25 Couples Tie Knot at Milagres Mangalore's Mass Wedding
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Bidar, Apr 29: The Milagres Centenary Committee organized a mass wedding ceremony at St Antony Church, Hulsoor, here on Wednesday April 28.

In the first of its kind in Bidar, 25 couples entered into the holy sacrament of matrimony together. The couples were given mangal sutra, silver ring for women, wedding costume for both bride and bridegroom and Steel Almara. Festive meal was served to all the participants.

Registration of the marriages with the registrar will be done so that the couple will get a subsidy of Rs10, 000 from the government.

Apart from the church authorities, the religious leaders from other communities, political leaders, and government officials participated in the programme.

Bishop Robert Michael Miranda, Sri Shivananda Maha Swamji of Hulsoor Mutt Janab Sayeed Ismayal Peshmam of Jama, Majeed, Hulsoor, Sri Harsha Gupta, deputy commissioner of Bidar, Fr Walter D’Mello, Parish Priest, Milagres Church Fr Santhosh Dias, Episcopal Vicar for Bidar, H  Parasana, A C of Basavakalyan and Narashima Rao Tashildar of Basavakalyan were the chief invitees.

Since, the theme of the Jubilee year is ‘building families’, the Milagres parish has proudly taken up the project of community weddings at Hulsoor.