Having spent 48 years happily together, an 80-year-old man married his 76-year-old live-in partner at Pargiyapada village of Madri panchayat in remote Jhadol Phalasiya block of Udaipur on Tuesday. The rituals were witnessed by the couple’s grand and great-grandchildren, who organized a lavish wedding for their grandparents.

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Devadas Kalasua, son of Deetaram, though already married, had eloped with Magdu Bai from a neighbouring village and brought her to his home where he lived with his first wife Champa Bai and children. Later, Champa Bai shifted to Phalasiya to live with her sons, while Devadas continued to live with Magdu Bai at his ancestral home. However, both the wives were tolerant and were on talking terms.