Overview
- Short videos that circulated in mid-July showed one man performing wedding rituals with three women at Chamunda Mata Temple, a sequence widely shared on social media and reported by multiple outlets.
- Police in Hasanpur have summoned the four participants and are checking identity and age documents while recording written statements, and officials say they will act only if a cognisable offence or a formal complaint emerges.
- Legal experts say the Hindu Marriage Act does not recognise simultaneous marriages for Hindus, which means the ceremony would have no legal validity and could lead to consequences if a complaint is filed or if underage marriage is found.
- Temple management said renovation work meant no priest was present on the day, a detail that raises questions about who, if anyone, solemnised the rites and about the ceremony’s religious legitimacy.
- All four participants are social-media creators who say the decision was mutual and consensual to keep the sisters together, a claim that has fuelled both local criticism from Hindu groups and wider debate about performative online content and its real-world effects.