Surat-based businessman Mahesh Savani continued his tradition of marrying off women who do not have parents or guardians in a mass ceremony in the city. On Sunday, his PP Savani group organised the event in which 261 orphan and poor girls were married with the Hindu, Muslim, and Christian rituals.

Surat-based businessman Mahesh Savani continued his tradition of marrying off women who do not have parents or guardians in a mass ceremony in the city. On Sunday, his PP Savani group organised the event in which 261 orphan and poor girls were married with the Hindu, Muslim, and Christian rituals.

The event was attended by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani. Several gazetted officers, including IAS and IPS officers, did 'Kanyadaan.' Rupani himself gave blessings and did Kanyadaan of a few HIV+ girls.

Savani started this annual event in 2010 after he performed the fatherly duties for distant relatives whose father passed away right before their weddings in 2008.

Diamond merchant and realty businessman married off 3172 couples in the past eight years.

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