The ceremony was officiated by twin Catholic priests, Reji and Roji.
India Today reported that the twin priests conducted the ceremony at St. Xavier’s Church in the Thrissur district. The News Minute and TIME also identified Reji and Roji as the twin priests who officiated at the wedding.
This meant that the resemblance extended from the wedding party to the people conducting the religious ceremony itself.
Imagine entering a church and seeing two identical brides standing beside two identical grooms.
Then look toward the altar and see two priests who are also identical twins.
For wedding guests, photographs, and anyone watching the video afterward, the visual effect was extraordinary.
The arrangement also created an almost mirror-like quality.
One bride stood beside one groom.
Her twin stood beside his twin.
And in front of them were another pair of twins.
The symmetry was so strong that many viewers understandably found the images difficult to interpret at first.
The Twin Theme Continued With the Children
Even the younger members of the wedding party fit the pattern.
The ceremony included identical twin page boys and identical twin flower girls.
The News Minute reported that the children were the twin children of neighbors of the grooms. India Today also confirmed that the couples were accompanied by twin page boys and twin flower girls.
Their presence transformed the wedding from an unusual double marriage into something much more visually coordinated.
There were now five distinct pairs of twins involved:
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Dilraj and Dilkar — the twin grooms
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Reema and Reena — the twin brides
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Reji and Roji — the twin priests
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Twin page boys
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Twin flower girls
The participants also wore coordinated clothing, making the similarities even more noticeable.
India Today specifically reported that the twin siblings were dressed in coordinated outfits. TIME likewise noted that the twin participants wore color-coordinated clothing.
That coordination was not necessarily what made the wedding unusual, but it certainly amplified the effect in photographs.
Instead of seeing several pairs of twins scattered throughout a crowded ceremony, viewers saw matching figures standing together in carefully arranged positions.
The result was almost surreal.
Why the Photographs Looked Edited
One of the most fascinating aspects of the story was not simply that there were so many twins in one place.
It was the way the final photographs looked.
Wedding photography often involves carefully arranging people. Couples stand in particular positions, bridesmaids line up together, family members gather around the newlyweds, and photographers look for balanced compositions.
In this case, however, the photographer did not need to manufacture symmetry.
The people themselves provided it.
The four people at the center of the ceremony already consisted of two pairs of identical twins.
The priests added another pair.
The page boys and flower girls added two more.
And the matching clothing reinforced the visual repetition.
As a result, photographs from the wedding could look like a deliberately constructed image in which one side had been copied and reflected onto the other.
Contemporary coverage repeatedly emphasized this visual effect. India Today described the resemblance as uncanny, while The News Minute encouraged readers to look carefully at the photograph because of the five matching pairs visible in the scene.
TIME similarly presented the wedding as an example of a ceremony where viewers could genuinely feel as though they were “seeing double.”
The photographs were real; the unusual symmetry came from the people standing in front of the camera.