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Big fat Indian wedding

Rohan Mehta-Roshni: Rohan Mehta, the son of Dubai-based petroleum magnate Yogesh “Yogi” Mehta, wed Roshni in a Bollywood-style wedding in Florence in another example of the Indian mega-rich opting for sylvan European locations to marry off their children.

The three-day extravaganza featured nearly 500 guests from India and elsewhere, and elaborates events such as a ‘mehndi’ and a ‘sangeet’ at different locations in Florence. Luxury hotels were booked for the event that made much news in the local press.

The only “irritant” – if it can be called that – was the local council refusing permission for the groom to arrive at the wedding venue on an elephant, citing health and safety reasons. The reception was held in the grand estate of Villa Le Corti in San Casciano.

La Nazione, a leading local newspaper, called it a “stellar wedding” that “moves the GDP of Florence”. Wedding planners from India and Italy were involved in preparations, it reported.

The wedding – called a “magical RORO wedding” by Yogesh Mehta after the names of the couple – cost 20 million Euros, according to the newspaper. Mehta is the CEO of chemicals distribution major Petrochem Middle East.

Akhil Paul-Bisma Mowjee: The last such mega Indian wedding took place in Budapest in August, when Akhil Paul, the grandson of prominent London-based industrialist Swraj Paul, tied the knot with his Pakistan-origin fiancee Bisma Mowjee over three days.

Ritika Agarwal- Rohan Mehta: In September last year, Ritika Agarwal, the daughter of mining magnate Pramod Agarwal, married Rohan Mehta, the son of Arun Mehta, at Fasano in south Italy in a lavish, Bollywood-style wedding that included chefs from India, elephants from France and local women dressed in saris.

Agarwal had previously organised his other daughter Vineeta’s wedding in Venice in 2011.

Vanisha Mittal-Amit Bhatia: Steel baron Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter Vanisha’s wedding to Amit Bhatia was held in France in 2004.

Shrishti Mittal-Gulraj Behl: and his niece Shrishti married Gulraj Behl in Barcelona in December 2013.

After spinner Harbhajan Singh tied nuptial knots with actress Geeta Basra, hitman Rohit Sharma finally got hitched with his longtime girlfriend Ritika Sajdeh.

The wedding guests that have already checked in, include Yuvraj Singh, his fiancee Hazel Keech and mother Shabnam Singh, Suresh Raina, Umesh Yadav and his wife Tanya.

Sachin Tendulkar was seen arriving at the party along with his wife Anjali.

Team India's middle order batsman Suresh Raina, married his lady love, Priyanka Chaudhary, on April 3, 2015. Raina and Priyanka have been childhood friends, and a private wedding in Delhi, tied these buddies together in the sacred knot.

Cricketer Dinesh Karthik and squash ace Dipika Pallikal tied the knot at Chennai this year.

Kerala's richest businessman Ravi Pillai's daughter Dr Arathi Pillai with husband Dr Adithya Vishnu.

Mahesh Savani (Diamond Merchant of Surat)

Every year has paid for the weddings of young women from poor families who have lost their fathers. Savani said the wedding and gifts for the 151 couples would cost more than 50 million rupees (RM3.2 million), with around 100,000 guests joining in the three days of festivities that ended on Sunday.

Savani said the wedding and gifts for the 151 couples would cost more than 50 million rupees (RM3.2 million), with around 100,000 guests joining in the three days of festivities that ended on Sunday.

Sonali who tied the knot with businessman-lawyer Jaish Bakshi: Arun Jaitley, the Union finance minister, played the loving, doting father of the bride on Saturday and Sunday at the wedding of his daughter Sonali who tied the knot with businessman-lawyer Jaish Bakshi.