Kshama Bindu's sologamy - in pictures

  • Kshama Bindu during her solo wedding ceremony at her home in Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Bindu’s wedding is being described by Indian media as the country’s first case of 'sologamy', a rare symbolic wedding ceremony where people marry themselves. AP
    Kshama Bindu during her solo wedding ceremony at her home in Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Bindu’s wedding is being described by Indian media as the country’s first case of 'sologamy', a rare symbolic wedding ceremony where people marry themselves. AP
  • Kshama Bindu performs rituals during her solo wedding ceremony at her home in Vadodara as friends look on. AP
    Kshama Bindu performs rituals during her solo wedding ceremony at her home in Vadodara as friends look on. AP
  • When announcing her wedding plans, Bindu said she had always 'wanted to be a bride but not a wife'. Photo: Kshama Bindu
    When announcing her wedding plans, Bindu said she had always 'wanted to be a bride but not a wife'. Photo: Kshama Bindu
  • Bindu shopping for her wedding day. Photo: Kshama Bindu
    Bindu shopping for her wedding day. Photo: Kshama Bindu
  • Bindu's marriage is not legally recognised in India.
    Bindu's marriage is not legally recognised in India.
  • Bindu, 24, describes herself as a digital creator. She said her wedding symbolised 'unconditional love for herself'. Photo: Kshama Bindu
    Bindu, 24, describes herself as a digital creator. She said her wedding symbolised 'unconditional love for herself'. Photo: Kshama Bindu
  • A priest booked for the wedding refused to perform the rituals and the temple where the ceremony was scheduled cancelled the event after opposition from a politician.
    A priest booked for the wedding refused to perform the rituals and the temple where the ceremony was scheduled cancelled the event after opposition from a politician.
  • 'I just want to be a bride, like most women, get ready, wear the best wedding outfit and be photographed, but I don’t want to be a wife,' Bindu told 'The National'. Photo: Kshama Bindu
    'I just want to be a bride, like most women, get ready, wear the best wedding outfit and be photographed, but I don’t want to be a wife,' Bindu told 'The National'. Photo: Kshama Bindu
  • The wedding was planned for June 11, but had to be quickly moved to an earlier date after news of the event spread and sparked a backlash.
    The wedding was planned for June 11, but had to be quickly moved to an earlier date after news of the event spread and sparked a backlash.
  • Marrying herself is the ultimate expression of 'self-love', the bride said. Photo: Kshama Bindu
    Marrying herself is the ultimate expression of 'self-love', the bride said. Photo: Kshama Bindu