Groom walked out on his bride on their wedding day simply because her family failed to serve mutton in the feast at Sukinda on Wednesday.
The New Indian Express, reports the story of how, Ramakant Patra, a 27-year-old groom later married another woman from the area before returning home.
TNNO learnt that Patra, a resident of Rebanapalaspal in neighbouring Keonjhar district, reached Bandhagaon village in Sukinda block with baraatis in a procession to marry on Wednesday afternoon.
The groom, well-wishers and family were welcomed by the bride’s family and after necessary rituals were carried out the guests were ushered into the dining hall for lunch.
Before the food was served, members of the wedding party demanded mutton curry which is one of the delicacies normally served at the ‘feast at Sukinda‘ but unfortunately this was not prepared which lead to a heated argument between the baraatis, the food servers and the bride’s family members. The joyous ceremony soon turned ugly was blown out of proportion.
When Patra, (the groom) got to know that mutton had not been cooked for the wedding party, he called off the marriage taking everyone by surprise.
Despite the pleas from the bride’s family members and persuasion from guests that the groom changes his mind on his decision to walk out of the wedding ceremony, he remained adamant and left the place along with his kin.
Patra who went to cool off at a relative’s house at Gandhapala village of Kuhika Panchayat in Sukinda later married another woman of Phulajhara in Tamka the same night before returning to Keonjhar, sources said.
This attitude of high-handedness by grooms and their relatives was a rampant phenomenon in the 1980s.