Princess of Kishangarh, Vaishnavi Kumari's royal wedding hosted at Kishangarh Fort

It was back in 1957 that the Kishangarh Fort witnessed a grand wedding of a princess, and after almost 50 years, the fort was yet again host to the wedding of the Princess of Kishangarh, Vaishnavi Kumari.
It was one grand, well-attended affair with royals rubbing shoulders with each other, and yes, the guests couldn’t stop raving about the fort’s grandeur and beauty.
We love Rajasthan
Not only the royalty, the Maharaja of Kishangrah, HH Maharajadhiraj Brajraj Singh Bahadur’s friends were also in attendance at the fort. Susainne Von Der Heide from London said she loves the colour of Rajasthan, its people and the smiles on their faces and David said he adores the magnificence of the fort. “Weddings at such places are life affirming,” said David. And Jack, who knows the Maharaja as they used to go hunting together in India and South Africa, loves the history of Rajasthan. “The wedding is spectacular and the culture of Rajasthan draws everyone to such weddings,” said Rajkumar of Suket, Jai Singh. While Jaipur princess Diya Kumari was busy meeting the guests, looks like she had work on her mind even then. “I am busy with the opening of a new gallery at the City Palace,” she said.
Band Baaja Baarat
The baraat was a beautiful sight with Rajasthani folk dancers welcoming the groom in all traditional finery. The groom, Kumar Saheb Padmanabh Singhji of Gondol, came atop an elephant. And yes, this is the first time that Maharaja Gaj Singh visited Kishangarh Fort, he and everyone else were pleased about that. He told us how, lately, he has been busy attending polo matches, and how, when SRK and other Bollywood stars were in Jodhpur to celebrate Juhi Chawla’s husband birthday, he could not join in their celebrations as he was not very well. About this wedding, said, “It is lovely.”
The royal look
From the décor to the music to the guests, everything was plain royal and so, the attire had to be royal, too.
The guests were gleaming and glittering – with all their wedding finery and jewellery on. There was Diya Kumari, who’d worn an embroidered green poshak, and jewellery, and designer Raghavendra Rathore looked
dapper in his off-white breeches. Jainandni Rathore was wearing a sari and when we asked her, she said, “I have come directly from Jaipur in the car and wearing a poshak would’ve been very comfortable.”