A newlywed couple in southern India's Tamil Nadu were blessed by a waxwork of the bride's late father.

When the wedding arrangements were being made, bride Lakshmi Prabha began to miss her father, who had passed away several years earlier, even more than usual. So her elder sister Bhuvaneshwari decided to get her a small gift.

She spent nearly £6,000 on a waxwork replica of their father and spent days with the makers to ensure it looked as lifelike as possible.

Bhuvaneshwari said: "It costs around 6 lakhs but we can see a smile in our sister's face."

At the ceremony, the newlyweds even bowed at the waxwork to seek the father's blessings, a scene that moved the onlooking guests.

This footage was filmed on February 1.

Silicon wax father blessed the newly wedded couple in Tamilnadu.

When all the wedding arrangements was made for the youngest daughter Lakshmi Prabha who belongs to Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu she missed her dad who passed away a couple of years ago.

None can replace the space of bride s dad. Knowing the feeling s of their younger sister the elder sister decided to give her a small gift for her marriage that will make the bride a little happy.

So the elder sister Bhuvaneshwari decided to do a Silicon wax statue of their father .

In order to give the exact look the elder sister remained there for days to do the statue with the statue making team.

"It costs around six lakhs but we can see smile in our sister s face. " Says a happy elder sister.

Later the just wedded couple fell down to seek the father's blessings. All ye guests who arrived the wedding hall were just moved on seeing this