Stage set for a royal wedding
January 21, 2014  12:22

The Maharaja of Patnagarh, K.V. Singh Deo, a former minister who heads the state unit of the BJP, is pulling out all stops to make the wedding of his only child, Nivritti Kumari Singh Deo, a grand affair.

 

Nivritti, 28, who studied hotel management in Switzerland, is set to tie the knot with Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, 29, of Udaipur here tomorrow. Everything about this marriage seems to be gilt-edged beginning with the invitations replete with honorifics preceding each name. If K.V.


Singh Deo is addressed as Maharaja Saheb Shriman and his wife, Sangeeta, a former MP, as Her Highness Maharani Sahiba, the bride takes the title of Maharaj Kumari Jema Moni Sahiba. In the same vein, the groom, Lakshyaraj, son of Arvind Singh Mewar and Vijayraj Kumari Mewar of Udaipur, is referred to as Baojiraj Saheb Shriman.

 

Around 5,000 guests, a majority of them representing various royal families of the country, are likely to attend the wedding with most of the star hotels in the city booked for them.

 

The imposing guest list also includes the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. BJP national president Rajnath Singh, leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, herself a royal, and her Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh are expected to attend along with some other high profile party leaders.

 

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