Sahara India Pariwar organising marriage of 101 under-privileged gilrls

Sahara India Pariwar, every year since 2004, has been organising marriages of 101 under-privileged girls belonging to the economically weaker sections of the society and our junior kartavyayogi workers.

The marriage ceremonies of couples belonging to the four major religious communities - Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian - are organized every year, symbolic of a 'Samuhik Vivah Samaroh' conforming to the specific religious rites and ceremonies of the respective brides and grooms. Till date, 1111 couples have been blessed.

For the 101 marriages every year, Sahara invites applications from bride and groom families who cannot bear the cost of marriage by themselves. After verification process, the applicants are included for the Samaroh. All the marriage arrangements like fooding, clothing, lodging of the relatives, Welcoming of the Baraat, Kanyadaan, 101 Mandaps, etc. are made by Sahara India Pariwar. In addition to this, Sahara also helps all the newly wedded couples in initiating a new life.  For this, Sahara gifts around Rs. 2.5 lakh worth of basic household items to each couple. The gifts consist of Color Television, Refrigerator, Almirah, a double-bed, dressing table, jewelry, Suits to the groom, Sarees to the bride and wrist watch for both. Sahara even takes care of the delivery of these gifts at the couple’s house.

Besides, one of the attractions of Samuhik Vivah Samaroh every year is the 1914 made special American Panoramic Kodak Still Camera used to capture 101 couples and their families in a single photograph. The camera can rotate up to 360 degrees and produces a very sharp image of the object. The camera uses a 10x7 inches negative specially made for the camera and which is bought from Eastman, New York.  The camera is also used to take pictures of newly elected Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.