Varanasi:
The youngest of the Gandhis, Varun, got married to graphic designer Inca Yamini Roy Chaudhary at the Kamkoteshwar temple in Varanasi on Sunday.
The wedding ceremony, performed as per the Vedic traditions, began around 6.30 am. Rituals were performed by Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati and other priests amid the rhapsodic ragas of shehnai and sonorous sound of conches. (
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While Varun wore a cream-coloured kurta pyjama, Yamini was dressed in a light pink saree.
The Kamkoteshwar temple on Hanuman Ghat, one of the most sacrosanct temples in Varanasi that wore a bridal look, turned into a fortress with district police, provincial armed constabulary (PAC) and other security personnel standing at its every nook and corner.
The haldi rasm (a pre-marriage ceremony) was performed on Saturday at a simple function in the temple complex.
The function had limited guests.
Varun's wedding reception in Delhi, slated for March 8, had been cancelled following the death of his grandmother.
Seventy seven-year-old Amteshwar Anand, mother of Maneka Gandhi, passed away on February 28 in Delhi.