The Great Indian Wedding: India,s crème de la crème arrive at the
Dardas wedding.
The sleepy town of Aurangabad in Maharashtra woke up to the biggest
wedding of all times whilst Karan Darda, son of political bigwig
Rajendra Darda & nephew of popular MP & Chairman Lokmat Group Vijay
Darda, tied the knot with Ruchira Aggarwal, an advocate by profession.
VIPs in hundreds from across India descended on the mammoth
well-decked Garware Stadium. Undoubtedly the wedding of the year, this
event had the crème Dela crème of India in attendance, drawn from
Bollywood, corporate world, politics & media.
The celebrity list included big names from the realm of politics,
including Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Civial
Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav,
Ram Vilas Paswan, Amar Singh, Farooq Abdullah, Rajiv Shukla, Jaya
Prada & Jaya Bachhan. The corporate world was well-represented too-
Gautam Singhania & Vijay Mallaya being the notable ones. A battery of
Bollywood stars like Anil Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmuhk, Tulip Joshi, Yukta
Mukhi, Asrani & ace director Madhur Bhandarkar spent the entire
evening congratulating the Dardas. The media fraternity came in large
numbers to cover one of the biggest weddings of Maharashtra, including
senior editors of print & electronic media and Rahul Mittra, CEO
Brandsmith.
The bridegroom's father Rajendra Darda & uncle Vijay Darda were seen
patiently welcoming the guests at the massive stage erected to
accommodate the celebrities & VIPs. "We are elated to see the turnout
today," said MP & Chairman Lokmat Vijay Darda. "This is a result of
the love that the Darda family has earned over the decades."
More than 20 chartered flights brought the VIP guests to and from
Aurangabad and nearly 20,000 people attended this mega wedding.
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