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Telisahusamaj Event - Mass wedding and Anti dowry

Mass wedding and Anti dowry 2017-02-14 09:00:00 2017-02-14 18:00:00 Asia/Kolkata Mass wedding and Anti dowry The anti-dowry movement got a shot in the arm when 11 couples including Hindus, Muslims and Christians tied the knot at a ceremony organised by Udaytirtha, a Howrah-based social organisation, at the Annapurna Byayam Samity recently. Clad in simple attire, the couples tied the knot before 2000 people. Most of them were in their twenties and belonged to poor families. For 32-year-old Sona Horo, a graduate from Birsha College, Ranchi, and a ration shopowner, the marriage meant a lot when he got married to a Christian girl Dashni Hembrom. "I dislike casteism and dowry system. I don't find anything wrong in marrying a Christian girl. Even my family members supported me," claimed Horo. "Earlier my father opposed my marriage simply because the girl was not a Brahmin. Finally, he relented for the sake of our happiness," said Samar Rai, an assistant secretary at the Chamrail gram panchayat, who married Purnima Samant, 25. "This is for the first time that our organisation in collaboration with the state social welfare department organised this programme to promote the anti-dowry movement," said Chandan Mahish, secretary, Udaytirtha. jharkhand gumlaa, District - Gumlaa, Gumla, Jharkhand, India. Landmark :, Pincode : 835207 Shiv Kumar Prasad Sahu telisahusamajindia@gmail.com

Event Description

The anti-dowry movement got a shot in the arm when 11 couples including Hindus, Muslims and Christians tied the knot at a ceremony organised by Udaytirtha, a Howrah-based social organisation, at the Annapurna Byayam Samity recently. Clad in simple attire, the couples tied the knot before 2000 people. Most of them were in their twenties and belonged to poor families. For 32-year-old Sona Horo, a graduate from Birsha College, Ranchi, and a ration shopowner, the marriage meant a lot when he got married to a Christian girl Dashni Hembrom. "I dislike casteism and dowry system. I don't find anything wrong in marrying a Christian girl. Even my family members supported me," claimed Horo. "Earlier my father opposed my marriage simply because the girl was not a Brahmin. Finally, he relented for the sake of our happiness," said Samar Rai, an assistant secretary at the Chamrail gram panchayat, who married Purnima Samant, 25. "This is for the first time that our organisation in collaboration with the state social welfare department organised this programme to promote the anti-dowry movement," said Chandan Mahish, secretary, Udaytirtha.


Event Info

  • Start Date 14th Feb, 2017
  • Start Time 09:00 AM
  • Contact Person Shiv Kumar Prasad Sahu
  • Contact Number 9431485399
  • End Date 14th Feb, 2017
  • End Time 06:00 PM
  • Email ID telisahusamajindia@gmail.com
  • Website http://www.telisahusamaj.in

Address

jharkhand gumlaa, District - Gumlaa, Gumla, Jharkhand, India,
Pincode : 835207

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