While a wedding in itself is an unforgettable moment, it is becoming more and more common for weddings to be held in innovative ways. A couple from Neelangarai is making headlines after getting married underwater.
Chinnathurai, an IT worker from Thiruvannamalai, and Swetha from Coimbatore had an arranged marriage. Chinnathurai, who has been training in deep-sea diving as a hobby, expressed his desire to get married under the sea, in an attempt to conduct his wedding differently than usual.
The bride and groom approached a deep-sea diving coach from Pondicherry after their parents agreed to his proposal. The couple even took a few days of training in preparation for the wedding. Following this, an oxygen cylinder was fitted to the bride and groom and they were taken to the sea in a boat in traditional attire and the wedding took place under the sea in Nilangarai, Chennai.
The wedding took place on a platform arranged with flowers at a depth of about 30 feet from the sea surface. The bride and groom exchanged garlands and vows and became man and wife while being 30 feet under water. The ceremony under the ocean included tying the knot and exchanging garlands.
While making it a unique affair was one part of the whole idea, Chinnadurai says, there was another motive behind this, which was to raise awareness about the constant amount of pollution that the ocean is being subjected to, and more so during the pandemic.
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