Setting an example, IAS officer to spend just ₹18K for son’s wedding
Umamaheswara.Rao@timesgroup.com
Visakhapatnam: 08.02.2019
At a time when the weddings have turned into ostentatious affairs, it may be a surprise for many to hear that an IAS officer is going to spend just ₹18,000 on his son’s marriage in Visakhapatnam on February 10.
This is not the first time for the Visakhapatnam metropolitan region development authority (VMRDA) metropolitan commissioner P Basanth Kumar to break the stereotype. He conducted his daughter’s wedding in Radha Soami Satsang Sabha, Dayalbagh with just ₹16,100 in September 2017. In fact, Basanth Kumar himself set an example to the society way back in 1988 when his marriage expenditure was only ₹2,345.
Speaking to TOI, Basanth Kumar said that his in-laws kept him waiting for a few weeks when he proposed the ‘wedding with a difference’ in 1988. “Finally, they agreed to my proposal of registered marriage under the Special Marriage Act. Only 25 guests were invited for my wedding and it cost me nearly ₹2,345,” he said. Kumar said that his son’s wedding would be a collaborative effort of his colleagues, members of Radha Soami Satsang Sabha and others, which otherwise would not have been possible with just ₹18,000.
“Being a follower of Radha Soami Satsang, I cannot spend more than ₹18,000 on my son’s marriage. The expenditure limit is stipulated based on the income group of a person,” said Kumar. When asked how he could pull off the wedding ceremony with just ₹18,000, Kumar said that the flowers and vegetables for the marriage will be supplied by the farms located in Dayalbagh Nagar in Visakhapatnam and they will be paid accordingly.
“In the run up to the marriage, we will conduct a Friday satsang on February 8. Only ₹10 should be spent on each guest. Fortunately, the 200 families located in the Dayalbagh Nagar prepared the snacks for just ₹7. Governor ESL Narasimhan will participate in the satsang and give his blessings to the couple,” he said.
Full report on www.toi.in
Umamaheswara.Rao@timesgroup.com
Visakhapatnam: 08.02.2019
At a time when the weddings have turned into ostentatious affairs, it may be a surprise for many to hear that an IAS officer is going to spend just ₹18,000 on his son’s marriage in Visakhapatnam on February 10.
This is not the first time for the Visakhapatnam metropolitan region development authority (VMRDA) metropolitan commissioner P Basanth Kumar to break the stereotype. He conducted his daughter’s wedding in Radha Soami Satsang Sabha, Dayalbagh with just ₹16,100 in September 2017. In fact, Basanth Kumar himself set an example to the society way back in 1988 when his marriage expenditure was only ₹2,345.
Speaking to TOI, Basanth Kumar said that his in-laws kept him waiting for a few weeks when he proposed the ‘wedding with a difference’ in 1988. “Finally, they agreed to my proposal of registered marriage under the Special Marriage Act. Only 25 guests were invited for my wedding and it cost me nearly ₹2,345,” he said. Kumar said that his son’s wedding would be a collaborative effort of his colleagues, members of Radha Soami Satsang Sabha and others, which otherwise would not have been possible with just ₹18,000.
“Being a follower of Radha Soami Satsang, I cannot spend more than ₹18,000 on my son’s marriage. The expenditure limit is stipulated based on the income group of a person,” said Kumar. When asked how he could pull off the wedding ceremony with just ₹18,000, Kumar said that the flowers and vegetables for the marriage will be supplied by the farms located in Dayalbagh Nagar in Visakhapatnam and they will be paid accordingly.
“In the run up to the marriage, we will conduct a Friday satsang on February 8. Only ₹10 should be spent on each guest. Fortunately, the 200 families located in the Dayalbagh Nagar prepared the snacks for just ₹7. Governor ESL Narasimhan will participate in the satsang and give his blessings to the couple,” he said.
Full report on www.toi.in
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