Katy says 'I do' in a sari, Brand dons a kurta

Russell Brand and Katy Perry tied the knot on Saturday in a lavish, colourful ceremony at a luxury resort in north-western India.
The couple were wed in a traditional Hindu ceremony at the Aman-i-khas resort, with friends and family in attendance.

And the couple looked fantastic in traditional clothes, with Katy looking stunning in a sari and Russell in a white kurta.
The wedding is reported to have been a very authentic affair, with Indian musicians singing and playing the sitar, santoor, tabla and kettle drums while the guests cheered and clapped.

The sounds of sacred Vedic chanting could also be heard coming from the resort.
According to people working in the nearby Ranthambhore wildlife sanctuary, staff were instructed to leave at around 5pm local time.

'I hadn't even finished the lighting I had been told to do. They just told us to get out fast,' one worker told People magazine.
The couple made sure to have an authentic wedding procession known as the 'baraat', where the groom and his relatives walk in a procession to the bride’s home.

Two elephants named Laxmi and Mala arrived at the resort on Friday night in readiness for the procession.

While it is considered perfectly adequate for the bridegroom to ride on a white horse, the Indian royals used elephants, so naturally enough Russell wanted one.
The party started in earnest on Friday night, with an extravagant Bollywood party at the resort.

And the guests made an effort to keep it traditional too, with the majority of them in Indian dress.

Indian musician Rafiq Khan says, “The young children looked very pretty, with the boys wearing small turbans too. As the guests entered, my troupe of drum players played the our Nagara drums (Indian kettle drums) to welcome them.”

More than a dozen cars were seen ferrying guests including David Baddiel into the Ranthambhore National Park wildlife resort earlier today.

Other celebrity wedding goers are expected to include Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman, David Walliams and his wife Lara Stone, and Rihanna, who is Katy's maid of honour.

Over 80 international journalists, including 15 British photographers, jostled for space with their telephoto lenses at the gates of the complex, more than 150 metres away.

Brand, who has been seen with henna patterns on his hands, arrived on a decorated horse for the wedding, flanked by camels and elephants, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

As the sun set through the early evening, the guests, who are staying at two nearby resorts, arrived in cars with blacked-out windows. British singer-songwriter Noel Gallagher was also reported to be attending the ceremony.

Follow Emirates 24|7 on Google News.