Allahabad :

At a time when the marriage season is at its peak, the Sangam city witnessed a unique wedding on Wednesday night. Not only the nuptial knot were tied by the couple at the ceremony, it also promoted Yoga as the invitees attended the marriage ceremony and also watched various ‘aasans’ (postures) of Yoga displayed on the two large LCD screens installed at the venue.

Owner of a sweatshop at Baluaghat locality of the city, Ravi Shankar Yadav, propagated Yoga at the marriage ceremony of his daughter Reema, held on Wednesday. The interesting invitation card of the marriage carried a photo of Baba Ramdev. The inside page, besides mentioning the family details also carried the message, “Karen yog, rahen nirog” (stay healthy by practicing yoga).

Likewise, the last page of the card mentioned the message regarding the 1st World Yoga Day which is on June 21. Besides, the venue had several banners mentioning the benefits of practicing Yoga.

“Our guests were not served with mocktail drinks, rather various herbal products like different flavors of candy, juices, ‘churan’ were served,” said Yadav. The boxes of the return gift, having sweets of my shops, also carried the message regarding celebrating the 1st International Yoga Day with participating in the event in a big way.

“It is the inspiration of Ramdev and the execution of our Prime Minister that the entire world would be celebrating and getting benefit by yoga,” said Yadav.

Another interesting aspect of the family was the banners put up at the marriage venue which will mention ‘no-smoking’ as a message. “As we promote the idea of staying healthy, we also asked people to not only refraining from smoking in the function, but also quit smoking altogether,” said Yadav.

Similarly, the function did not had ‘pan’ (betel leaf) for the invites, informed Amit the eldest son of Yadav.

“As there were many invitation for today, my family was a bit confused as to where to go but after seeing the invitation card and the unique idea of promoting yoga, we made sure to attend this marriage,” said Sammer Jaiswal, an invitee.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Allahabad / by Rajeev Mani, TNN / February 05th, 2015