Lavish wedding in India ... for two monkeys!!!

And so it shall be July 6, when three-year-old groom Raju, in typical north Indian fashion, rides a horse from Banetha town in Tonk district, some 100 km from Rajasthan capital Jaipur to bride Chinki's house in Talwas village in neighbouring Bundi district.

What will follow will be the usual trappings of a Hindu wedding, including seven rounds of the fire and the marriage "vows".

That's not all!

"We have made all the preparations. Marriage invitations have been sent to hundreds of people. The priest had announced the wedding date in the engagement ceremony organized Tuesday," Raju's caretaker Ramesh told IANS. More...

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