{"id":617,"date":"2023-05-07T10:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T10:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondsafarikovalam.com\/2023\/05\/07\/couple-says-i-do-under-water-in-kovalam-she-the-people\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T10:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T10:38:54","slug":"couple-says-i-do-under-water-in-kovalam-she-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bondsafarikovalam.com\/2017\/01\/Couple-Says-I-Do-Under-Water-In-Kovalam-She-the-People.html","title":{"rendered":"Couple Says \u2018I Do\u2019 Under Water In Kovalam – She the People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How far would you go to make your\u00a0wedding<\/a>\u00a0day special? Dive under water?? Well, meet Nikhil Pawar and Eunika Pogran, who said \u2018I do\u2019 under water in the beautiful Kovalam beach.<\/p>\n

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Located on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, the beach was beautifully decorated on Thursday as the Slovakian woman and the Maharashtrian man exchanged rings but in a unique way \u2013 they took their wedding vows underwater and sealed the deal with a kiss. Now that\u2019s new!!<\/p>\n

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This is the first underwater marriage in India and with the help of placards, the bride \u2014 dressed in a white wedding gown and the groom \u2014 wearing western formals, carrying their scuba equipment with eight of their friends in\u00a0scuba diving<\/a>\u00a0suits, and went deep\u00a0in\u00a0the ocean to start a new chapter together. The ceremony took place nearly 4 metres underwater.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe underwater stage was made of coconuts shells, palm leaves and flowers \u2014 all natural substances. The backdrop was beautiful corals and fishes. They took their oath in front of a friend, who was also the priest for the underwater wedding. They kissed and swam around after their vows\u201d Jackson Peter, Managing Partner of Bond Ocean Safari told\u00a0NDTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nikhil (in his 20s) is a diving instructor at Bond Ocean Safari in Kovalam. He came up with this special idea of having a wedding.<\/p>\n

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Eunika (23), a political science graduate from Slovakia, met her now husband in July 2016\u00a0in Thiruvananthapuram where she was holidaying. She soon fell for her diving instructor Nikhil.<\/p>\n

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Seven months later, during a routine dive, Nikhil had proposed to Eunika under water as well. Eunika happily accepted him but the couple planned to add a cool twist to the big ceremony.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wanted to make it really special and memorable. Since diving has remained a true passion for me, this was a natural thing to do,\u201d Nikhil told\u00a0DH<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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Their wedding lasted about an hour, and was organised by Bond Ocean Safari, which provides diving services.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile this event was the first such wedding in India, the two will soon get married legally, with their family and friends as witnesses, on a date to be decided soon,\u201d Jackson told NDTV.<\/p>\n

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Watch a video of the wedding here:<\/p>\n

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