Time and tide wait for none, not even coronavirus. And this prompted Abhirami to wear her PPE kit instead of the traditional bridal wear and tie the nuptial knot with her covid-infected fiance as the families did not want to skip the auspicious "muhurtham."
The young bride got hitched in a hospital ward in a small ceremony at a time when covid cases are spiralling in the southern state.
"Muhurtham" is the auspicious time fixed for weddings and other new initiatives.
With the Personal Protection Kit (PPE) replacing the traditional silk saree and other wedding paraphernlia, the 23-year-old bride married the virus-positive groom, admitted to a government hospital in the coastal Alappuzha district.
Abhirami, a native of Thekkan Aryad, donned the disposable wear and get married at a COVID ward of the Alappuzha Vandanam medical college on Sunday.
Marking the ritual, the groom, Sarathmon S, tied ''thali'', the mangal sutra, and garlanded her with a simple tulsi garland in the presence of his mother, also covid positive and another close relative of the bride at a special room in the ward.
Fixed a year ago, the wedding happened on Sunday, after permission from authorities.
Sarathmon, working in the Gulf, and his mother Jijimol had been admitted to the hospital recently after they tested positive for the virus.