Twenty-four boys and girls belonging to Muslim community tied nuptial knots in a mass marriage ceremony (nikah) held by the senior community members and social activists of Imad-Ul-Mominin Committee in the premises of Urdu Balika Vidyalay in Pensionpara.
The boys and girls belong to different parts of Odisha and some are even from neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Bihar, the organizers informed.
“This is for the seventh time in a year that the Imad-Ul-Mominin Committee organized such a mass Nikah for the Muslims boys and girls and particularly of poor families,” said organizing committee president Alhaj Mahammad Yunush.
“We are hopeful that these 12 couples will lead a very happy and successful married life dedicated for the cause of the society,” he said.
The parents of the newly wed who were present also expressed gratitude to the committee as they do a noble work for the community and give a message to the entire mankind that there still exists humanity in this materialistic world where money has become everything. Sambalpur MlA Dr Raseswari Panigrahi and chairman of Sambalpur Development Authority (SDA) Bijay Kumar Mohanty remained present in this noble work and blessed the couples.
They also highly applauded the efforts of the organising committee for this unique activity that comes to the need of the poor people of the society and binds families. The committee also gave marriage gift to the newly wed.