Activist Kausalya gets married to a 'parai' player

Published - December 09, 2018 12:30 pm IST - COIMBATORE

Newly wed Kausalya and Sakthi.

Newly wed Kausalya and Sakthi.

Kausalya, who took to activism after her husband Shankar's murder in Udumalpet in March 2016, married a parai player here on Sunday.

Her marriage to Sakthi (27), a Vellalore resident and visual communication graduate, took place at the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam around 10 a.m., in the presence of TPDK Secretary Ku. Ramakrishnan, Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam leader Kolathur Mani and a few other leaders of other like-minded outfits.

Kausalya, who learnt to play the parai drum, had known Sakthi because of various programmes she attended to create awareness on caste-based violence under the Shankar Samooga Needhi Arakkatalai, she established. She took to activism after her parents, along with a few others, murdered her husband Shankar as they were opposed to the inter-caste marriage.

Sakthi runs 'Nimirvu' a band that plays parai.

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