Marriages are said to be made in heaven and it got a bit closer to that in the case of a Lucknow-based couple who exchanged their vows last evening in a hot air balloon.

Guests, media persons and even onlookers watched with curiosity as the ceremony took place nearly 35 feet above the ground in the gondola of a hot-air balloon that took off at 10.20 pm at the Ramlia ground in Aishbagh locality.

The hot air balloon carried the pilot, the couple and a priest, who not only solemnised the wedding but also filmed it with a video camera.