Today’s real wedding is a royal celebration, where the bride and groom are indeed a Maharaja and princess in real life. The Mysore Palace saw a royal wedding after nearly 4 decades as the titular head of the Wodeyar dynasty, Yaduveer Chamraja Krishnadatta Wodeyar tied the knot with Trishika Kumari on June 27th, 2016. Trishika is also royalty as she is the Rajasthani princess of the Durgapur dynasty.
The wedding was a grand celebration with traditional elements. Carnatic music and Vedic chants could be heard reverberating across the Mysuru palatial walls as the royal wedding began amidst prayers to Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Queen Pramoda Devi had insisted upon a traditional ceremony with all rituals to be carried out as per the scriptures and traditions followed by the royal family. In fact; her royal highness even took it upon herself to design the Prince’s wedding dress.
A day before the wedding ceremony, the family paid their respects at the feet of their royal guru Abhinava Vagheesha Brahmatantra Swatantra Swami of Parakala Math.
The 23 year old groom is the 27th titular head of the dynasty. Legend demands that the King cannot have his own son succeed him as the head of the state. As a result, following the demise of Srikanta Datta Narasimha Raja Wodeyar, Yaduveer was adopted and made the royal heir after a formal adoption and coronation ceremony last year. Yaduveer is the grandson of the eldest sister of the late king. His bride is the second daughter of Kumar Harshavardhan Singh and Rajkumari Maheshri Kumari. The couple got engaged last year in June.
Enjoy the pictures of this real-royal wedding:
All images courtesy Yaduveer Chamraja Facebook page