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The exact details have been fiercely disputed, but Thursday&#8217;s newspapers in New Delhi were all in agreement that this had been one very big, very fat Indian wedding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lalit Tanwar married his bride Yogita Jaunapuria at a family farmhouse near the city in a ceremony Tuesday celebrated with 100 dishes, 12 giant TV screens to broadcast proceedings, and even a gift of US$5,500 for the groom&#8217;s barber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Times of India calculated the cost of the extravaganza uniting two influential political families at one billion rupees (US$22 million), while the Mail Today went for the less conservative figure of US$55 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/eyeonbusiness\/execliving\/indianwedding.htm\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The groom wore a garland made of bank notes and received a helicopter as a gift, there were 18,000 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