The marriage took place according o Vedic rites which were conducted by Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Lakshmi Dhar Shastri of Delhi assisted by another pandit
The complainant alleged that the priest had attempted to incite religious sentiments, cause criminal intimidation, insult, defame, and disturb public peace.
In February-March of 1925, two occurrences shaped Gandhi’s evolution — the Hindu-Muslim rift in Kohat and the grotesque manifestation of casteism in Vaikom