Date:31/01/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/31/stories/2008013151170300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

‘Kalyanamasthu’ on March 9

VIZIANAGARAM: The third phase of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams free mass marriages – kalyanamasthu – will be conducted on March 9, according to District Revenue Officer P.A. Sobha. It will be held at the same venues where the first and second phases were conducted.

A district-level coordination committee with Collector as chairman will be constituted.

The DPRO has been asked to give publicity and enrol as many couples as possible. The TTD will provide ‘taali bottu’, ‘mattelu’ etc to the bride, according to a press release.