Chennai, Jan 29, 2020: A Christian charitable organization has conducted marriages for seven couples according to Hindu rites at Kodangipatti village near Pollachi town in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu.
The NGO officials said they were inspired by a mosque in neighboring Kerala state that recently hosted the wedding of a Hindu couple.
At Kodangipatti, the Hindu couples entered into wedlock at a huge decorated venue on January 28, where Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Assembly, N Jayaraman, was among those who turned up to bless the couples.
The rituals were conducted according to the Hindu tradition. As the priests chanted the mantras, the grooms tied the mangalsutra to the brides.
The Kerala-based NGO, Athens Charitable Trust, which organized the wedding free of cost, also presented the couples with household articles. People from the neighborhood attended the event in large numbers.
Blessing the newly-wed, Jayaraman said service to society was what Jesus Christ had preached and felicitated the charitable organization. This would go a long way in promoting brotherhood and communal harmony, he added.
Financial assistance and free bicycles were also distributed to the differently-abled on the occasion.
Earlier this month a mosque in Kerala’s Kayamkulam hosted a Hindu wedding where the jamat presented the couple 10 sovereigns of gold and Rs two lakh cash besides a providing a sumptuous vegetarian feast to the entire village.
Source: hindustantimes.com