After British model Liz Hurley and her NRI fiancee Arun Nayar tied the knot on the March 2 in a hush-hush civil ceremony at the 15th century Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, the couple arrived at the Mumbai airport on Monday.
The Umwaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur in Rajasthan is reportedly the venue for their gala Indian wedding on March 9.
The five days of festivities in India follow the couple’s extravagant nuptuals at Winchcombe, in the Cotswolds, during the weekend.
They married in a secret civil ceremony on Friday - a day earlier than expected - in the licensed library at the 15th-century Sudeley Castle, the family seat of Henry Dent-Brocklehurst, a friend of Hurley. Singer Elton John was the best man at the castle wedding.
Celebrations will begin in Mumbai, where guests have been invited to the Hilton Towers Hotel on the city’s waterfront to kit themselves out in traditional Indian dress.
Former Miss India Queenie Dhody, who turned her passion for expensive jewellery into a business, is also reported to be hosting a party for the couple.
After Mumbai, the party will move to Rajasthan where the couple will be married at a traditional Hindu ceremony.
Hurley will be wearing a pink sari created by celeb designer Tarun Tahiliani for the traditional ceremony. Hubby Nayar reportedly had just the perfect gift for his bride, when he presented her with an 8,500 pounds diamond choker that Hurley spotted at posh jewellers Maharani on an earlier visit to Mumbai. “Arun came back in and wrote out a cheque,†a source said.
