Published 3 years ago

Floods force Indian couple to float to their wedding - in a cooking pot

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- When floods hit southern India, it looked as though a young couple would be unable to make their wedding. But they managed to reach the temple by floating through the flooded streets in a giant metal cooking pot. The couple, identified by local media as health workers in the town of Alappuzha in southern India's Kerala state, could be seen smiling and waving in their ceremonial

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Yahoo News

Indian couple float to wedding in cooking pot amid floods

The bride and the groom, both of whom are healthcare workers, had already registered their wedding in the beginning of October but decided to tie the knot with proper Hindu rituals.Rains marred their plans of a big wedding but could not dampen their spirits. Dressed in traditional Indian attire they sat in a large cooking vessel as two men kept it afloat while they walked through thigh-high water.The ceremony was held in a temple with limited gu…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Indian couple float to their wedding in a cooking pot along flooded streets

Footage shows newlyweds squeezed inside the pot while two men and a photographer paddle them down a flooded street in KeralaAn Indian couple have arrived for their wedding in unusual style after sailing through the flooded streets of their town in a cooking pot after heavy rains wrecked havoc in the southern state of Kerala.Footage shared across social media showed the newlyweds squeezed inside the aluminium vessel while two men and a photograph…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Floods force Indian couple to float to their wedding - in a cooking pot

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

India’s floods force couple to sail to their wedding in a giant cooking pot

"My father swam to the temple and my mother, grandmother and sisters used another pot," the groom said.

3 years ago

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Sky News UK

Kerala floods: Indian couple sail to their wedding in giant cooking pot

A couple in India arrived at their wedding in unusual style by floating through the flooded streets in a large cooking pot after heavy rain hit the southern state of Kerala.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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