An unusual story: 93-Year-Old’s love for his wife and jewellery shop’s ‘Priceless’ gesture

Nivrutti Shinde and his wife Shantabai, hailing from a humble farming family at Ambhora Jahangir village in Jalna district, are currently on a pilgrimage to Pandharpur on foot for the Ashadhi Ekadashi celebration. They recently visited the Gopika jewellery shop located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

As they entered the store, the staff initially assumed they were there to seek help or alms. But they became emotional when the man humbly expressed his wish to purchase a traditional ‘mangalsutra’ for his wife.

The shop owner, impressed by the man’s simple yet profound gesture of love, gifted the necklace to him, taking only Rs 20 from him.

“The couple entered the shop and the man gave me Rs 1,120, saying he wanted to buy a mangalsutra for his wife. I was overwhelmed by his gesture. I just took Rs 20 from him as a token of blessings, and handed over the mangalsutra to the couple,” the shop owner said.

According to locals, the couple always travels together, supporting each other in their twilight years. They have a son, but they largely look after themselves and often rely on public goodwill during their journeys, they said.