The Nilgiris: The Nilgiris: A girl who stopped her marriage right at the time it was about to happen, left for Chennai in search of her lover.
The Nilgiris: The Nilgiris: A girl who stopped her marriage right at the time it was about to happen.
Anand from Mattakandi village near Manjoor in the Nilgiris district and Priyadarshini from Thuneri village were about to get married on October 29. On the wedding day, it is the custom of the Badaga people that the bridegroom should ask the girl that he is about to marry "Are you willing to marry me?" thrice. The marriage will happen only if the bride consents.
Accordingly, when Anand asked for Priyadarshini's consent before tying the mangalsutra on her neck, she kept mum.
When asked the third time, she stood up saying "I do not consent for the marriage." This act of the bride shocked everyone.
Also, her relatives there tried to stop the bride. She told them that someone else was coming to marry her.
She said, "My boyfriend broke his marriage bond for me. I just have to take care of his kids. Marrying you would be a betrayal to him. So I don’t want this marriage. Wait for an hour, he will come."
Subsequently, when she tried to leave the place, her parents chided and attacked her. Meanwhile, the bride waited for an hour for her boyfriend to arrive from Chennai, but he did not.
It is said that finally Priyadarshini left in search of her lover Parthiban as he did not come and neither her parents nor relatives objected to it.
The incident caused quite a stir in the area.