Kolkata : With the lockdown extended, a lot of couples had to postpone their
wedding. But Animesh Debnath from Dehradun and Nilu Roy from Bhopal got married
on 8th May via video call. During
the lockdown period, Shaadi.com introduced Weddings from Home, an initiative
to help couples across all communities, cultures and religions to get married.
The entire wedding ceremony and celebrations are conducted from the comfort of
their homes over a video call.
For
Animesh and Nilu, the wedding is close to a traditional Bengali ceremony with Dodhi
Mongol and Gaye Holud (haldi) ceremonies before the wedding followed by Dhol,
singing and sangeet performances by family, albeit virtually. The bride even
had make-up artists who helped her with a bridal look via video call. Wedding
invites were sent with video call links and even a special backdrop was designed
to create the right atmosphere and setting.
The wedding happened in
their respective homes, and a Panditji from Raipur officiated all the
ceremonies via a video call. Around 100 family & friends joined the
ceremony and showered their blessings.
Commenting on this, Adhish Zaveri, Director –
Marketing, Shaadi.com said, “This
initiative finds its roots in our promise of togetherness, and in times of
social distancing this is our way of delivering on the promise. For people
around the world and more so in India, their wedding date is of immense importance.
But with the pandemic, many couples have been forced to postpone their wedding
indefinitely. And in these times, we at Shaadi.com have innovated a whole new
way to help couples get married, without even stepping out of their homes. With
Weddings From Home couples can get married on that exact date regardless of the
lockdown, just that it’ll be done virtually”.
Speaking about the wedding the bride & groom Nilu & Animesh said
“We can’t believe this actually happened. We heard about Shaadi.com’s
weddings from home and after speaking to them we instantly decided to do an
online wedding. This day 8th May had a very special place in our hearts
"as its Rabindra Tagore Jayanti" and we wanted to get married on this
day itself and we are so glad we did. The whole wedding was seamlessly
organized, and all our family and friends joined in to celebrate with us. We
are overjoyed and can’t wait to begin our lives together.”
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