23-year-old bride takes risky coracle ride to reach groom
(WorldNews India)

ERODE: Rasathi, 23, of Thengumarahada, had been waiting for the big day since her 56-year-old father K Avinashi fixed her marriage with a Coimbatore-based groom. She didn´t want the swelling Moyar to bring her dreams to an abrupt end and took a risky coracle ride on Friday to reach Coimbatore well in advance of her wedding day, which is fixed on August 20. Thengumarahada village is situated in the Nilgiris. But the approach road is passing through the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) and Bhavanisagar in Erode district. There are more than 3,000 residents in the village. They have to first cross the Moyar to take a bus to Bhavanisagar. Tamil Nadu State...