As many as 50 differently-abled and underprivileged couples tied the nuptial knot at a mass wedding ceremony in Udaipur on Monday, while sending across the message of environment protection. The newly-married couples were presented with saplings to plant outside their houses and dustbins to maintain cleanliness.
Most of the couples, hailing from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, underwent free disability corrective surgery at the hospital of Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS), a philanthropic institution, which organised the ceremony. This was the 38th mass wedding ceremony in Udaipur, in which the celebrations took place like any other wedding, with all rituals and processions.
The brides and grooms garlanded each other on the stage amid showering of rose petals and the pandal at Seva Mahatirtha reverberated with applause and greetings. The marriages were solemnised with the recitation of Vedic mantras and observance of rituals, including toran and henna ceremony.
