Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat along with other prominent public representatives and personalities attended the marriage of South African businessman Atul Gupta’s son at Auli near Joshimath on Saturday.
The second marriage in the Gupta family, that of Atul Gupta’s son Shashank Gupta to Dubai-based businessman Vishal Jalan’s daughter Shivangi was conducted with traditional rituals at Auli on Saturday.
Chief Minister, MP and BJP State president Ajay Bhatt, Badrinath MLA Mahendra Bhatt, Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev, his aide Balkrishna and Chidanand Saraswati of Parmarth Niketan were among those who visited Auli to attend the marriage ceremony.
Rawat wished both the couples his best and blessed them on the occasion. Earlier, the Gupta family elaborately welcomed the CM to the marriage programme.
While conveying his best wishes to the couples, the chief minister also thanked the Gupta family for choosing Uttarakhand for holding the marriage programme of their two sons. He said Uttarakhand is a tourism State which has immense possibilities for boosting tourism. Stating that a marriage programme had been organised at Auli for the first time, the chief minister said that this will definitely attract more tourists from across India and abroad to this destination.
He said for the tourists from across the world, Uttarakhand has a good atmosphere and natural beauty along with diverse aspects like adventure and spirituality which the tourists search for. Rawat further opined that through such programmes at Auli, people will also get an opportunity to understand Uttarakhand. In the coming time, Uttarakhand will definitely develop
further and emerge as an ideal tourism Sate.
He also gifted a Rudraksh sapling to the newly wedded couple and wished them a happy marital life.
It is pertinent to mention here that South African businessmen hailing from Saharanpur in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh- Atul and Ajay Gupta held an extravagant programme for the marriage of their sons at Auli.
It is being stated that about Rs 200 crore was spent on the programme. The CM had earlier stated that this event will also help presenting Uttarakhand as a marriage destination.