Mysuru Maharaja’s wedding rituals begin
Elaborate rituals for the June 27 grand wedding of the Mysuru’s titular Maharaja Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraj began on Friday at the Ambi Vilas Palace here amid chanting of Vedic hymns and invocation of Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari, a palace official said.
“As per the Wodeyar dynasty’s traditions, the palace priests began the rituals in the presence of Yaduveer, queen mother Pramoda Devi and other family members,” the official told IANS in Mysuru, about 150km from Bengaluru.
The 23-year-old will tie the nuptial knot with his fiancee Trishika Kumari Singh during the auspicious ‘karkataka lagna’ and ‘savitra’ mahurat (time) between 9.05 a.m. and 9.35 a.m. on Monday at the kalyana mantap in the royal palace.
Trishika,who is 22, is the second daughter of Maharaj Kumar Harshavardhan Singh and Rajkumari Maheshri Kumari of the princely state of Dungarpur in Rajasthan.
Trishika is an arts graduate from the Massachusetts University in Boston, and the both got engaged when Yaduveer return from the US last year.
Yaduveer was adopted on February 23, 2015 and crowned as the 27th Maharaja on May 28, 2015. He is the grandson of princess Gayathri Devi, eldest sister of Srikantadatta and eldest daughter of the last reigning maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar.
Due to space constraints and security measures, only 550 people, including family members, relatives, seers, VIPs and special invitees will be allowed to witness the wedding
“The couple will go on a procession on June 29 in a car within the palace precincts for public viewing,” the official added.
Though the royal wedding is a private event, the palace has been made out of bounds for visitors and tourists for six days from Friday to June 29.
A second reception will be held at Bangalore Palace in Bengaluru on July 2.
Pictures: The official coronation ceremony of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraj in 2015
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