Of Firsts: Pune Couple Has Blockchain Wedding Ceremony With A 'Digital Priest' And NFT

NFT or non-fungible tokens have been on the rise recently. But thanks to the ongoing pandemic, many couples have also been opting for digital weddings where they exchange virtual tokens and even have a digital priest.

This, however, hadn't happened in India until now. A Pune couple has become the first in the country to host a blockchain wedding from the OpenSea platform.

This couple named Shruti Nair and Anil Narasipuram took their vows while seated before their computers and in the presence of a 'digital priest' Anoop Pakki, reported Times Now.

The groom, Anil shared how this occurred via a thread on Twitter, "On Nov 15, 2021, Shruti Nair and I got married! Given the era of Covid that we live in, we decided to keep it small with a courthouse wedding, also known as a 'Registered Marriage' in India. We also decided to immortalize our union using blockchain technology."

We started the ceremony as soon as we got back from the Registrar's Office in Pune. To prepare for the ceremony, both my wife and I set up @MetaMask wallets and our digital priest @anoop_V1 minted the NFT on @opensea and transferred it to me. (4/8) pic.twitter.com/15818pWPZi

¡ª Anil N (@vaayustudios) January 22, 2022

"In an online ceremony, officiated by our very own 'digital priest' Anoop Pakki, Shruti and I made our marriage 'blockchain official' with an Ethereum smart contract that consecrated our commitment to each other in the form of an NFT minted on OpenSea," the post added.

He continued by saying that the image they used to create the NFT was of his wife's engagement ring with the wedding vows embedded in the image itself. The special token was named ¡®ekatvam¡¯, which means ¡®oneness¡¯ in Sanskrit.

The NFT was created using a photo of my wife's engagement ring with our vows embedded in the image. (3/8) pic.twitter.com/rL3jayTNAa

¡ª Anil N (@vaayustudios) January 22, 2022

¡°We won¡¯t make any big promises, but we will do everything we can to make this work. Through all our disagreement and conflict, we hope to grow our understanding of each other and ourselves,¡± their vow on the NFT read. ¡°We don¡¯t expect to be the whole village for each other, but we will be by each other¡¯s side, hand in hand, walking through this adventure, together,¡± they promised.

Guests for the couple joined them via Google Meet where the couple read out their vows and after receiving a ¡®blessing¡¯ from the digital priest. After this, the groom confirmed the transaction to transfer the NFT to his wife¡¯s digital wallet. ¡°Shruti and I sat next to each other on our laptops and completed the transaction in a 15-minute ceremony officiated by Anoop,¡± he wrote, sharing a few pictures of their special day.

After gathering some close family and friends in a Google Meet, @shrutinair1 and I sat next to each other on our laptops and completed the transaction in a short online ceremony hosted by @anoop_V1. (5/8) pic.twitter.com/rgHrkCqhLK

¡ª Anil N (@vaayustudios) January 22, 2022

¡°The transaction took a few minutes (and about $35 in ETH gas fees) after which we were pronounced husband and wife by our digital priest!¡± he added.

After this, a confirmation by the priest read: ¡°By the power vested in me by Ethereum, it is my honour and delight to declare you married.¡±

The transaction took a few minutes (and about $35 in ETH gas fees) after which we were pronounced husband and wife by @anoop_V1
"By the power vested in me by ethereum..." (7/8) pic.twitter.com/Qg2Y2nd9js

¡ª Anil N (@vaayustudios) January 22, 2022

How exciting!

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