$10million dollar wedding.. Use White Horse (real one real one,
not the army's classified one) to fetch to ritz carton... 6.5 Carat
engagement ring, 10 carot wedding ring....
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From CNA
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It's a $10 million fairy-tale wedding between a Singaporean bride
and the son of an Indian tycoon.
Decked like a prince, 27-year-old Adarsh Gabodia arrived - on a
horse - at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Tuesday evening to claim his
25-year-old bride Neha Didwania.
Some 2,000 guests were present to toast to what's dubbed the
Wedding of the Year.
For the more than 300 guests from India, they had an
all-expenses-paid trip to Singapore, including airfare,
accommodation and food at the hotel for the past three days.
"I love her. I mean she is the perfect woman that I've ever wanted.
She is absolutely amazing," said the groom, who comes from Calcutta
and is the only son of the Indian tycoon.
It was also love at first sight for the bride.
"His sincerity, his honesty and he's really hot. I mean he has a
fantastic personality and we love each other to death. I met him
twice and the second time I met him I knew he was the one," said
the bride, who has a Masters from the London School of
Economics.
The couple met last December through a mutual friend and three
months later they were engaged.
A 6.5-carat engagement ring was what he gave her as a token of his
love.
This was followed by a 10-carat diamond wedding band estimated to
be worth at least a million dollars.
The generous gesture was kindly reciprocated by the bride's family
who runs a worldwide steel supply chain with businesses all over
the world.
Preparation for the wedding went like clockwork since April.
For the wedding planner, nothing was low-key. Only the best was the
pre-requisite.
The family had insisted on the finest details, including having an
all-white horse.
Shamini Suppiah, Ritz-Carlton's associate director for social
events, said: "This is the largest-scale wedding that we have had
here, not only in terms of guest rooms but also in terms of the
traditions and ceremonies that are taking place in the hotel. Some
of the ceremonies are usually held at home but in this case, they
are all held here."
One special ceremony is the Varmala where the bride and groom
exchanged garlands for the first time.
It is as symbolic as when most couples traditionally exchange
wedding rings.
Guests said it was an experience of a lifetime, a wedding almost
fit for a king.
And the most visibly overwhelmed was the bride's mother who is
about to lose her eldest daughter who is going to lead a new life
in Calcutta.
But not before a month-long honeymoon in Greece and Italy! -
CNA/ir
