Marriage solemnized amidst lockdown

Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Apr 17: Because of the lockdown restrictions to combat COVID-19, a marriage was solemnized here in extra -ordinary simple manner keeping in mind the social distancing through with all rituals.
Neither the bridegroom settled on the horseback, nor the Barat was accompanying him and there were hardly half a dozen family members to grace the auspicious occasion.
Bridegroom Varun Sharma is a resident of Ward number 6 of Reasi, while the bride, Starthika Sharma is from Ward number 4, Shastri Nagar in Reasi. The groom arrived from his house at around 9 PM in the evening with his family members in a vehicle for bride’s house, where they were welcomed and then wedding rituals started with all the Hindu customs.