Tamil Nadu: Friends Gift Petrol And Diesel To Newly-Wed Couple

Friends Gift Petrol: The surging prices of petrol and diesel compelled a couple's friends to gift them the same on their wedding day. The video shows a group of youngsters gifting their newly married couple a litre of petrol and diesel and has gone viral on the internet. This video from Cheyyur village of Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu has grabbed many eyeballs on social media.

The couple was taken aback by seeing the gift they were presented by their friends but decided to accept it in the spirit of humour.

The caption of the video was, "Amidst rising #PetrolDieselPriceHike, friends of the newly married couple, Girish Kumar and Keerthana decided to gift the couple One Litre #petrol and One Litre #diesel as a wedding present at their Wedding reception in Cheyyur in Chengalpattu district #FuelPriceHike."

Surge in Petrol and Diesel prices

Petrol is now 10 Rupees dearer than it was on March 21. For instance, the price of petrol in Delhi stands at Rs 105.41 per litre while that of diesel is at Rs 96.67. 

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Unique weddings in India

It is intriguing to see guests and couples innovating with gifts to make their wedding special. In another story, a teacher couple in Odisha set an example for the country by opting for a dowry-less marriage. Besides that, the groom’s family dismissed all dowry requests. They had just one demand. They wanted  1,500 saplings of fruit-bearing trees as wedding gifts. They distributed two saplings each to every house in the bride’s village to make the wedding memorable.

“The wedding aims at giving a message to the society that is filled in evils like dowry and unnecessary expenses in name of marriage,” said groom's uncle Sudarshan Biswal. The bride's father was delighted at her daughter's decision of marrying a man of principles. “I am happy that my daughter married such a person, who directly denied to take dowry,” said bride’s father Maheswar Paital.

Another unique story is of Odisha couple Bijay Kumar and Shruti Saxena who did away with the idea of inviting any priest to their wedding. They solemnised it by taking their wedding vows based on the Constitution of India.