No Kanyadan, No Male Priest: Twitter Lauds ‘Woke’ Bengali Wedding

At this Bengali wedding, women priests conducted the ceremony and the father refused to ‘give away his daughter’.

Looks like badass brides and weddings are here to stay.

A tweet with an attached photograph of a wedding in Kolkata has taken the internet by storm. Why, you ask?

The wedding was conducted by women priests and the father refused to perform the ritual of kanyadaan or giving away of the bride! He said that his daughter is nobody’s property, according to the Twitter user who shared details online.