Bachelor days of Varun Gandhi come to an end

Varun Gandhi the youngest grandson of Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi tied knot with graphic designer Yamini Roy Chowdhury in a simple ceremony attended by a handful of people in a temple on the banks of the Ganges here.

30-year-old Varun, who was in a cream ‘kurta-pyjama with saffron ‘angvastram’, got married to Yamini, a brahmin, at a ceremony in Kamakoti Temple at Hanuman Ghat in which Kanchi Shankaracharya Swami Jayendra Saraswati participated.

Yamini, wore a pink saree which had been gifted by Indira Gandhi to her daughter-in-law Maneka, MP from Aonla in Uttar Pradesh, 40 years ago.

Neither any senior BJP leader nor any one from Sonia Gandhi’s family was present.

The marriage took place as per Sanatan-Hindu customs. "The marriage went off very well. I have blessed the couple," Jayendra Saraswati told reporters here.

"We are very happy the wedding took place in Varanasi. It is the heart of India. We are very blessed that we got this opportunity," Maneka, the estranged daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi, said.

Aruna Vasudev said, "I am very happy. The wedding took place in a proper manner. I am happy to get a son-in-law like him (Varun)…They are also very lucky to get a good daughter-in-law."

Soon after the ceremony, the newly-weds took ‘prasad’ in the temple and then left for a hotel. Later they took a chartered flight for Delhi. Media was not allowed inside the temple during the marriage rituals.

The reception scheduled for March 8 in Delhi has been cancelled following the death of 77-year-old Amteshwar Anand, mother of Maneka, on February 28.

The ‘haldi’ pre-marriage ceremony of Varun had taken place at the Kamakoti temple last evening.

Among others present at the marriage were Bansgaon MP Kamlesh Paswan, Varanasi Mayor Kaushalendra Singh and member of the Bijnore royal family Bharatendu Singh.

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