In yet another example of a big fat Indian wedding, a millionaire splashed out £14 million on the three-day lavish wedding of his only son in the Italian city of Florence. Around 500 guests graced the occasion as Rohan, the only son of Dubai-based petroleum magnate Yogesh “Yogi” Mehta, and Roshni tied the knot.
The three-day wedding began on Wednesday after guests from around the world jetted into Florence and were put up at some of the best hotels in the city. The bride emerged from one hotel on the Arno River wearing a traditional Indian sari while holding hands with some of the younger guests. Later the newly weds were pictured enjoying a lavish party and dancing at a historic venue in the city.
Italian media reported that the groom wished to arrive at the wedding place on an elephant but the city council turned down the request on grounds of health, safety and animal welfare concerns. The extravaganza included elaborate events such as a ‘mehndi’ and a ‘sangeet’ at different locations.
Yogi Mehta called it a “magical RORO wedding” after the names of the couple. Mehta is the CEO of chemicals distribution major Petrochem Middle East. 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.
In September last year, mining magnate Pramod Agarwal’s daughter Ritika 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.
Steel baron Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter Vanisha’s wedding to Amit Bhatia was held in France in 2004, and his niece Shrishti married Gulraj Behl in Barcelona in December 2013.
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