A MAHARAJAH WEDS—In the Palace of Cooch Behar. in Bengal, a beautiful and ancient ceremony was recently enacted when the Maharajah of Jaipur was married to the Princess Gayatri Devi, of Cooch Behai. For two and a-half hours of the night Brahmin priests conducted the Hindu rites for all Hindu weddings are nocturnal —while the Princess remained veiled in Purdah. The elite of Cooch Behar and the glitteiing court made the spectacle one of romantic splendour. The Maharajah is seen leading the Princess from the Feudal by a silken marriage knot after the ceremony.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 July 1940, Page 7
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94A MAHARAJAH WEDS—In the Palace of Cooch Behar. in Bengal, a beautiful and ancient ceremony was recently enacted when the Maharajah of Jaipur was married to the Princess Gayatri Devi, of Cooch Behai. For two and a-half hours of the night Brahmin priests conducted the Hindu rites for all Hindu weddings are nocturnal—while the Princess remained veiled in Purdah. The elite of Cooch Behar and the glitteiing court made the spectacle one of romantic splendour. The Maharajah is seen leading the Princess from the Feudal by a silken marriage knot after the ceremony. Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 July 1940, Page 7
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