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
