Mass Wedding

Madhya Pradesh minister gifts brides bats; to be used on alcoholic husbands

Bhopal: What would you generally gift a newly-married couple? A Madhya Pradesh minister decided on an unusual present -- a 'mogri' or a wooden bat-- for nearly 700 brides at a mass marriage ceremony.

Brand Amma gets a boost: Couples at mass wedding wear headbands with Jayalalithaa's photo

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa definitely knows how to gain publicity and further her brand through a good deed.

When she's 64; Chennai fixates on Jaya's birthday

Mass weddings have been a signature social welfare initiative of Jayalalithaa since she first came to power in 1991. It began with a mammoth wedding in the temple city of Chidambaram.