New Delhi, Nov 15: Some 12,000 couples, taking advantage of an auspicious date for weddings, will get married on the same day in the Indian capital New Delhi, a report said.

The huge number of nuptials will take place on November 27, which Hindu priests have said is a lucky day for weddings, a leading news daily reported.
So many ceremonies are taking place at the same time that hotels are having to turn away people seeking venues and Hindu priests are in short supply, it said.
"With so many weddings lined up on November 27, there is a shortage of pandits (priests) to solemnise the marriage ceremonies," Dwarkanath Mishra, a west-Delhi based priest, told the newspaper.
The Hindu wedding season runs from May to mid-December, with the bulk of ceremonies taking place once the monsoons are over in September and peaking in November.

Bureau Report