Online marriage portal aims world records

CHENNAI: Leading online marriage portal Bharat Matrimony.com has set the ball rolling in its attempt to create two world records -- a Guinness World Record in putting together the world’s largest wedding photo album and a world record with one million wedding pictures online at www.millionweddingpics. com to create the largest collection of wedding pictures online. A company release here said during the event, the celebrity couple cricket star Kapil Dev and Romi Dev uploaded the fi rst wedding pictures onto the website to offi cially launch the www.millionweddingpics. com. ‘’In India, marriages are for a life-time and these fond memories are stored in family photo albums for posterity and for recalling nostalgic moments’’, it added. The website opens up an opportunity to all married couples to participate in this momentous occasion and create history. ‘’They can also drop in at any of the over 150 Bharat Matrimony retail outlets spread across the country to participate in this record making attempt’’, the release said. Spread over a period of two months, the grand fi nale to create a Guinness World Record with the world’s largest wedding album would be unveiled on April 14, celebrated as Matrimony Day across the globe, BharatMatrimony. com Founder and CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said. ‘’This is an attempt to get all Indians to participate and share their wedding pictures and feature in a record making photo album’’, he added. Sharing their thoughts, Kapil and Romi said ‘’marriage is a celebration of life. It’s a life-long journey that two people take together and a memorable occasion that lasts a life-time.’’ ‘’We are happy that Bharat Matrimony is creating an occasion that can rekindle these joyous moments amongst millions of Indians’ can, they added.