ALLAHABAD: The North Malaka locality of the city witnessed a unique marriage reception on Wednesday night which was nothing less than a film script. A marriage wherein good samatrians arranged the marriage of a daughter of a poor newspaper vendor who was on the verge of committing suicide as his daughter and son-in-law as asked to leave the venue of free mass marriage just because he was not from Jaiswal community.
It so happened that daughter of a poor newspaper vendor, Joyti Prakash Gaur was scheduled to get married in a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Jaiswal community of the city on Sunday last (Dec 10). The mass marriage ceremony hogged the limelight when the organisers gifted the couple with a toilet seat, spreading the message of clean India.
However, the same organisers returned the parent of one of the bride and groom, who was to get married at KN Katju School, where the ceremony was held.
The groom, Kaushal Jaiswal informed that he was to get married with Madhu Gaur, daughter of Joyti Prakash Gaur. But at a time when the bride's parents were waiting for the groom at the venue, the organisers objected to Madhu not being a Jaiswal and thus asked the bride's father to leave the venue.
"It was the day which I can never forgot as my family and the daughter were asked to leave the venue since I am of Gaur community thus, my daughter was not allow to get married", said Joyti, the poor vendor.
Kaushal, the groom said, "I was the first among the 18 grooms riding the 'ghodi' (horse) but as I reached the venue, I was told to leave the venue as they will not allow any non-Jaiswal to get married outside the community".
The coordinator, T N Jaiswal said, "we had given registration number to all the 18 couples and since this boy was marrying a non-jaiswal girl, we could have not permitted them to get married in our event".
After being asked to leave the venue, dishearten Joyti arrived at the home and by the evening the news, of his daughter coming back empty handed on the day of her scheduled marriage, spread among the locals as a wild fire. Soon, every household started collecting whatever they could contribute and on the same night (Dec 10), the marriage was performed.
The good Samaritans, living in the locality, not only arranged for the entire expense of the marriage and that of the reception thereof but their noble act prevented a poor newspaper vendor from committing suicide.
"Had it not been the people of my locality, I could have committed suicide", said Joyti.
It so happened that daughter of a poor newspaper vendor, Joyti Prakash Gaur was scheduled to get married in a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Jaiswal community of the city on Sunday last (Dec 10). The mass marriage ceremony hogged the limelight when the organisers gifted the couple with a toilet seat, spreading the message of clean India.
However, the same organisers returned the parent of one of the bride and groom, who was to get married at KN Katju School, where the ceremony was held.
The groom, Kaushal Jaiswal informed that he was to get married with Madhu Gaur, daughter of Joyti Prakash Gaur. But at a time when the bride's parents were waiting for the groom at the venue, the organisers objected to Madhu not being a Jaiswal and thus asked the bride's father to leave the venue.
"It was the day which I can never forgot as my family and the daughter were asked to leave the venue since I am of Gaur community thus, my daughter was not allow to get married", said Joyti, the poor vendor.
Kaushal, the groom said, "I was the first among the 18 grooms riding the 'ghodi' (horse) but as I reached the venue, I was told to leave the venue as they will not allow any non-Jaiswal to get married outside the community".
The coordinator, T N Jaiswal said, "we had given registration number to all the 18 couples and since this boy was marrying a non-jaiswal girl, we could have not permitted them to get married in our event".
After being asked to leave the venue, dishearten Joyti arrived at the home and by the evening the news, of his daughter coming back empty handed on the day of her scheduled marriage, spread among the locals as a wild fire. Soon, every household started collecting whatever they could contribute and on the same night (Dec 10), the marriage was performed.
The good Samaritans, living in the locality, not only arranged for the entire expense of the marriage and that of the reception thereof but their noble act prevented a poor newspaper vendor from committing suicide.
"Had it not been the people of my locality, I could have committed suicide", said Joyti.
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