Celebrity weddings: Come away with me

Newlyweds Russell and Katy said their wedding vows in India - Brangelina to follow suit.

Newlyweds Russell Brand and Katy Perry said their wedding vows in India and following in their footsteps are Hollywood’s power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

The two have been in a relationship for almost five years and are raising six children together but have recently been rumoured to be tying the knot in an ashram in Rajasthan, India next year.  Although the date has so far not been finalised, chances are the wedding will take place in the ashram known as Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra of Guru Siyag, 83. It is situated in Chopsani area of Jodhpur.

“Jolie, 35, and Pitt, 46, will marry in the New Year and Siddha Guru Ram Lalji Siyag of Bikaner will conduct the ceremony”.

“Guruji was asked to perform the rituals in a five star hotel situated in the city, but he refused to hold the ceremony there and suggested it could take place in his ashram,” adding that the celebrities guests could stay in a resort near the ashram. “We are waiting for a reply from the couple on this,” said a source close to the guru.

According to the source, Guru Siyag has been helping the couple find inner peace and harmony and strengthening their nearly five-year relationship by making them practice Siddha yoga together.

In October 2006, Jolie and Pitt had visited Jodhpur and stayed at Umaid Bhawan Palace. During their two-day trip, they went for jewellery shopping and purchased traditional Rajasthani accessories.

2010 has seen a number of celebrity destination weddings with John Kransinki and Emily Blunt taking their wedding vows at Lake Como, in Italy while Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were wed in the Bahamas.

But the concept is not new with Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise tying the knot in a sunset ceremony at Odescalchi Castle in Lake Bracciano, Italy in 2006 and Seal and Heidi Klum getting married in the beautiful Costa Careyes outside of Puerto Vallarta in Mexico.

“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria and Tony Parker also said their vows twice in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois in Paris and then at a reception at the 17th Century Chateau of Vaxx-le-Vicomte, outside Paris.

with additional information from IANS

Where would you want to tie the knot?

Anoushey Ashraf, VJ and model: It has to be a mountain top; Hunza is beautiful. My family and friends, could fly there and it would certainly be affordable

Taimur Tajik, musician: Fiji Islands is the place to be. Nobody else would be there; it would just be the two of us

Deepak Perwani, designer: I would choose Barcelona, Spain. The reason being it’s so beautiful

Ayesha Omar, TV show host and model: Either a mountain top, like Everest or an island like the Caribbean or the Maldives. I would definitely have close friends and family with me

Published in The Express Tribune, December 21^st, 2010.