Destination wedding: Indian couple sail over flood in cooking pot to get married
By Abiodun Ogundairo
19 October 2021 |
12:08 pm
A couple in India's southern state of Kerala use a large cooking pot borrowed from a temple to get through floodwaters and reach their wedding venue. The southern state has been hit by days of heavy rain, triggering landslides and floods that have claimed at least 27 lives.
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