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Indian couple sail to their wedding in cooking pot

Indian couple sail to their wedding in cooking pot

Heavy rains flooded the state of Kerala, leaving the couple with no choice but to arrive at the temple in an unconventional way.
19 Oct, 2021

An Indian couple sailed across submerged streets in a massive cooking pot to reach their wedding venue on Monday, as heavy rains flooded the southern state of Kerala.

The couple borrowed the pot from a temple and enlisted two men to push the makeshift boat, images that have gone viral on social media showed.

“It has turned into a wedding which we never imagined,” the bride told the Asianet channel soon after the wedding.

Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains over the weekend have killed 28 people across the state. While their wedding venue was also partially flooded, the pair were determined to tie the knot in a small ceremony.

“Should have booked a boat instead of a car...” a man can be heard saying in the background of one video. Both husband and wife are healthcare workers.

Images showed cars and buses submerged by the floodwaters after heavy rains battered Kerala over the past four days.

Rescuers searched for survivors as the Indian army, navy and airforce assisted with relief and rescue operations.

The government of Kerala said it had evacuated thousands of people and set up over 100 relief camps.

In 2018, flooding killed nearly 500 people across Kerala.

Originally published in Dawn, October 19th, 2021

Comments

Aruj Oct 19, 2021 11:07am
In a remote village in a remote corner of India. Wanna talk about Karachi rains?
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SATT Oct 19, 2021 11:25am
And celebrations world around.
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NYS Oct 19, 2021 11:34am
Duo has to make relations official by all means
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Zak Oct 19, 2021 11:58am
Such stupidity is only in indian union.
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Zak Oct 19, 2021 11:58am
Poverty makes people do all kind of things.
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FAZ Oct 19, 2021 01:10pm
What about after marriage? Sailed in the same pot?
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JustSaying Oct 19, 2021 01:29pm
Indians... Brainy Guys... ( come what may they'll do the needful..)
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NYS Oct 19, 2021 02:02pm
@FAZ funny though
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Thiru Oct 19, 2021 02:40pm
@Zak Jealous much? Why can’t you just enjoy two young people’s can do attitude to get married? What has India or its poverty do with it?
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IMP Oct 19, 2021 03:26pm
@Thiru I agree from across the border and best wishes to the newly wed couple
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Good Neighbour Oct 19, 2021 04:12pm
@Zak India is not rich like Pakistan.
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Jigen Oct 19, 2021 04:53pm
A different type of biryani
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M. Saeed Oct 19, 2021 05:47pm
Necessity is the mother of invention !
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THE EASTERN NEIGHBOR Oct 19, 2021 09:44pm
@Thiru Well said
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ST Oct 19, 2021 10:20pm
Looks like sohni mahiwal in a latest version
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Changez Khan Oct 20, 2021 12:04am
India is very poor country. The poor people live in the cooking pots.
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Pakman Oct 20, 2021 05:21am
@Aruj why compare just enjoy the story for what it is. By the way check out the latest hunger index, let the 2 countries work on that.
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Uyghyr ahmadi Oct 20, 2021 05:34am
@Zak you wish you had a brain that can think creative and be positive in trying circumstances. But as I said elsewhere, your friends and rulers do not want you guys to have education.
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Theevyashini Oct 20, 2021 07:05am
Doesn't make sense at all
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Tadka Oct 20, 2021 05:37pm
@Changez Khan atleast they have cooking pots and things to cook ...think abt yourself? donations from Arabs to cook rice?
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Watchmann Oct 22, 2021 10:57pm
India should have invested USD 3 billion on her own people. It would have been APPRECIATED MORE!
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Watchmann Oct 22, 2021 11:01pm
@Zak: There is NO poverty in Pakistan, of course!
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Watchmann Oct 22, 2021 11:02pm
@Zak @zak who?
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Watchmann Oct 22, 2021 11:11pm
@NYS : Creative! What with covid -19 and lockdowns, life has to go on!
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Oct 23, 2021 03:48pm
Where there is a will, there is definitely a way.
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Aiza Oct 24, 2021 12:03am
@Aruj Oh so defensive ;)
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Aiza Oct 24, 2021 12:06am
Drawning India!
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Zak Oct 25, 2021 12:38pm
@Uyghyr ahmadi @Zak you wish you had a brain that can think creative and be positive in trying circumstances. But as I said elsewhere, your friends and rulers do not want you guys to have education. Says a fool who does not even know there are no Ahmadi's in Uyghyr. Obviously a troll.
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Zak Oct 25, 2021 12:39pm
@Watchmann @Zak: There is NO poverty in Pakistan, of course! Not to the extent of wedding in a pot, that level only in India.
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Zak Oct 25, 2021 12:40pm
@Good Neighbour @Zak India is not rich like Pakistan. Everyone knows that, why state the obvious.
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Zak Oct 25, 2021 12:41pm
@Watchmann @Zak @zak who? Zak the troll slayer.
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