Meet Gujarat-based Mahesh Savani who married off 236 fatherless girls in a grand ceremony

On Christmas this year, a Gujarat-based diamond trader organised a mass wedding and married off as many as 236 girls who have lost their fathers.

Meet Mahesh Savani from Surat who organised Hindu, Muslim and Christian wedding on December 25.

"I feel extremely proud for organising such a mass wedding....my son Mitul and my uncle's son Jay also got married during the ceremony," said Savani of Savani Group.

"Of these 236 girls, five were from Maharashtra, three from Rajasthan, one from Bihar and rest were from Gujarat. During the 'Kanyadaan', we gave them clothes, ornaments, utensils and five house appliances each," he said.

Savani has been organising mass weddings since last five years. "I have now become a proud foster-father of 708 fatherless girls who were married off by my family in the last five years," he said.

As per reports, Savani gave gifts of gold and household items, including sofas and beds, worth Rs 5,00,000 to each of the brides to help them start married life.

Savani started organising mass weddings after one of his own employees died just days before his daughter’s wedding. The cost of the wedding is not known.


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