WATCH: Groom's family showers Rs2mln cash on couple

An Indian groom's family members took the wedding celebrations to the next level in a village in Uttar Pradesh as they stood on their home's terrace and showered cash on the couple.

A video from the wedding has gone viral on social media. It is said that around Rs 20 lakh cash in Rs 100 and Rs 500 denominations were blown away.

The video from Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh was shared by a page on Instagram with a caption, "About twenty lakh rupees were looted on the wedding procession in Siddharthnagar district of UP. A video of climbing on the roof and blowing away a bundle of notes goes viral. The boy's family blew away notes of hundred, two hundred and five hundred rupees in the air like paper. The viral video is being told of the wedding of Afzal and Arman, residents of Devalhawa village."

Surprised by the act, many users said the money should have been distributed among the poor.