After 'excessive crying' at Rukhsati, bride dies of heart attack

• A newlywed woman in India's Odisha state cried so much at the time of her rukhsati that she suffered a heart attack and passed away.
• Witnesses who attended the wedding say that the woman, identified as Rosy, cried so much that she fainted.
• She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Doctors said the cause of death was a heart attack.

It is natural for brides in the subcontinent to feel sad and cry at the time of their Rukhsati — when they leave their homes after the wedding ceremony to go with the groom.

But people in the eastern Indian state of Odisha had the shock of their lives when a newlywed woman suffered a heart attack and died right before her Rukhsati due to "excessive crying".

According to New18.com,  the woman experienced a heart attack after she couldn't stop crying due to extreme emotional stress. The tragic incident took place in Sonepur, Odisha a few days ago and according to the bride's family, she was perfectly healthy at the time of the wedding.

The bride, identified as Gupteswari Sahoo (Rosy), was wed to Bisikesan Pradhan. The deceased's family told journalists that the wedding ceremony was a small affair. The next morning, when it was time for Rosy to leave her parents' house, she was inconsolable and kept crying.

Witnesses present at the ceremony say that the bride cried so much that she eventually fainted. She was immediately rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead by doctors, who confirmed that the cause of death was a heart attack. 

According to one of the guests present at the wedding, Rosy had been distressed for quite some time as her father had passed away a few months ago.