Desperate times call for desperate measures. While lockdown measures and social distancing are in place for the coronavirus spread, a couple of Jhargaon village under Lephirpara block in Sundargarh district tied the nuptial knot in an unusual way on Friday.
Family members of the couple Amrit Patel of Nuadihi village and Sushma Patel of Jhargaon were also present during the marriage.
The families of couple had earlier scheduled the marriage on April 17 as the lockdown was supposed to be lifted on April 14. However, as the lockdown was extended till May 3, they couldn’t postpone the wedding. However, they decided to downsize the ceremony instead of making it big and lavish.
Amrit reached Sushma’s house for the wedding with only five of his family members. All of them had covered their faces with masks. Apparently, the bride’s family greeted the groom and his family with hand sanitisers instead of flower garlands. The couple later sat on the Mandap with the priest wearing face masks and maintaining physical distancing.