In another departure from tradition, one Hindu bride chose to apply a tilak on her forehead. Kanpur: Breaking away from conventional wedding attire, some brides turned up in jeans and tops at the first-day ceremony of the chief minister’s mass marriage scheme, organised at Bidhanu on Friday.
As many as 108 couples, including 10 Muslim couples, tied the knot on the opening day of the four-day programme.
Chief development officer Abhinav J Jain said brides and grooms were free to wear clothes of their choice, though he would encourage them to opt for traditional wedding attire. The ceremony was held at a guest house in Katherua village, with couples from Bheetargaon block invited on the first day. In another instance, Sadhana Devi of Shahpur village in Bheetargaon married Raunak of Moradabad.
The couple had reportedly entered into a love marriage earlier but performed traditional Hindu wedding rituals at the mass marriage programme.