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Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya’s wedding festivities have begun!
The couple, who got engaged in August, posted pictures of the Pasupu Danchatam ceremony.
In Andhra Pradesh, it is a custom to start wedding shopping after this ceremony.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Sobhita’s Pasupu Danchatam ceremony was held at her home in Vishakapatnam.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
The ceremony involves the bride’s parents grinding turmeric to signal the commencement of the wedding preparations.
Sobhita joins mum Santha Kamakshi in the ceremony.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
The ceremony is initially carried out in the groom’s family and then the bride’s family.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Sobhita was surrounded by friends and family, as she took blessings.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Light moments follow.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Sobhita can’t stop smiling.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Quiet prayers.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
The ceremony continues.
The couple has not announced the wedding date yet.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
According to the buzz, the wedding may be held in Rajasthan early next year.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Sobhita’s sister Samanta Dhulipala and her husband Sahil Gupta.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sobhita Dhulipala/Instagram
Sobhita will marry into one of the Telugu movie industry’s celebrated families Nag Chaitanya’s maternal grandfather is the movie mogul D Rama Naidu; his paternal grandfather is the Telugu thespian Akkineni Nageshwar Rao aka ANR.
Nag’s father is movie star Nagarjuna; his maternal uncle is movie star Venkatesh; his first cousin is Rana Daggubati.
Photographs curated by Satish Bodas/Rediff.com
