With a group of baraatis in their trademark pink seheras, Vivek entered the main hall hand-in-hand with Priyanka, where over 1,000 people were waiting to greet and meet the couple. Dressed like an Indian prince, in a red, intricately embroidered Tarun Tahiliani ensemble that matched Priyanka's crimson flared lehenga (sources claim it weighs at least 15 kilos), Vivek was gleeful and in bliss, even stopping to wipe off some make-up on Priyanka's face that was smudged. Priyanka was all aglow with bright red lipstick, red eye shadow along with kohl-lined the eyes. She had mehndi on her feet and wore a ring on one of her fingers. Vivek had Priyanka's name in mehndi on his palm. Standing under the banyan tree set-up, the couple met all the guests who had come to wish them. Personally greeting a sea of people is no mean task. Hence, after a while, the couple had to sit.
The meet-and-greet session lasted longer than expected, and the couple arrived at the shaadi mantap only after midnight. So, technically VO got married on October 30. First Vivek entered the mantap, playfully winking at a few and ever-smiling. Then came the bride and friends holding the train of the lehenga.
A team of around 10 pujaris sat around the hawand kund in the gorgeously lit mantap, complete with crystals and white flowers, created especially for the wedding. Rituals, including for the parents of the couple, were performed after an uttariya that was placed between the bride and the groom was removed and the varmala was exchanged. Vivek whispered sweet nothings to the blushing bride — all captured on the plasma screen right outside the mantap where guests were seated.
Soon it was time for the pheras, and the couple locked pinkies to walk around the holy fire. Vivek also put a necklace around Priyanka's neck after which rings were exchanged. And then, he put the sindoor on her maang and also gave her a ring. External affairs minister SM Krishna and wife Prema blessed the couple, after which it was time for family and friends to bless them with kumkum.
On Friday, all roads led to the Alva residence in Nagawara, where Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva tied the knot. The baraatis took their time coming from the Downtown hotel where the bridegroom was staying — about three hours, for which family member Padmini Ravi apologised. In the meantime, the guests — including Mani Ratnam, Chiranjeevi, several Bangalore A-listers and politicians — showed up. Poonam Dhillon drove in with Vani Ganapathy.
We also spotted Ashok Kheny, Ramya, Ambarish, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Arathi Rao Shetty in attendence. Katta Subramanya Naidu, Roshan Baig and DB Chandre Gowda and Siddaramaiah also put in an appearance. Actor Sudeep, dressed in a steel grey suit, embraced Vivek. Anne Warrior, Priyanka's teacher from Bishop Cotton School also came in to wish the couple. But there was no sign of Diya Mirza.
The meet-and-greet session also saw Suresh and Yashodhara Oberoi (the former dressed in a south Indian lungi with a sherwani top and a pink sehera) and their daughter Meghana, looking resplendant in a red lehenga choli. On the dais was also Nandini Alva, in a Kanjeevaram saree.
Meanwhile, ambling guests made a beeline to the hall that had a mammoth spread of south Karnataka snacks. Also, on Vivek's special request, a group of representatives from an ashram in Vrindavan — which he also supports — had also come down for the D-day. Guests exiting thereafter were also presented with a booklet on Krishna along with the traditional tambula while exiting the function.
Food for the evening was vegetarian — a combination of south Indian and Punjabi cuisine. The dessert counter had firni and jalebis. The Alva residence, all seven acres of it, looked nothing less than a resort with the palm trees, the gorgeous peacock figurines placed right before the mantap and the dazzling lights.
According to sources, the bidai took place the same night and that the couple will leave for Mumbai this evening.
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