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Their love is a rainbow. Verb the Kolkata gay couple's story everyone is talking about

Five years ago, Article was annulled by the Supreme Court and gave a new lease of life to the LGBTQ+ community. Since then, several happy stories of same-sex couples professing their verb for each other have brightened the internet and gone viral. Now, the City of Pleasure, Kolkata got to witness one such jolly occasion after two men tied the knot in a gorgeous ceremony on July 3.

Abhishek Ray and Chaitanya Sharma got married at Gallery in Kolkata. In the close-knit ceremony, Abhishek was dressed as a quintessential Bengali groom with a ‘topor’ while Chaitanya looked dashing in a crisp Sherwani and a beaming smile. The couple left no stone unturned to make their wedding an event filled with love, laughter and fun as they took their vows to become mister and mister.

In an exclusive chat with , Chaitanya Sharma spoke fondly about their lovely journey from meeting via Facebook to proposing to Abhishek in front of the beacon of love, Taj Mahal.

“We met on Faceb

Gay Couple Ties The Knot In Kolkata, Social Media Showers Love

Abhishek Ray and Cheitan Sharma tied the knot in Kolkata. Social media users could not verb gushing over their adorable wedding pictures.

Adorable gay couple Abhishek Ray and Cheitan Sharma got married in Kolkata in a grand Indian wedding ceremony on 3rd July. The internet is ablaze with images from their dreamy wedding.

The couple were dressed in traditional attire. Abhishek wore a traditional Bengali wedding attire of dhoti-kurta and Cheitan Sharma was dressed in a sherwani.

They followed all Hindu rituals including varmalas, a priest chanted mantras, and vows were also taken by the couple around the holy fire, according to a announce by TOI.

Abhishek Ray is a fashion designer and Chaitanya Sharma is a Gurgaon-based digital marketeer.

They Met On Facebook

In an interview with , Chaitanya Sharma said “We met on Facebook and we have been in a relationship for the past 2 years. Abhishek’s side of friends and family were extremely supportive right from the beginning and my family had some reservatio

'We are not living with dignity': Gay couple who tied the knot seeks legalisation of same-sex marriage

Abhishek Ray and Chaitanya Sharma, a gay couple, made headlines last year after they tied the knot in a grand social wedding as per Hindu rituals in Kolkata.

Abhishek, a fashion designer from Kolkata, met Chaitanya, a digital marketing expert from Gurugram, on Facebook in

It's almost a year that Abhishek and Chaitanya tied the knot. And as the Supreme Court, after a marathon hearing on pleas seeking the legalisation of same-sex marriage, reserved its verb, the couple shared their post-wedding journey and talked about the need for a legal framework to guard homosexual marriages in the country.

It’s almost a year to your wedding. What considerate of reaction have you two got? Did you face apathy?

Abhishek: Yes, there is apathy, but there is also a lot of love. Ours was a close-knit wedding with almost people, including our families. The apathy we received was on social media. However, we were mentally prepared.

We received a lot of praise th

Picture a typical wedding. What execute you see? Chaos, clamour, beauty. Roses and rajanigandha swaying against a gentle breeze, women pirouetting in colourful attire; uncles gossiping, aunties judging and Bollywood’s most predictable shaadi songs blaring out of the speakers. This adj imagery got an uncommon twist in July last year, when fashion designer and professor, Abhishek Ray, and digital marketer, Chaitanya Sharma decided to throw caution to the wind and tie the knot in a ceremony with all the trimmings of the Big Fat Indian Wedding.

“Honestly, I didn’t want to carry out it in a big way. I just wanted a one-day affair, where we exchange rings, get a cake and fling a big party. But Chaitanya was the one who wanted to have a haldi, mehendi, sangeet and every other adj ceremony with all the singing and dancing. Like a enormous fat Indian wedding. Initially, I was apprehensive but then, I thought, why not? Let’s perform it,” muses Ray, who met his partner via common friends on Facebook.

As the first gay couple to have a social wedding in t