Tamil Nadu election: They celebrated their wedding day with a difference

SALEM: The indelible ink applied on her right index finger added to the beauty of the henna on her hands. Casting her vote was the first thing that Deepika of Kosavampatti in Namakkal town did after her wedding on Thursday morning.Deepika and the groom, Anand of Tirupur, walked straight to a polling station at a govt school in Kosavampatti, wearing garlands. She cast her vote while he waited outside. Deepika said, “It is my right and responsibility to vote. Even though today is my wedding day, I wanted to make sure that I fulfilled this duty before anything else.” After this, the couple headed to Tirupur, around 120km away, where Anand cast his vote.West Tamil Nadu also saw a newly wed doctor couple doing the same thing on their wedding day.Dr A U Angurajan of Alagampatti village in Dharmapuri district married Dr Deeksha of Kamaraj Nagar in Hosur in a grand ceremony in Dharmapuri Thursday morning. After the wedding, they went to his hometown where he cast his vote. They then travelled about 90 km to Hosur in Krishnagiri district where the bride cast her vote.Dr Deeksha cast her vote at Bharathiyar Matriculation School in Chinnaelasagiri Balaji Nagar. She stood in the queue wearing the bridal sari and jewellery and cast her vote, while other voters watched the couple with admiration.But unlike the first two couples, Chandru and Baraneeswari of Kottagoundampatti on the outskirts of Salem didn’t have to travel kilometres. Both are residents of Kottagoundampatti and cast their votes one after another at a polling booth in a govt school at Kottagoundampatti.In short, the polling happened on an auspicious day, and many couples like them in the state celebrated their wedding day with a difference.