Man organises elaborate wedding for his two pet monkeys

(Photo: Associated Press) Two monkeys get married in controversial wedding ceremony in India

An Indian man and owner, Udesh Mahto, decided to host the wedding of his two pet monkeys named Ramdulari and Ramu in an elaborate wedding ceremony in Bihar, India.

More than 200 people flocked to the district of Bettiah to cheer the two primates up as they arrived perched atop a four-wheeler decked out with flowers and garland before the ceremony was solemnised by an actual Hindu priest named Sunil Shastri, according to Daily Mail.

The “bride” was dressed in an orange frock and the “groom” wearing a yellow T-shirt.

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Mahto, a daily wage worker who has three sons, said Ramu was “like my eldest son”.

“Ramu is like an adopted son to me. I wanted to marry him off after it became apparent they liked each other,” Mahto told local media. I wanted to marry him off first.”

“Initially they didn’t get along well. But later they began liking each other, so I decided to marry them off,” he said.

The two monkeys, who were kept in chains, were released by their owners after the marriage.