Published 20:30 IST, April 3rd 2020

COVID-19: Indian family attends wedding happening in US online; netizens react

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, a wedding of a couple in the US was attended by the groom's family from India as they were unable to attend the wedding due to lockdown.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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Amid fear and panic due to deadly Coronavirus pandemic that has escalated to an unprecedented level, people all around world have resorted to staying indoors, following strict lockdown restrictions. However, a man who could t attend his bror's wedding due to lockdown, eventually ended up attending it online, through a video conference call.

In a heartwarming post that has been doing rounds on internet, Delhi based man can be seen with his family attending wedding ceremony in US live on video.

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Attends wedding through a video conference

On March 29, Nalin Mehta took to Facebook to share wedding of his bror, Nitin Mehta and Miranda Jenkins, that was being held in Phoenix, Arizona.

Interestingly, family who were in Delhi at moment and could t travel to US amid COVID-19 outbreak, did t lose ir hearts as y came up with an exciting plan to attend wedding. entire family in Delhi woke up at 4 am, got dressed in ir wedding attires and joined wedding ceremony through a live link.

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Nalin shared ims of wedding that was being broadcasted on his TV screen and also shared selfies of himself and family with bride and groom. 

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Netizens won over by heartwarming move

post by Nalin Mehta, however, won hearts of people who were impressed with ir dedication and will to attend wedding, even if that required entire family to wake up at 4 am.

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Netizens were moved by love between both families and showered post with comments, congratulating families and Phoenix couple.

One user commented: "Congratulations to you all. Fantastic wedding. Our blessings to newly weds", while ar commented: "What a beautiful gesture..God bless newly weds!". One more user praised celebration as she wrote: "Congratulations, Nalin Mehta. This is such an incredible story for our times. ir wedding becomes even more historic and memorable in a way.", and ar impressed user said:"This must have been an experience".

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Netizens also praised positivity amid coronavirus fear, leaving comments like: "Wooow.. that’s a first on my timeline.. congrats Nalin for pulling it off.", "Congratulations to you and family :) Corona has taught us many things to change even our lifestyle" and "WoW crazy times we are living in !! Anyways such is life for w neless many congratulations !!".

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20:30 IST, April 3rd 2020