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How the coronavirus pandemic has upended the traditional Indian wedding – ABC News
India’s multi-billion-dollar wedding industry has suffered a major blow from the pandemic, but some families are getting around restrictions by tying the knot online…
Ridhi Shah’s wedding was nothing like she expected.
For one, the Mumbai resident organised her three-day shaadi all by herself to minimise her contact with family and friends, even decorating her own hands with elaborate mehndi designs to mark the start of the ceremony.
Instead of the groom circling the sacred fire by her side an important rite of a Hindu marriage ceremony he was beamed in from Sydney onto Ridhi’s computer screen via the video conferencing platform Zoom.
Indian weddings usually…
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