UP man marries statue to make father happy

Kapil.Dixit@timesgroup.com

Prayagraj  20.06.2020

: Fulfilling one’s parents’ wishes is desirable, but a 32-year-old man took it to another level when he married a statue to make his father happy. According to reports, Panch Raj of Bhaidpur area of Ghurpur village, about 35km from Prayagraj district, tied the knot with a statue of a bride on Tuesday evening.

His father, a retired Indian Railways employee Shiv Mohan Pal, 90, said, “I have nine sons and three daughters and 11 of them are married. My eighth son Panch Raj is uneducated, mentally challenged and is jobless. He has to rely on other family members for the simplest of tasks. I didn’t want to spoil any girl’s future by getting him married.”

“However, I also didn’t want him to be unmarried as my ancestors believed that if a person dies unmarried, his family members can’t perform his ‘terharvi sanskar’ (last rituals in Hindu religion). I was worried that Panch Raj’s soul won’t rest in peace if he dies unmarried,” he added.

Given the circumstances, the elderly man consulted relatives and decided to get Panch Raj married to a statue.

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