Neither the groom goes out, nor the bride comes! Unique village of Madhya Pradesh, where Maika-Sasural would be in front of the house

Khargone. A village in Madhya Pradesh is also where neither a procession comes, nor does anyone’s procession go out of the village. Here marriages of boys and girls take place in the village itself. Yes, we are talking about Choli village of Khargone, which is also called Devgarh and Mini Bengal, the city of Devas. This unique tradition of marriage is in trend in Yaduvanshi Thakur society here since the Mughal period. People do not have to cross the boundary of the village to find a relationship. There are many women whose maternal uncle and in-laws are face to face.

However, on 30 April 2025, on the day of Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej), many couples are going to tie the knot in this village. One such marriage is taking place between Akshay Patel, the son of Nirbhay Singh Patel of the village and Bhamini, the daughter of Jagdish Thakur. In a conversation with Local18, 26 -year -old Akshay (Presticides shop operator) says that, is very happy with this marriage. His in-laws are leaving only 5-6 houses. The procession will take the entire village and take it.

5 leave home and mother -in -law
At the same time, Bhamini said that, is happy to find a life partner like Akshay. They live in the same village, both know each other well. Behavior is familiar with behavior. There is no problem after marriage by knowing everything in advance. Everyone’s weddings in the village have a similar way. It does not take time for both of them to come home due to Maika and in -laws being close. They are also able to join small events.

How are all relatives decided to marry
Bhamini’s father Jagdish Thakur told that, all are relatives of each other in this village. I have married my daughter to Akshay in my sister’s family. He said that, while deciding the relationship for marriage, the family and gotra of the parents see. Leaving 5 gotra leaves the relationship. Due to the marriage of the sister, the clan and gotra changed, so they had a relationship.

Tradition in the village started like this
Kaka Kishore Singh Thakur (Takan Baba) of rural and groom told that, this tradition in the village has been going on since the Mughal period. At that time, the Mughals used to take the brides and take them, so this tradition of marriage started in the village itself in the dark of night. However, there are many other reasons behind this. More than 5 thousand population of about 700 houses in the village is of Thakur Samaj, which is about 80 percent of the total population of the village. There are 42 gotras of society in the village. Therefore, it is possible to have a relationship.

It also relationships in the village itself
Choli is the only village in Nimar zone in Madhya Pradesh, where Yaduvanshi Thakur Samaj lives. Apart from this, people of the society reside in Guna, Gwalior, Malwa and other states. Thakur there is very strong financially, while people here are financially weak. That is why they decide the relationship in the village itself. One of the reasons for this is that children have seen growing up since childhood, there is information about rituals and upbringing. Therefore, marriages are also negligible here.

99.9 percent marriages take place in the village itself
The bride’s aunt Radha Yadav (teacher) says that, Yaduvanshi Thakur here is originally from Rajasthan, Karauli and Braj. There is no need to have 42 gotra in the village itself. 99.9 percent marriages take place in this village. Some people have married marriages. There are no love marriages and child marriages in the society. Parents decide the marriage of their children. However, now the consent of children is definitely taken with time.

Relatives in the role of both garati-barati
Archana Thakur of the village says that, she is also married in this village. The bride is his brother’s girl. Whereas, the groom is the nephew. Sudha Patel said that, I seem to be the bride’s aunt and Bhamini is married in my own family. The groom Akshay is the boy of his Kaka father -in -law. Now both places are included in all the rituals. They come as a baraati with the groom. As soon as the bride comes home, he welcomes himself. All the arrangements ranging from series.