Ex-Tamil Nadu lawmaker holds lavish wedding for daughter

Photographs from the wedding in Pudukottai showing gifts received by the couple have gone viral on the internet. It included gold and silverware, television sets, mixers, grinders, electronic goods, two-wheelers, cars and tractors.

Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu): India faces its worst health crises in half a century along with the economic recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several sections of society were badly hit after job losses in the COVID-19 lockdown. But in Tamil Nadu a controversy has erupted after a former legislator held a lavish wedding for his daughter.

The grand wedding of Keerthi, daughter of ex-lawmaker Tamizharasan has raised many eyebrows. She was married to the son of VP Vaidyanathan in a glittering ceremony in Pudukottai.

Photographs from the wedding showing gifts received by the couple have gone viral on the internet. It included gold and silverware, television sets, mixers, grinders, electronic goods, two-wheelers, cars and tractors.

The photos circulating on the internet are gifts which were given to the bride. Many are of the opinion the gifts might be worth at least two crore rupees.