#Suttur Jathre

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A mass-marriage in a tiny village in Karnataka tells everything there is to know about our society

A groom uses his left hand to respond to the call ‘Mangalyam tanthu nanena‘ at a mass marriage at a village fair in Suttur in southern Karnataka, in January 2017  If there is one event that holds a mirror to the gargantuan socio-economic challenges confronting Bharat that is India, it must be a “mass marriage” where dozens of couples tie the knot at the same time and collectively say “I do”. At…