AsPriyanka Choprawalked down the aisle to say “I do” toNick Jonas, one of the most significant people in her life was standing beside her: her mother.
Priyana Chopra and mother.Milind Shelte/India Today Group/Getty
“I could not hold it in. I think I was nervous and scared. But as soon as the curtains opened and I saw his face, it was just like everything settled, and I knew I was making the best decision of my life,” Chopra, 36, says of tying the knot with the man of her dreams.
On Sunday, they did it all over again, exchanging vows for the second time with a lavish Hindu ceremony at the palace to honor Chopra’s heritage.
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Married under a covered structure called a mandap, the bride and groom then took part in a ritual called the Saptapadi: “The priest performed the wedding rites as the couple walked seven sacred rounds around the ceremonial fire, exchanging vows of lifetime commitment,” explains a guest.
Jonas also applied a red-orange powder called sindoor to Chopra to symbolize that she is married — and with that, another one of her childhood wishes came true.
“When he put sindoor on my forehead, it was something that I dreamed about since I was a little girl,” she says.
After the ceremony, guests were seated for a traditional Indian dinner and reception. It all created a series of memories that still had Chopra’s head spinning hours later.
“The chanting when I walked out, the look on his face when he first saw me, the look on my face when I first saw him in his Indian finery,” the actress says, listing her favorite moments. “And when I heard him read his vows, it was over.”
source: people.com
