Rema Devi, a single mother from Thiruvananthapuram’s Pothencode, was elated as three among her quintuplets got married in Guruvayur on Saturday, says her daughter. Clad in red Kanchipuram silk sarees and similar gold ornaments, her three daughters had a small wedding following all COVID-19 protocols.
Rema gave birth to five children, four girls and a boy, in November 1995. Since they were born on the Uthram star day, the daughters were named Uthra, Uthraja, Uthara and Uthama, while the son was named Uthrajan. The five had made the headlines at that time. Their first birthday, first day at school and other small life celebrations were covered by the media. When they were 10, the children lost their father, Premkumar. Since then it was a battle for Rema, who is a heart patient. The state government gave her a job at the district cooperative bank in Pothencode. With this income, even with her children falling ill frequently, she managed to give them the best.