rahmansab d doddamaniThe 48-year-old, a first-class contractor from Hirebnigol village in Kushtagi taluk, spent Rs 3 lakh on weddings including food and mangalsutra. The couple belong to Lingayat, Kuruba and Dalit communities. He told TOI that it was time to pay for him as he had experienced poverty for the first time and saw people suffering, especially in the aftermath of the Covid outbreak and the subsequent lockdown.
The marriage took place in the new hall of the Hierebnigol Cross. he and his wife imamibi He said that he does not discriminate on caste, religion or financial status and people of all religions helped him when he was going through difficult times.
Doddamani said that after his father’s death about 25 years ago, his family barely managed two meals a day. “Despite the hard times, my mother Ladbi and big brother allasabi (A Gram Panchayat Bill Collector) encouraged me to complete B.Sc and Hindi B.Ed. I was a government high school teacher but lost my job due to technical reasons.”
Later, the villagers asked him to contest the Gram Panchayat elections and he became the Panchayat President. “No doubt I was in this position, but I was not earning enough to run the family. That was when a taluk panchayat engineer encouraged me to work as a contractor two decades ago Now, I am a Category I contractor with 30 drivers. Roll. Also, I run a bitumen factory in Hirebnigol,” he said.
His wife Imambi said that they have named the wedding hall after APJ Abdul Kalam and the stage after Atal Bihari Vajpayee – “Two symbols that stood for communal harmony”.
He said that his aim is to allow people to organize events even without adequate resources. After finalizing the date for the hall’s opening, the couple sent an open invitation to the poor to come forward and get married for free in the newly constructed hall. “Seeing people suffering during Covid, we decided to bear all the expenses of these weddings as a gesture of gratitude and gratitude to the society. We rented the hall for Rs 21,000 including utensils and other facilities to help the poor people Will take.” he said.
Elected representatives of the region, religious leaders of different religions and government officials attended the event on Sunday.