Soundarya Rajinikanth's marriage to Stanford-graduate Ashwin Ramkumar on Friday was an interesting coming together of different cultures. Maharashtrian turbans that the actor and some of his relatives wore, the nine-yard saris that the bride and other women in her family were attired in — all of this marked a seamless confluence of various practices and rituals.
The wedding was a two-day celebration which began on Thursday at the Rani Meyammai Hall in Egmore.
The priest anchoring the rituals in Tamil Brahmin tradition announced that the newly-weds were being blessed with verses in all four Vedas.
Producer and managing director of Ocher Studios, Soundarya, who was first dressed in a green silk sari later changed into a red nine-yard sari. Her temple jewellery seemed to blend well with the “ethnic” ambience at the hall.
For the evening, she wore a specially-designed sari in golden beige.
In the morning, the guests included the actor's mentor director K. Balachander, director Mani Ratnam, actors Suhasini, Kamal Haasan, poet Vairamuthu, R.M. Veerappan, former Minister, MDMK general-secretary Vaiko and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
Actors Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sridevi and Union Minister M.K. Alagiri attended a reception held on Thursday.
The stage décor, by D.C. Sekar, went with the theme of the wedding — in the colours pink, green and gold.
While the stage had a mandapam in muted gold in the morning, with rows of white flowers, the evening's was a combination of a contemporary and antique look.
The wedding was a two-day celebration which began on Thursday at the Rani Meyammai Hall in Egmore.
The priest anchoring the rituals in Tamil Brahmin tradition announced that the newly-weds were being blessed with verses in all four Vedas.
Producer and managing director of Ocher Studios, Soundarya, who was first dressed in a green silk sari later changed into a red nine-yard sari. Her temple jewellery seemed to blend well with the “ethnic” ambience at the hall.
For the evening, she wore a specially-designed sari in golden beige.
In the morning, the guests included the actor's mentor director K. Balachander, director Mani Ratnam, actors Suhasini, Kamal Haasan, poet Vairamuthu, R.M. Veerappan, former Minister, MDMK general-secretary Vaiko and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
Actors Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sridevi and Union Minister M.K. Alagiri attended a reception held on Thursday.
The stage décor, by D.C. Sekar, went with the theme of the wedding — in the colours pink, green and gold.
While the stage had a mandapam in muted gold in the morning, with rows of white flowers, the evening's was a combination of a contemporary and antique look.
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