Last month, a young couple from New York City exchanged vows on a calm beach in Kerala's ancient port town of Kollam on the Arabian Sea in a simple ceremony attended by close family and friends. The ...

A wedding in Kottayam has gone viral after a touching video showed a Christian priest, Father Roy Mathew, performing the traditional kanyadaan ritual for a Hindu bride, Parvathy, whom he helped raise.

The footage, which has been widely shared online, captured Father Roy Mathew conducting the ‘kanyadaan’ for a bride named Parvathy during her wedding. The ritual, an important part of many Hindu ...