INDIAN PRINCE'S WEDDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15390, 27 August 1913, Page 9

INDIAN PRINCE'S WEDDING

PICTURESQUE CEREMONY.

THE GAEKWAR ABSENT.

By Telegraph— Association—Copyright.

(Received August 26, 6 p.m.)

London, August 25. The wedding of the Gaekwar of Baroda's daughter, Princess Indira, to a brother of the Maharajah of Kuch Behar, which it was announced on May 4 would not take place, was celebrated this afternoon. The ceremony was of a most picturesque character, and included the admission of the bride to the Brahma creed, a product of the contest of Hindooism with Christianity in the 19th century.

The Gaekwar himself, who is now in Switzerland, did not attend.

MARRIED BY REGISTRAR.

BRIDE'S NEW RELIGION.

Times-Sydney Sun Special Cable. (Received August 26, 6.40 p.m.)

London, August 25.

After Princess Indira had gone through the ceremony of accepting the Brahma creed, she was married at a registrar's office according to the fashion of the Brahma Samaj (" The Church of the One God"). During the first portion of the ceremony, the Princess was dressed in European style, and then all those taking part appeared in native costumes.

Princess Indira was to have married the Maharajah Scindia over a year ago, but after the incident at the Delhi Durbar where the Gaekwar of Baroda aroused much ill-feeling, more particularly on the part of the native princes of the peninsula, by what was considered, lack of courtesy towards the King-Emperor in retiring from the throne after making his obeisance the engagement was broken off. This action is generally credited to the Maharajah Scindia himself. Kush Behar is a native State in Bengal with an area of 1300 square miles and a population of over 500,000.