Japanese couple weds Hindu style in Bodh Gaya
September 24th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 24 (IANS) A Japanese couple tied the knot in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya, a holy town for Buddhists, in Hindu style to send a message of peace and harmony to the world.
“We came to Bodh Gaya all the way from Tokyo to get married to send the message of love, peace and harmony,” the couple said.
Massako Kawada, 31, clad in traditional red saree, wedded 32-year-old Kazenori Araki Thursday amid much fanfare at a temple in Bodh Gaya, about 110 km from here.
“The marriage was solemnised with the bride and groom taking the ritualistic seven rounds of the fire and the groom applying vermilion in her (bride) hair parting,” Shreekant Pandey, a local Hindu priest who conducted wedding, told IANS over telephone.
The ceremony was attended by close relatives of the bride and the groom, some tourists and locals.
“There was much merry-making with the locals dancing, singing and drinking wine to celebrate the marriage,” Pandey said.
- Japanese weds Islamic style in Bihar - Mar 02, 2011
- Hindus feel Brand-Perry marriage 'moving in right direction' - Oct 22, 2010
- Gay couple in UP on run after marrying - Apr 13, 2012
- Groom, six others killed on way back from wedding - Apr 24, 2012
- Hindu temple comes up in Bihar - with Muslim help - Feb 05, 2012
- Age no bar in India when it comes to marriage! - May 16, 2011
- Mangaloreans celebrate marriage of dead couple - Aug 04, 2010
- Rajasthan cracks down on child marriages - Mar 31, 2012
- (After 12) Cash registers jingle as foreigners wed in Rajasthan - Nov 02, 2010
- Gere in Bodh Gaya to attend Dalai Lama's discourse - Jan 02, 2012
- Bihar Police confirm terror threat to Dalai Lama event - Jan 07, 2012
- Holy mess: Filth, mismanagement disgusts foreigners at Bodh Gaya event - Jan 08, 2012
- Vivek Oberoi's Marriage Shoes Worth 25 Lakhs! - Nov 02, 2010
- In Holy Varanasi, Get frogs married, pray for rain ! - Jun 24, 2010
- Buddhist monks preach non-violence in Maoist-hit villages - Nov 23, 2009
Tags: bodh gaya, bride and groom, bride hair, buddhists, close relatives, drinking wine, fanfare, hindu priest, japanese couple, kawada, knot, locals, love, marriage, peace and harmony, saree, tokyo, tourists, vermilion