India, July 13 -- A man in Assam celebrated what seems like a joyous occasion of his life not by throwing a party, but by bathing in milk. The reason? He got divorced from his wife.

The man, identified as Manik Ali, was happy after he got legally separated from his wife since she had previously eloped twice, NDTV quoted locals as saying.

A video of Ali bathing in milk is now in wide circulation on social media. In the video, he is heard saying in Assamese, "I am free from today." Four buckets full of milk are seen in the video kept in front of Ali as he bathed.

"She kept eloping with her lover. I stayed silent for the sake of our family's peace," he said.

"My advocate informed me yesterday that the divorce was finalised. So, today I a...