New Delhi: One of the most awaited weddings of this season—Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma has finally taken place atFalaknuma Palace, Hyderabad. The couple has exchanged garlands on stage, with brothers Salman, Sohail and Arbaaz standing along and the entire Khan family witnessing the ceremony.
The bride donned a beautiful red ‘lehenga’ while the groom reportedly wore a cream coloured ‘sherwani’, paired with a heavy red stole. There are several pictures gone viral on the social networking sites, where the couple can be seen exchanging the wedding rings as well.
Salman booked the entire 60-room hotel for Tuesday and Wednesday. Seven folk artists from Rajasthan and many more from Mumbai were specially flown in for Tuesday night’s party.
The menu for the party included Deccani cuisine, especially Biryani and Haleem and double ka meetha. Falaknuma is one of the most beautiful palaces of the Nizam, the ruler of erstwhile Hyderabad State.
The palace, which the Taj Group converted into a luxury hotel and opened four years ago, has 60 lavish rooms, decorated halls and a 101-seat dining hall, said to be the biggest in the world.
Located five km from Charminar, Falaknuma – or ‘mirror of the sky’ in Urdu – is a scorpion-shaped, all-marble palace which was once the residence of Mir Mahboob Ali Khan (1869-1911), the sixth Nizam.
It was Nawab Vaqar-ul-Umra, the Nizam’s prime minister, who built the palace in 1893. Impressed by its magnificence, the Nizam bought it for himself. A couple of suites including the one used by the Nizam are the most expensive. The hotel charges over Rs.5 lakh a night for the Nizam suite.
Bureau Report
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