In a grand wedding in Punjab, the groom’s family showered around Rs 8.5 crore in cash on the bride. When the video of this incident went viral, there were mixed reactions on social media regarding this display of money.
Punjab: Everyone tries to make their marriage memorable. People celebrate marriage in a lavish, grand or simple manner as per their budget. Expensive weddings often become a topic of discussion in India. There are many examples of marriages taking place after spending crores of rupees. Now a video of a wedding in Punjab is going viral on social media. This marriage took place in a very grand manner, in which crores of rupees were spent. In the wedding hall, the groom’s family showered around Rs 8.5 crore in cash like flowers on the bride, the video of which has gone viral.
Celebration on a pile of notes
The bride and groom were on the stage, and the groom’s family standing around threw wads of currency notes at the bride. They brought notes filled in sacks and showered them on the bride. The groom also took out wads of currency notes from a sack and showered them on the bride and thus celebrated the wedding. The entire stage was filled with piles of notes. Wherever you looked, piles of notes were visible. It is being claimed in the video that around Rs 8.5 crore was showered on the bride.
Relatives, including the groom’s father, showered notes like this for a few hours. After this rain of notes, the family members had to put in a lot of effort to put these notes back in the bags. Many people picked up the notes scattered on the stage and ground and filled them in bags. More than 40 sacks were filled with notes. The bundles were easily placed in sacks before blowing the notes, but later they had to be picked up and put into sacks.
Why didn’t you call us?
As soon as this video went viral on social media, many people reacted to it. Many people jokingly commented, “We should have been invited to this wedding too. We would have helped in serving the food and taking care of the guests. At the end, after blessing the new couple, we would have also left after picking up some notes thrown by you.” At the same time, some people advised that this kind of show off is not good. He said, “If you have money, spend it on marriage, but it is not right to flaunt wealth by blowing currency notes.”