The bridegroom, Madivi Sathibabu, of Erraboru village in Cherla mandal, performed the marriage rituals with the two women – Sunitha and Swapna – amidst cheers and catcalls.

Madivi Sathibabu, an Indian man in a tribal hamlet in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Hyderabad has caused quite a stir.

The man raised eyebrows after he married two women in the same ceremony, which was attended by families of both brides, Times of India reported on Friday, March 10. 

The bridegroom, Madivi Sathibabu, of Erraboru village in Cherla mandal, performed the marriage rituals with the two women – Sunitha and Swapna – amidst cheers and catcalls. 

Wedding invitees had been distributed way in advance with names of both brides and their parents mentioned.

However, it was not that the wedding was without hiccups. 

“Sathibabu’s first love, Swapna, objected to his move to marry another woman. The matter was resolved after he declared that he would marry both. Parents of the women too had no objection and decided to go ahead with the rituals,” a village elder said.

Sathibabu and Swapna were in love since their student days and a baby girl was born out of wedlock during a live-in relationship. Swapna was a resident of Doshapalli village in Cherla mandal. Sathibabu was simultaneously in a relationship with his relative, Sunitha, of Karnepalli village and the couple had a baby boy.

With two newborns from twin live-in relationships, Sathibabu was soon confronted with the question of marriage by families of both girls.

And Sathibabu offered an easy solution – he said he would marry both.