The bride died during the wedding and her future husband married her sister-in-law there

In a strange incident, a groom married the sister of the bride after her death in the middle of the wedding ceremony. Just as it looks the unusual scene was real.

This happened in the village of Samaspur, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Depending on what the India time, the event took place as the couple prepared for Saptapadi, which is a Hindu wedding tradition which consists in making seven promises revolving around the fire.

Surabhi, the bride, suddenly fell unconscious next to the groom, Manjesh Kumar. When the doctor arrived at the scene, he said there was nothing to be done: Surabhi had died of cardiac arrest.

So, faced with the situation and not to spoil the staging, the families decided that the groom would marry the younger sister of the deceased bride. Surabhi’s brother, Saurabh, told the India time: “We didn’t know what to do. The two families sat down together and someone suggested that my younger sister, Nisha, marry the groom. The families discussed the matter and agreed.”

During the wedding ceremony, Surabhi’s body was kept in another room in the house. Then, when completed, the last rites began to say goodbye to the deceased sister.

“It was a difficult decision for our family. A girl was lying dead in one room, and the other’s marriage was being celebrated in another room. We never go through such mixed emotions“Surabhi’s uncle Ajab Singh told the Indian newspaper.

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