Man vows not to marry again after 25th marriage

A middle-aged man from eastern hilly region of Sankhuwasabha seems to have finally found his soul-mate after marrying 25 women in the last 23 years.

According to a report, Ramchandra Katuwal, 49, of Khandbari-11 has decided not to tie the nuptial knot again as he says he is quite happy with his current wife Sharada. The couple has been together for the past seven years now and has three children.

His first wife whom he married at the age of 26 had eloped some time after their marriage. But unable to imagine a house without a wife and perhaps also because he was lonely, he immediately married again. However, the second marriage was also not successful as his wife left him again. Undeterred by this, Katuwal continued to marry one after another women until he finally experienced the marital bliss after he married his 25th wife.

Katuwal, who makes a difficult living working as porter, told the Kathmandu Post that poverty was to blame for his wives deserting him.

Because he was married so many times in the past, Katuwal can only remember nine of them including his current wife Sharada.

Now that his marriage is on track, Katwual's only concern is providing good education to his three children and acquire the land ownership certificate for the public land where he and his family have been living in by building a thatch-roof house. nepalnews.com Aug 19 08