Marriages of 1,754 girls were solemnised at a mass marriage function under Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana on the premises of Government lal Bahadur Shastri College, Sironj on Sunday. This has created a record of sorts in the State.
One hundred and fifty priests performed the marriage rituals as per the Vedic stipulations.Public Relations Minister laxmikant Sharma blessed the newly wed couples and gave gifts to them.
Participants during the marriages were accommodated in 90 tractor-trolleys. All major roads in the town had welcome arches and were decorated with flowers. Sharma too joined the dancers during the procession.
Sharma also drove the couples in a Buggy to the marriage function venue. Grooms were sitting in the Minister's beaconed official vehicle while he himself was walking on foot with along with the marriage procession.
Mobiles, TVs gifted At the initiative of Sharma, various sections of society gifted a camera, a mobile phone and a colour TV each wach of the couples. Mobile number of the Culture Minister was fed into each of the mobiles so that the couples contact him if the need arose.
Ramcharit Manas presented For the first time, the Culture Minister gifted Ramcharit Manas to the newly wed couples. Nikahs of 106 couples on May 18
Marriages of 106 couples under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan/ Nikah Yojana will be solemnised at Sironj on May 18.