Mass Marriage Ceremony at Dharmasthala: 201 Couples to Tie The Knot This Year

Mass Marriage Ceremony at Dharmasthala: 201 Couples to Tie The Knot This Year

As many as 201 couples will tie the knot at the 51st mass marriage ceremony to be organised by the Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Dharmothana Trust in Dharmasthala on May 3. The marriage will be held in “goudhuli lagna” at 6.40 p.m. at Amrutavarshini Sabha Bhavan. The couple will proceed to the bhavan in a procession after visiting the Manjunatha temple.

The pattadhikari of Dharmasthala D. Veerendra Heggade distributed a dhoti, a shawl, a sari, and a blouse piece to the couples on May 2nd.

The trust started the mass marriages in 1972. So far 12,576 couples have got married.