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No Flood Can Stop The Wedding: Bihar Groom's Adventure Ride To Shaadi Mandap Looks Straight Out Of War 2
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The groom would have taken a direct 35 kilometer route to the bride's village in Bihar, but due to floods, the path became much longer and harder to travel.
In Bihar's Bhagalpur district, heavy floods caused a wedding procession to take an unusual turn. The groom, Devmuni Kumar, could not travel the normal way to his bride's house because the roads were flooded and blocked by water. Instead of riding in a fancy car, Devmuni travelled by boat and used an e-rickshaw to reach the bride's home in Katakosh village. He was joined by close to 25 to 30 friends and family members. Normally, the groom would have taken a direct 35 kilometer route, but as the Ganga River had overflowed, the path became much longer and harder to travel.
Speaking with ETV Bharat, Devmuni's father, Ramdev Mandal, said, 'The date of the wedding was fixed a month ago and the procession was to go to the house of Ramchandra Chaudhary of Katakosh village in Manihari block of Katihar district. But our Bakharpur village was surrounded by flood water on all sides. There was no other way to leave the village except for the 30 of us to move by boat."
बिहार के भागलपुर जिले के पीरपैंती प्रखंड के बाखरपुर से एक बारात नाव के सहारे लड़की के घर पहुंची. दुल्हन नाव पर ही सवार होकर विदा हुई. बिहार में बाढ़ का संकट गहराने लगा है. — Thakur Shaktilochan shandilya (@Ershaktilochan) July 30, 2025
Devmuni Kumar shared that his journey to the bride's house started in a decorated Scorpio car, but they couldn't travel far because of the floods. After a point, the bride's family had to walk to reach the riverbank, from where they took a boat. At first, the weather was clear, but as soon as they got on the boat, it began to rain. By the time they reached the bride's house, everyone was soaked. Despite leaving home at day time, they managed to reach the bride's village by 8 PM.
After the boat ride, their journey wasn't over, they were still forced to walk for a few more kilometres before getting into e-rickshaws that finally took them to the wedding venue. The groom said, 'My desire that the party be accompanied by a band playing music along with pomp and show remained unfulfilled."
Apart from Katakosh village, many other places in Bihar, like Nepal, Ganga and Kosi, are also facing heavy rains and floods. Water has entered homes, fields are damaged, and roads are blocked.
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