COVID-19: Bride and groom take the 7 vows wearing masks in Bihar

A marriage took place in Bihar's Nawada amid the lockdown where neither the procession came nor the band played any music. The bride put sanitizer on her hand and then the bride-groom while wearing masks did all the rituals and customs.

Nawada: During the lockdown, many marriages may have been postponed. A marriage took place in Nawada where neither the procession came nor the band played any music. The bride put sanitizer on her hand and then the bridegroom carried out the rituals with the mask.

Shweta Kumari, who hails from Bazaar Kali place of Hisua in Nawada district got married to Gaurav Kumar, a resident of Hanuman Gali of Jhanda Chowk of Barbigha police station in Sheikhpura district. The marriage date was decided to be the last day of the first phase of the coronavirus lockdown i.e. April 14 but the plans did not work as the lockdown period got extended.

During this time, both families agreed to follow the lockdown and also to hold the marriage. The groom requested the Sheikhpura district administration to issue a pass. After this, Gaurav got a pass from the subdivision office. A condition was also imposed to sanitise the premises of the wedding after the event.

The wedding rituals took place in the presence of five men and a priest wearing masks at the bride's house.

Gaurav, who became a groom, said, "The Prime Minister has clearly said that there should be a focus on both worldly affairs and life. We have to do everything in this situation.