Current fuel prices symbolise it as a commodity to be gifted - groom gets gifted petrol for wedding

CUDDALORE: In Tamil Nadu friends of a man who got married was presented with five litres of petrol, the spiralling prices of petrol, has made them to give it as a 'wedding gift.'

The young man and his newly wedded wife were greeting guests at a marriage hall when his friends marched in and gave him the petrol in a five litre can as a gift, 'Puthiya Thalaimurai' a Tamil television channel reported.

Amid laughter all around, the man received it, a 39-second video clip telecast by the channel showed.

Petrol price has touched Rs 85.15 per litre in Tamil Nadu, which is one of the highest in the country, the fuel symbolised a commodity worthy of being given as a gift, his friends said.