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DIBRUGARH: A social worker of Dibrugarh town on Saturday organised the marriage of 21 couples with Vedic rituals on Saturday to mark his daughter’s wedding. The mass wedding held at Shree Agrasen Milan Mandir in Dibrugarh was organised by Dibrugarh’s social worker Sudhir Kejriwal and his family to coincide with Sudhir Kejriwal’s daughter’s wedding. .The event was inaugurated by Dibrugarh Mayor Dr Saikat Patra by lighting a lamp before Lord Ganesh’s idol.
Expressing his joy about organizing the mass wedding, Sudhir Kejriwal said that when his daughter’s marriage was fixed a year ago, the idea of such an event came to his mind.
“Some people spend extensively on weddings, many are deprived of proper marriages due to financial constraints. I’m very happy to be part of this programme,” Kejriwal said. The North Assam provincial committee of leading social organisation Dharm Jagran Samanvay conducted the wedding rituals of the 21 Adivasi couples. Rachana Jain, coordinator of the mass wedding, said that this was the first time in Dibrugarh that a father had organised a mass wedding of 21 couples to mark his daughter’s marriage.
Yogesh Shastri, head of Dharm Jagran Samanvay North Assam Province, mentioned that many financially weak youth, especially in tribal communities, live in matrimonial relationships without formal marriages. Until their marriage is formally solemnised, they remain excluded from social-religious rituals and religious places. Therefore, mass marriages are organised to formally bind such couples. He mentioned that Dharm Jagran Samanvay North Assam Province has conducted marriages of more than 17,000 couples in the past five years. Prominent members from all sections of society were present at the mass wedding event.
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