KARACHI – Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) on Sunday organised the 11th massHindu wedding ceremony at city’s Railway Ground.
According to MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, founder and patron of the PHC,this year 79 Hindu couples got married in another colourful ceremony. Headded that many prominent dignitaries belonging to different walks of lifeWERE invited to bless the couples.
He said the purpose of the gathering was also to help the poor families,who were unable to bear expenses of wedding.
The MNA said that 1,100 Hindu couples have tied the knot in 11 years.
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The couples and their families had been brought over to Karachi in coastersfor the mass wedding from various cities of Sindh. Besides the weddingdress for the bride and clothes for the groom, each couple was presented agold jewellery set and mangal suttar with other household items such as adinner set, sewing machine, electric iron, etc.
They were also given the choice to accept a gift card worth Rs40,000instead of the household items.
