This time, it’s mining baron G Janardhana Reddy who seems to be competing on the bigger-greater-grander quotient – and his daughter’s wedding is easily ten times in scale and extravagance, with Bengaluru seeing a mindless display of wealth in the last few days. While nobody really knows how much money is being spent on the wedding, estimates suggest that the number is between 10 to 100 crores.
The nine-day long extravaganza began with pujas and yagnas, and has so far seen sangeet ceremonies, especially choreographed song-and-dance sequences, with the bride and the groom.
The actual mahurat is on Wednesday, November 16, and is likely to draw at least 20,000 invitees to the venue, the Bengaluru Palace Grounds.
With Reddy’s affluence on display now, Murthy asks the one question on everyone’s mind now, “Since Mr Reddy was in jail for 40 months, it is vital to know the source of income for this kind of extravagant marriage.”