Pinned on his chest was a cheetah brooch, a nod to his 3,000-acre animal rescue sanctuary Vantara in Gujarat. Isha, in the meantime, wore a customized Schiaparelli saree: a primary for the French high fashion home.
Because the social gathering grew late—and Justin Bieber took the stage for a non-public live performance—Radhika turned into a metallic mesh saree by Manish Malhotra. “It featured a corset that added a contemporary twist,” Radhika explains. “Though it was fairly heavy, it was value each second.”
Over the following few days, the couple had a number of poojas (or, ceremonial prayers) in addition to a mehendi ceremony the place the bride and her company get their palms and ft painted with henna. Then on July 11, they held their haldi—the custom when a soon-to-be-married couple is roofed in turmeric paste to push back evil spirits that may curse their marriage. Radhika wore sherara pants from Anamika Khanna and a dupatta (or, a stole) manufactured from flowers. “The ambiance was crammed with pleasure—and a little bit of chaos,” says Radhika. “Our haldi is what I maintain most expensive to me.”
July 12 was the baraat, or, the groom’s wedding ceremony procession. Arriving on the Jio World Conference, there have been musical performers and lots of of dancers as Anant arrived on horseback. “It was out of this world. I’ve by no means seen something like this,” designer Prabal Gurung, who was one in every of over 2,000 company in attendance together with Tony Blair, Nick Jonas, and Priyanka Chopra, says of the baraat. “The entire room was crammed with flowers and Bollywood celebrities. There was all this dancing and singing.” (These flowers had been orchestrated by occasion planner Preston Bailey, who revamped 60 floral animal sculptures, manufactured from Indian flowers, together with monkeys, elephants, and tigers. He estimated every one took over 100,000 flowers to make. “It took many sleepless nights,” Bailey tells Vogue, who arrived in Mumbai three weeks in the past so as to pull it off. All through the night, individuals lined as much as take pictures in entrance of the installations.)
After a brief break, it was time for the marriage. The Hindu ceremony started with the normal jaimala, the place Anant and Radhika exchanged garlands symbolizing acceptance of each other. That was adopted by the kanyadaan, or, the official second the place Radhika’s mother and father gave Anant their blessing to marry his daughter. Then got here the phera: or, the precise wedding ceremony ceremony the place the bride and groom take circumambulations round a ritual fireplace. Radhika describes the act as “somber but mesmerizing.”
