THRISSUR: Punnayurkkulam, in the Thrissur-Malappuram border on Monday played host to a curious but unique ‘wedding’ between a two year-old male dog and one-and-a-half year old female dog. The ‘wedding’ was arranged in a decorated hall, and had all the associated festivities like the accompaniment of nadaswaram and ‘kuravayidal’.
Both the dogs belonged to the beagle breed. The ‘bridegroom’ named Axid and fondly called ‘Kuttan’ was a pet belonging to the Poyyara Shelly-Nisha couple hailing from Vadanappilli. The couple had located the ‘matching bride’ called Jaanvi, from the house of the dog trainer Kanakanchery Subeesh Bhaskar at Punnayurkkulam.
“We could find a perfect match for Kuttan after more than a year-long search. Both of them are born to champions in the canine club contests. They have the same shapes and markings, and other similarities. The bridegroom was kept in a boarding house for three months under the supervision of the dog trainer,” Shelly said.
Shelly said they wanted to inspire others to love dogs more by arranging such a unique marriage. “We had hired the services of an event management group for the conduct of the wedding as well as a studio unit for the photo-shoot,” he said.
Shelly-Nisha couple had arranged a nice ‘bedroom’ for the newly wed couple. The feast arranged to coincide with the wedding was biryani and chicken fry, the favourite dish of the ‘couple’.
The bridegroom was wearing a silk shirt while the bride’s attire was a silk frock. They were made to offer wedding garland to each other in presence of several other foreign breed dogs.
“We had wanted to have it as a minor event but a large number of people also turned up,” Shelly added.
He said the marriage was arranged in this part of the year as the Malayalam month of ‘Kanni’ is known as the breeding month of dogs.
