Facebook friends who meet for the first time on October 6th during the Durga Pooja in West Bengal gets married after 4 hours. Sudip Ghosal and Pritama Banerjee knows each other since July but have only connected through video calls and accidently meet at the Pooja Pandal for the very first time.
Sudip from Hind Motor and Pritama from Seoraphuli didn’t have some ordinary plans after meeting for the first time. Both altogether decided to get married after Sudip proposed Pritama.
Sudip, 35, who works for an international optic lens brand said:
“Till that night, we had seen each other only during video calls. We met in the Sealdah area and I proposed. After I proposed, we decided to return to Hind Motor. She rode pillion on my motorcycle and her friends followed us in a car. On the way, while we were talking, we decided to get married right away” said Sudip. “All Pritama wanted was ‘sindoor’ (vermilion) on her forehead. I had no issues because I don’t really believe in rituals,”
The couple couldn’t meet in person before October 6 due to the work schedules always clashed. They both didn’t expect that they might meet that night. It was either a coincidence or divine intervention, said Sudip.
Pritama, the bride who runs a boutique said:
“I have deep faith in Devi (Goddess) Durga. So, getting married before her in a puja pandal without any ritual was enough for me. Now we are planning a social marriage.”
The couple exchanged garlands in front of the goddess on the most auspicious day of the festival while the traditional ‘Dhak’ played in the background. The bride comes from a conservative family but her parents have accepted the marriage.
“I am very happy with my daughter-in-law,” said Alpana Ghosal, the groom’s mother.
