Mass wedding in city today

Bengaluru: AIKMCC in association with Shihab Thangal Centre for Humanities will be organising a mass wedding of 78 couples in the city on Sunday. At a press conference here, the organisers said the wedding ceremonies will begin from 10 am onwards at Quddus Sahib Eidgah maidan in the city.

Those hailing from economically weaker sections of the society and orphans will be tying the knot. Apart from Karnataka, the couples belong to Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Six couples will be tying the knot as per Hindu rituals.

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) National President Prof KM Khader, IUML Kerala chief Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, State Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj, KPCC president DK Shivakumar and others will attend the event.

AIKMCC Bengaluru central committee President T Usman and General Secretary MK Naushad took part in the press conference