Overview
- The ceremony, held over the weekend and officiated by a priest, featured garlanding, seven pheras, application of vermilion, and a send-off the next day.
- Family accounts trace the decision to a visit about three months ago to Vrindavan’s Banke Bihari Temple, where a gold ring reportedly fell into her hands with prasad.
- Relatives and villagers organized the event, with her brother-in-law acting as a symbolic baraati and reports estimating 100–150 people in the wedding procession.
- The woman, identified as Pinky Sharma, says she plans to live in Vrindavan and devote herself to worship and service, expressing faith that the deity will provide for her needs.
- Videos of the ceremony circulated widely online, drawing praise for devotion as well as criticism, with no legal or institutional actions reported in the coverage.