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Addressing a meeting with presidents of various management committees of 'A' level temples in Udupi, Srinivas Poojari said, "Mass weddings will be held at 110 temples and there will no discrimination between APL and BPL cardholders. The groom and bride will get Rs.5000 and Rs. 10000 respectively to buy the cloths. In addition to this, Rs. 40000 will be credited to women to buy jewelry. All the payments will be credited to the bride and groom on the wedding day. The cost of food and other expenditures will be taken care of by the concerned temples."
"The last day to register for this is March 27 and the details of the marriage will be announced in temples on April 1. If there are any objections it has to be submitted by April 6 and the final list will be announced on April 11," he said speaking about marriage registration.
"This scheme is only applicable for those who are getting married for the first time and marriage registration will happen on the same day which will be issued by Women and Child Welfare Department. Important private organizations in the state are allowed to distribute gifts," he informed.
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Srinivas further informed, "Dr. Veerendra Heggade, Udupi Pejawar Math Seer Sri Vishweshwa Theertha Swamiji, Ravishankar Guruji, Sudha Murthy, Veerashiva Math heads, Vokkaliga gurus and other important gurus will be present on the occasion to bless the bride and groom."
DC G Jagadeesh, additional DC Sadashiva Prabhu, Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, Kundapur sub-divisional officer Raju, trustees of various temples, all taluk tahsildars, religious endowment department officials were present in the meeting.