Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has shared throwback pictures from one of her pre-wedding functions that took location 24 years ago on this day. Priyanka Gandhi married businessman Robert Vadra on February 18, 1997. This morning, she took to Instagram to share two pics from her ‘Phoolon Ka Gehna’ ceremony – one of which shows her with her late sister-in-law Michelle Vadra.
Phoolon Ka Gehna is a ritual in Kashmiri weddings exactly where the bride is adorned with flowers. It is celebrated two days prior to the wedding.
Ms Vadra shared the throwback pictures with a caption remembering her sister-in-law, who died in a automobile crash in 2001.
“24 years ago today; at my Phoolon Ka Gehna ceremony with my sweet sister-in-law Michelle, who is no more,” she wrote.
Her Instagram post racked up almost 8,000 ‘likes’ inside an hour of getting shared.
On her wedding anniversary final year, Priyanka Gandhi had posted a montage of household images on Instagram. “A million beautiful moments, love, tears, laughter, fury, friendship, family, two gifts from God, 4 unmatched canine fans and the irreplaceably tenacious wisdom of a lifetime together…. 6+23 years….29 years today….and forever!” she wrote though posting the collage.
In 2019, Ms Vadra had shared a further glimpse from one of her wedding ceremonies. She joined the lengthy list of ladies sharing their favourite saree images on Twitter as aspect of the #SareeTwitter trend with a pic from the morning of her wedding day.
Morning puja on the day of my wedding (22 years ago!) #SareeTwitterpic.twitter.com/EdwzGAP3Wt
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 17, 2019
“Morning puja on the day of my wedding,” she captioned the photo which shows her in a pink Benarasi saree.