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19 March 2024

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Dubai-based Indian millionaire Yogesh Mehta's only son Rohan Mehta tied the knot with London-born Roshni in a three-day-long destination wedding. (Twitter)

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Event: Big Fat Indian Wedding

Bride: London-born Roshni

Groom: Dubai-based Rohan Mehta

Venue: Florence

Dubai-based Indian millionaire Yogesh Mehta's only son Rohan Mehta tied the knot with London-born Roshni in a three-day-long destination wedding.

Daily Mail reports an estimated £14 million (Dh77m) was splurged during the no-holds-barred big fat Indian wedding.

From gigantic crystal chandeliers, crystal crockery, massive floral embellishments, the Florence wedding saw it all.

Twitter: Yogesh Mehta

The one request that was turned down by the City Council was arrivals on elephant on grounds of health and safety and animal welfare concerns.

So Mehta commissioned a fountain with a carved elephant covered with glittering mosaic tiles, reports La Nazione.

The three-day event took off on November 25 culminating on Rohan and Roshni's wedding day on Nov 27 November.

The wedding was attended by more than 500 guests from across the world.

Hundreds of friends and relatives were flown to Italy from around the globe to participate in the extravagant wedding ceremony.

Guests were entertained with musical and dance acts that saw DJ Zubair, singer Sukhbir Singh and Natalie Di Luccio perform.

The bride and groom also took centre-stage and showed off their dancing prowess - later to be joined by the family members.

Roshni looked gorgoeous in traditional Indian ensemble and the groom looked handsome in an Indian sherwani.

Roshni, who works in fashion, was seen in Indian designer Manish Malhotra's collection during most of the ceremonies.

Throughout the three-day ceremony, a number of feasts were held, providing the guests with sumptuous food and drink.

A wide selection of Indian delicacies were on offer to guests during the marathon celebration.

After the outlandish mehendi ceremony, the groom led the party on D-Day from All Saints Square.

The marriage took place in a gazebo, the traditional mandap, which was mounted in the square.

The party went on until late at night in a gala reception at Villa Le Corti, with fireworks, dancing dragonflies and cascading flower arrangements.

The newly married couple is expected to settle in Dubai.

Yogesh Mehta, listed as one of the top 50 richest Indians in 2015 with an estimated wealth of $533 million, had recently announced about his son's marriage through his Twitter handle.

"Our son Rohan will marry his sweetheart Roshni on 27 November 2015 in Florence, Italy. A magical RORO wedding," Yogesh Mehta posted on Twitter.

Mehta is the founder of a Petrochem empire based out of Dubai and Rohan has joined the family business.