Woman priest performs wedding without ritual of 'Kanyadaan'

A female priest named Nandini Bhowmik solemnised a Bengali wedding in Kolkata without performing the ritual of 'Kanyadaan'. Bhowmik said, "I want to do away with the patriarchal mindset where parents appear to be renouncing the custody of their 'kanya'." Bhowmik, a Sanskrit teacher at Jadavpur University, also translated the Sanskrit verses in English and Bengali.