Syndicated from a previously public website – Raju Alluri’s public posts at Sun Microsystems
A few hours ago, I attended a cousin’s marriage. Everything seemed perfectly usual for an early morning marriage: Dinner by 8.00pm that night, most of the attendees leave by 9.30pm after wishing the bride and groom, the muhurat for marriage at 01.54am that night etc. However, when I am about to leave the venue at about 2.00am with my family, got a very good surprise: Breakfast!
There are about 400 people still at the venue at 2.00am and the host requested us to have breakfast before we leave. A couple of my cousins said loud enough: “You must be kidding!” The host persisted and we had a very nice breakfast at that hour: Idli, Masala Dosa, Moong Dosa with Upma etc. Freshly made and served hot. With the usual coffee and tea at the end! May last in memory for quite some time.
Having enjoyed such a great breakfast at an odd hour, need to 🙂 say more about the bride, groom and off course, the rest of the marriage. The groom is Kishore, my wife’s cousin. The bride is Harita. The venue, Silpa Kala Vedika at Shilparamam, is very suitable for the 2000 odd estimated attendance. The attendees included the Home Minister of AP, Film actors Chiranjeevi, Nagababu, Murali Mohan, Ravindra etc., Former Union Minister U. Krishnam Raju, MLA A. Krishnam Raju, few more sitting MLAs, few more former MLAs and Ministers, Film Director Raghavendra Rao, and the list goes on. Typical security checks for such a gathering may cause a little inconvenience, but rest of the marriage went on very well. The dinner is extravagant, the dessert/fruit stall itself serving more than 30 varieties of foods/fruits.
Had to take a short break after dinner till 1.00am, baby sitting kids at home. Kids enjoyed the fruits after dinner, especially the good quality strawberries.
Amidst all this, the unusual breakfast at 2.00am is really unforgettable.