Antique Wedding Dress For Devyani
[23 Jan 2007]
She will be remembered in history as the woman who perhaps was instrumental in bringing about the end of a branch of a royal family.
Now, five years after the tragic massacre of the royal family of Nepal, Devyani Rana is to marry Aishwarya Singh, the grandson of Indian Human Resource Development Minister, Arjun Singh. It is learnt that Devyani will wear an antique red wedding dress, that belonged to one of her grandmothers. Indian ace designer, Raghavendra Rathore has been assigned the task of modernizing this antique outfit. An exclusive French designer is believed to be designing her Rs 9 lakh red sari for the reception.
Devyani Rana dated King Dipendra, crown prince of Nepal, whose parents King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, objected to this alliance. In a fit of rage an inebriated Dipendra shot down his family before being mortally wounded himself. There were speculations galore after this horrifying episode but Devyani maintained a dignified silence through all the media frenzy and public outrage.
Devyani’s mother, Usha Rana, belongs to the royal family of the Scindia’s and is the sister of Rajastan chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje and the late Madhavrao Scindia.