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Rs. 4.5 crore wedding, hosted by Jayalalithaa

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Rs. 4.5 crore wedding, hosted by Jayalalithaa

Chennai1006 poor couples looking to get married had their big day today at Thiruverkaadu, outside Chennai. The mass wedding was hosted by chief minister J Jayalalithaa and paid for by taxpayers. The bill? A cool 4.5 crores.

The wedding was sponsored by the Hindu Religious and Cultural Endowment Department. Each couple was given a four-gram gold mangalsutra, a silver ornament for the bride, wedding apparel, and 21 utensils.

The chief minister said that the state government had taken care of the travel, accommodation and food for the couples and their families.

The Tamil Nadu cabinet was present at the wedding. As a mark of their loyalty to their party chief Amma, AIADMK partymen had erected hundreds of banners and flex boards on her route to the venue.
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