{"id":1592,"date":"2022-11-01T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/2022\/11\/01\/551-fatherless-girls-to-get-married-at-the-grand-social-initiative-papa-ni-pari-by-maruti-impex-foundation-at-bhavnagar\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:37:27","slug":"551-fatherless-girls-to-get-married-at-the-grand-social-initiative-papa-ni-pari-by-maruti-impex-foundation-at-bhavnagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/2022\/11\/01\/551-fatherless-girls-to-get-married-at-the-grand-social-initiative-papa-ni-pari-by-maruti-impex-foundation-at-bhavnagar\/","title":{"rendered":"551 fatherless girls to get married at the grand social initiative \u2018Papa Ni Pari\u2019 by Maruti Impex Foundation at Bhavnagar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size:12pt\">Bhavnagar: They say marriages are made in heaven. But what if a young girl has lost his father and there is no elder to take care of her marriage expenses and other rituals? Thanks to diamantaire Suresh Lakhani of Maruti Impex Foundation for taking up a grand social initiative \u2018Papa Ni Pari\u2019 where about 551 fatherless girls will be married luxuriously in Bhavnagar on November 6.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Marriages in India are a grand affair celebrated with extensive decorations, color, dresses, music, dance, costumes and rituals that depend on the community, region and religion of the bride and the groom, as well as their preferences. India celebrates about 10 million weddings per year. Weddings are a major business in India. According to a report by KPMG in 2017, the Indian wedding industry is estimated to be around $40\u201350 billion in size. Typical Indian families spend significant effort and financial resources to prepare and celebrate weddings. It is estimated that the cost of an Indian wedding ranges between <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u20b9<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">500,000 to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u20b9<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">5,00,00,000 (from US$6,747.14 to US$674,743.50, respectively). An Indian is likely to spend one fifth of his total lifetime wealth on a wedding.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">551 fatherless daughters will be married luxuriously regardless of their caste, race or creed. Hindu, Muslim, Christian girls are all welcome under the same roof for marriage. Those who can\u2019t afford the financial burden of marriage can also come to Papa ni pari and get married. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Every girl dreams of a grand wedding, Maruti Impex Foundation is doing its part in making sure these 551 girls have their dream wedding. From makeup artist, photographer, caterer, dress, decorator to the venue the foundation handles everything and does not take a single penny from them. Everything is seamless, from the application process to the marriage ceremony. A normal-sized Indian wedding would have on average around 500 guests. Papa ni pari on the other hand averages around 5000+ guests every single time. The guests consist of influential people from well-known entrepreneurs to top diamond merchants, all coming together to celebrate the holy union of 551 beautiful couples.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Mr. Suresh Lakhani and his brother Mr. Dinesh Lakhani perform all the fatherly activities from \u201c Kanyadaan\u201d (a ritual where the father gives his daughter away which means him giving all his responsibilities for his daughter to the groom) to \u201cbidai (when daughter leaves her maternal home and goes to her husband\u2019s home)\u201d and everything in between as well. All girls get very emotional while performing all rituals. Jinal said \u201cWhen Mr. Lakhani did my \u201cbidai\u201d,\u00a0 I had tears in my eyes. I felt like I&#8217;m saying goodbye to my real father.\u201d That\u2019s the level of love and hospitality that all girls receive in \u201cPapa ni pari\u201d marriage ceremonies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Papa ni pari is taking place this year in Bhavnagar, Gujarat on the 6th of Nov, 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">To learn more about Papa ni Pari and Maruti Impex Foundation visit marutimpexfoundation.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.2&#038;appId=1732452170262278&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bhavnagar: They say marriages are made in heaven. But what if a young girl has lost his father and there is no elder to take care of her marriage expenses and other rituals? Thanks to diamantaire Suresh Lakhani of Maruti Impex Foundation for taking up a grand social initiative \u2018Papa Ni Pari\u2019 where about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}