Arpita and Aayush wedding at Taj Falaknuma Palace

           

                                   Bollywood superstar  Salman Khan's sister Arpita is now officially Mrs Aayush Sharma. Arpita and businessman-aspiring actor Aayush were married inHyderabad'sFalaknumaPalaceon November 18 according to Punjabi Hindu rituals.

Salman, the men of the Khan family, and many male guests wore saafas, the traditional North Indian turbans.

The wedding ceremony began at 4:30pm with the baraat that included two bands, one from Delhi and the other from Hyderabad. The baraat was received by Salman's father Salim Khan, mother Salma and brothers Sohail and Arbaaz. A jaimala and pheras also took place.

Post-wedding celebrations include performances by singers Mika Singh and Yo Yo Honey Singh, Salman Khan and his stepmother, former actress Helen.

              The A-list invitees included celebrity friends like Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra. Shah Rukh Khan is believed to have skipped the wedding despite having said he would attend. Amitabh Bachchan, who was wrapping up filming Piku in Kolkata, likely didn't attend either. It is unclear if any of the political bigwigs attended. President Pranab Mukherjee was invited, as was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is in Australia right now.
 

Heavy security made it difficult to tell which celebrities from the V V I P guest list had shown up. A crowd of fans, many of them from Mumbai, mobbed cars driving into the hotel.

The wedding feast is a toothsome Hyderabadi spread with dishes like Haleem and Kachche Gosht Ki Biryani.

Ahead of the wedding, Arpita's sisters-in-law Malaika Arora Khan and Seema Khan, close friend and Malaika's sister Amrita Arora, and family friend Deanne Panday were photographed in their wedding outfits.

Salman tweeted some hours before the wedding thanking those who had wished Arpita and Aayush 

A farewell lunch will be held at the Falaknuma Palace on November 19 after which guests will head back home.

 A reception is expected to take place in Mumbai on November 21.