Three sisters have caused controversy after they each married the same man. Santosh, 18, Savitri, 19, and Saroj, 20, all chose to marry the same person but have caused controversy within religious groups as a result. Their ceremony, which took place in India, has gone viral after the trio married Vikas at the Chamunda Mata Temple in India.
The sisters work together making social media content and Vikas works as their cameraman. Footage of the three sisters’ wedding to Vikas surfaced online last week. The Hindu wedding ritual of applying vermilion, a red powder, to each of the sisters, took place in the footage.
According to local reports, the reason the three sisters married the same man is because they had gotten used to spending so much time together. Saroj said: “We have lived together since childhood and could not imagine living apart. When we realised that marriage would separate us, we even thought of ending our lives.
“Later, we decided that instead of dying, we would stay together and marry one man. We are all adults and took this decision willingly.”
Vikas went on to say he had agreed to marry the three because of how close they are. He said: “I knew how deeply attached the three sisters were to each other.
“They repeatedly told me they did not want to live separately after marriage. I respected their emotions and agreed to marry them because I wanted them to stay together. We have taken this decision with mutual consent and hope people will respect our choice.”
The sisters went on to defend their decision and compared themselves to a Hindu King. They said in a post to their social media channel: “In ancient times, there was King Dasharatha, who had three queens. Was that an insult then?”
Allahabad High Court lawyer Anurag Pandey told the Times of India that the marriage would not be recognised under Indian law.
Pandey said: “Under Hindu law, a Hindu man cannot legally marry multiple women simultaneously. Such a marriage is void in the eyes of law and does not create a valid marital relationship.”
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