Bride and groom cancel wedding celebrations to feed families in need

Darshana and his bride Pawani walk with packets of food to distribute in the small town of Malimbada, about 160 km south of the capital Colombo. Photos:Darshana Kumara Wijenarayana/AP

As couples do all over the world, Darshana Kumara Wijenarayana and his fiance, Pawani Rasanga, spent months planning a grand wedding.

And everything was on course for the Sri Lankan couple – until the coronavirus struck the island nation off India's southern tip, leading to an indefinite lockdown.