12,000 WEDDINGS IN ONE DAY IN THE CAPITAL

12,000 weddings in one day in New Delhi
 
AFP
The Sunday Times
Thursday, November 13, 2003

Indraprasth - Some 12,000 couples, taking advantage of an
auspicious date for weddings, will get married on the
same day in the Indian capital New Delhi, a report said
today. 

The huge number of nuptials will take place on November
27, which Hindu priests have said is a lucky day for
weddings, The Times of India reported. 

So many ceremonies are taking place at the same time that
hotels are having to turn away people seeking venues and
Hindu priests are in short supply, it said. 

"With so many weddings lined up on November 27, there is
a shortage of pandits (priests) to solemnise the marriage
ceremonies," Dwarkanath Mishra, a west-Delhi based
priest, told the newspaper. 

The Hindu wedding season runs from May to mid-December,
with the bulk of ceremonies taking place once the
monsoons are over in September and peaking in November. 

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