A couple in India, determined to make it to their wedding in spite of deadly floods, traveled to the venue inside a giant cooking pot.
Some brides and grooms take a limousine to their weddings, others a horse drawn carriage and still others may even sit astride an elephant. But one couple in, determined to make it to their special occasion in spite of deadly floods, traveled to the venue inside a giant cooking pot.
“This turned out to be a wedding I didn’t expect at all,” the bride said in a video by local news outletThe bride and groom sit with garlands around their necks during wedding rituals after floating to the venue.Kunjumon requested that Aiswarya's last name not be used out of respect for her family who had objected to the wedding.
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