{"id":11178,"date":"2025-04-09T06:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=11178"},"modified":"2025-04-09T06:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:37:01","slug":"us-woman-travels-to-this-indian-village-to-marry-her-instagram-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=11178","title":{"rendered":"US Woman Travels To This Indian Village To Marry Her Instagram Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"sp-descp\">Their love story began on Instagram, where a simple &#8220;Hi&#8221; blossomed into heartfelt conversations.<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A US woman has travelled thousands of miles to marry the love of her life &#8211; a man who comes from a remote village in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>Jaclyn Forero, a photographer, fell in love with Chandan after she came across his Instagram profile and was drawn to his simplicity and warmth.<\/p>\n<p>Their love story began with a simple &#8216;Hi&#8217;. 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The couple is now planning to tie the knot.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post, Ms Forero wrote, &#8220;14 months together and ready for a BIG new chapter.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIB1wpagcus\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com&amp;rp=%2Fworld-news%2Fus-woman-travels-to-andhra-pradesh-village-to-marry-man-she-met-on-instagram-8121873#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A628.5%2C%22ls%22%3A251.7000000178814%2C%22le%22%3A623.2000000178814%7D\" height=\"1041\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sharing several moments of being together in a 45-second clip and revealing how a casual message turned into an unbreakable bond, she wrote, &#8220;I messaged Chandan first. From his profile, I saw that he was a passionate Christian man who knew theology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She was drawn to his passions, which beautifully aligned with hers &#8211; music, art, and photography. Ms Forero added, &#8220;After 8 months dating online and getting my mother&#8217;s overwhelming approval, she and I flew to India for the trip of a lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Describing how people reacted to their relationship, she wrote, &#8220;People have been everything from judgemental, to supportive to rude to very positive, awkwardly silent and everything in between. and let&#8217;s not forget the age difference.&#8221; She is nine years older than him.<\/p>\n<p>She concluded the video, &#8220;The odds were stacked against us, but God has been miraculously opening doors and providing for us each step of the way. 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So happy for you both!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, &#8220;You both look fabulous together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a similar story, a user wrote, &#8220;Seven months later, I was flying to India to marry him! That was 3 1\/2 years ago, and he just arrived in the US last April! It&#8217;s a crazy journey but so worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, &#8220;Me and my husband are also an international couple. We met online, met for the first time in Paris. Married the year after so we could stay together. It&#8217;s been 9 years already. I hope the best for you both in your romantic love story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Forero and Chandan also have a YouTube channel, and their bio reads, &#8220;A divorced Christian mother struggling to find love centred on faith meets a younger man on Instagram living in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple is now applying for Chandan&#8217;s visa to start their lives together in the US. 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