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“Baaraat” of Sajid Khan, a
national level skater and coach, skating its way to marriage
venue in Bhopal on Sunday night. |
Bhopal: Bhopal, the capital of
central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, witnessed a unique wedding
wherein “Baaraat” (the wedding procession of the bridegroom) on
Sunday night skated its way to wedding venue on roller skates.
The “Baaraat”was that of Sajid Khan, a national level skater and
roller skating coach in local Delhi Public School, who adopted
this unique move to attract people’s attention towards skating and
promote the game in the state and ensure recognition to it in
international events.
The bridegroom and the “Baratis” all put on
their skating shoes to roll on in the marriage procession from Gauhar Mahal to Bagh-o-Bahar, the wedding venue, as vehicular
traffic on the VIP road nearly came to a screeching halt. Budding skaters, the disciples of groom Sajid, also danced to the beating
of drums as the procession moved on with passersby halting down to
have a clear glimpse of this unique “Baaraat”.
Sajid, who is also president of Speed Roller skating Association,
Bhopal, skated to have a rendezvous with his bride Shaista Yasmeen,
who also happens to be a skater and a roller skating coach.
Several national and international junior skaters such as Huzaifa
Zafar, Akshay Sharma, Syeda Masooma Fatima, Ahsas Shrivastava,
Gautam Sharma, Shayali Kumbhare, Aamir, Nilesh, Sami Khan, Hrithik
Khare and others also joined the “Baaraat” with their skates on.
Sajid revealed that it was their students who planned the
one-of-its kind wedding and he was happy to accept the unique
idea. The wedding shall be remembered for long, not for its
grandeur, but for the mode of transport the groom and the members
of the “Baaraat”chose to reach the marriage hall.
“It is a historic moment in my life as the people who witnessed
the wedding procession shall be attracted towards the
roller-skating sports. “We are advertising the skating game
through the procession. I spend my whole time in skating and as
such I and my students decided to take out wedding procession on
skates which is something unique”, Sajid told media persons as he
rolled on skates to meet his soul-mate and bring her home.
Meanwhile, Nikah was solemnized at the historical Taj-ul-Masajid,
one of the biggest Masjid in Asia, between the Asr and Maghrib
prayer timings on Sunday evening. Elite of the town along with
large numbers of sportspersons attended the Nikah.
It may be pointed out here that a couple has also tied nuptial
knot while rappelling at Kerwa Hills in the city in the past.
(pervezbari@eth.net)
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