Bridegrooms take out Cycle-procession in Surat to spread awareness about pollution

Surat: At a time when the alarming level of pollution in national capital Delhi has drawn attention from all quarters, a novel move to spread the message to fight the menace was today seen in this southern city of Gujarat where over 200 bridegrooms and more than 400 of his relatives today took out a cycle procession.

Around 251 bridegrooms, who are to tie knots in a group marriage ceremony here on November 10, wearing traditional dress and carrying placards with anti pollution slogans rode cycles with a large number of their relatives and others following suit.

The ritual of Varghoda which is normally taken out on a horse was performed on cycles with the purpose to spread the message of awareness with regard to pollution. Collector of Surat welcomed the move and showed the green flag to the procession which started from Saurashtra Bhavan in Varachha and crossed through Sardar Chowk, Railway station road, Lambe Hanuman road, Hans Society.

The group marriage would be organized by Saurashtra patel Samaj.
The ceremony itself will also be a novelty as only women folk would be the invited guest in it and women hosts will take care of the function.

Convener of the cycle procession Ramesh Vaghasia said that the move was intended to encourage more and more people to opt for such means of transportation which don’t cause pollution.

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