Mundus and veg food for Tharoor-Sunanda wedding
Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has acknowledged that Sunanda Pushkar is his fiance. According to media reports, Tharoor is set to tie the knot this month only.
The former Union External Affairs Minister and Pushkar, with a zeal to follow their religion, offered prayers at the famous Sai Baba temple in Shirdi and at the Shani Shingnapur shrine in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district recently.
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After months of speculation and over a dozen controversies, the countdown to Shashi Tharoor's wedding has finally begun.
Tharoor, former minister of state for external affairs, will tie the knot will his fiance Sunanda Pushkar in a traditional Kerala wedding on August 22. -
Congress workers from the Trivandrum office revealed that as per the schedule Sunanda and her relatives, including her son, will arrive in Palakkad on August 21.
They will be staying at Kalari Kovilakam, a luxury ayurveda palace in Kollengode, Palakkad. (PTI Photo) -
Hotel officials confirmed that Sunanda and her relatives were booked at the exotic palace. "We have booked the luxurious Vengunad suite for them. In all, five such suites have been booked for the guests. The booking is from 5 pm (Aug 21) to 7.30 am the next day (wedding day)." (PTI Photo)
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Both the groom and the bride will be decked up in traditional Kerala wedding attire -- kasavu mundu, kurta and shawl for Tharoor and kasavu mundu for Sunanda.
And the specially hand-woven garments will be procured from the famous village Balaramapuram, in Thiruvananthapuram, which is known for hand woven mundus. (PTI Photo) -
On August 22, after the traditional wedding he will leave for Thiruvananthapuram in the afternoon after the sadhya (feast).
On August 23, which is Thiruvonam (tenth day of Onam) the bride and groom will attend a grand reception organised at Subramaniam Hall. (PTI Photo) -
Over 1,000 people including party workers are expected to attend the feast. Hotel Taj and Hotel SP Grand Days in Thiruvananthapuramwill host the bride and her relatives. The menu will be snacks consisting of tea, coffee, vada, paal (milk) paysam, ladoo etc. (PTI Photo)
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Later in the afternoon the couple will host the Onam Sadhya (feast) for 70 odd orphans at the Shree Chitra poor home, a home for the destitute run by the Kerala government.
Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar at a Bharatnatyam recital in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) -
The couple may leave for Delhi on August 24. However, Tharoor is expecting most of his friends and political leaders to attend a major reception in Delhi, which he will host on September 3 at Silver Oak, India Habitat Center, Delhi, explained Ram. (PTI Photo)
