Bigger India
Beyoncé, Couture And Palaces: India’s Growing Taste For Mega-weddings
In a country where up to 12 million weddings take place a year, the growing middle classes are increasingly putting on lavish ceremonies to emphasize their status.
When it comes to elaborate nuptials, few can rival the mega-weddings of India’s super-rich.
Recent months have seen a slew of high-profile ceremonies, from a rare Bollywood-Hollywood union (Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas) to what could be one of history’s most expensive weddings (when Isha Ambani, daughter of Asia’s richest man, wed Anand Piramal, the son of a billionaire industrialist).