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CHI.R.RAMANA WEDS SOW.SHYAMALA

Calligraphic carvings on thermacol and the designs around it were well decorated.

Baskar got off the taxi and paid the fare.

To his surprise, the marriage hall was very silent and there was none to welcome the guests but there was a long table containing three silver plates where sugar candy, sandal paste and vermilion powder were seen devoid of receptionist.

Baskar entered the main hall where he saw a commotion. He looked up to see what all the commotion was about. There was ranting and ravings in the marriage hall.

There was a scene of battle between bride’s men and bridegroom’s men. The other onlookers were mere spectators and did nothing to solve the problem.

“What’s going on here?” Baskar asked one of the guests.

“Oh, you’ve just come here. Don’t you know that bridegroom absconded and it is assumed that the fellow has eloped with a friend of the bride? “He received such reply from that person.

Baskar saw the bride, Shyamala in her ravishing gorgeous silk sari, sitting on a wooden plank in the middle of the wedding stage. Is she the incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi? She was very charming but upset because of the hapless incident.

Her parents, Santhanam-Baghyam, were engaged in tirade.

Next moment an astonishing event took place.