One of the major authors of the book, Kathmandu Valley Style is Gautam Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana. He was also known as GeeTwo or something that sounds close. Their residence (almost next to Singha Durbar) was always buzzing with handicraft and art activities, our connection was through my work with Products of Nepal, a World Bank project. GeeTwo's cousin is married to Nitti, daughter of Preeti Singh.
Anyway, his special interest in traditional jewellery and costumes, has brought him the job of overseeing his son Virat's traditional wedding suit made by a rising Nepali designer. (Could be similar to the wedding outfit of Bollywood heart throb Hritik Roshan - with Aishwarya Rai, above, in a Mumbay filmi called Jodha Akbar which GeeTwo claims is in the Nepalese style). The wedding held in August 2008 was between 27-year-old Virat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, great-great-grandson of Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, who was the longest ruling Rana prime minister of Nepal; and 26-year-old bride Himani Katoch, who works for the Deutsche Bank in New Delhi, is the daughter of Col. M. Katoch, who heads India's seniormost Rajput clan.
One of the most spectacular society weddings in the subcontinent, the groom's bridal procession included an elephant, four horses and four camels.The groom's breathtaking jama (Note this, Jama!) - long kurta - embroidered with gold thread, the embroidery alone costing Nepali Rs.200,000. US$5,000. A lot of rupiah, that.
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