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Surat: At least 251 fatherless girls belonging to different castes and communities got married at a mass wedding held at Savani Chaityna Vidya Sankool in Mota Varachha in the city on Sunday.The mass wedding was organized by PP Savani and Movaliya families, which are into wide variety of businesses. So far, the Savani family has got 824 girls married at mass weddings besides financially helping 1,300 girls between 2008 and 2012.The Movaliya family did kanyadan of 108 girls out of 251 brides. Nikah ceremonies were held for Muslims girls while Hindus and Christian got married as their respective rituals.Social workers, writers and religious leaders attended the function. This is sixth year in succession when such a function has been held in the last week of December in the city to marry off fatherless girls. Savani and Movaliya families spent Rs5 lakh on each bride's marriage.There was one Christian and five Muslim brides along with one disabled girl who got married on Sunday..