Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-11
A Dazzling Royal Wedding
Nepalese Correspondence of London Times.

Nepalese Correspondence of London Times.
The marriage of his majesty, the maharaja
dhiraja of Nepal, was celebrated with suitable
pomp and splendor.
Following the ancient custom of the house,
his majesty was married to two maharanis, both
being daughters of an ancient pure Rajput
family in India. The festivities extended over
number of days A week before the wedding
the brides-elect respondent in costly attire,
garanded the noble bridegroom, and every one
was gay against the Brydale day, which was
not long" The sapata, or paper, giving the
suspicious hour of marriage, accompanied by a
print of the royal hands in scented vermlion
and turmeric to signify his high approval OF it.,
was sent from the bridegroom's palace to the
Sngha Durbar, the residence of Maharaja Sir
ch.nd3 a. s hrd shsrs Jung B1haduF Rama
companying it was gazed at in eager admiration
by many thousands of people, who thronged
the sides of the road from one end to the other
Elephants and Music.
On the wedding day the streets, we'll watered
and decorated with triumphal arches covered
with evergreen, and with gay pennons and
streamers, were lined with troops. The process
sion which sight for the gods to see,"
began to move on the stroke of noon. 1t was
headed by detachment of troops with the
national flags and others consecrated to the pre-
siding deities of the country Then followed
several learned bandits on elephants and I'M
melodious but suspicious music, consisting of
toon, bheri nrisingha, etc, Justify sounded
with puffs from lungs which Wed with smiths
bellows. Heralded thus came giant figures in
paper and cloth, representing nearly all living
creatures. man, bird, and beast. Then came
long train of men representing the country
dancers and musicians, who had come from all
parts of the valley joyfully to take part in the
marriage of their king.
Then troops and more troops, interspersed
here and there with the royal and military
bands, and with elephants and horses all richly
decked, some carrying the merchant princes of
the country, others high officials. others again
the feudatory chieftains haling from all parts of
the kingdom. A squadron o. Of cavalry caperedi
vessel, covered in cloth of silver and gold and
profusely adorned with flowers and garlands.
under huge beautiful umbrella, attended by
maidens fair in stream of carriages, some car
rying the paraphernalia of royalty and some
singing melodious hymns.
The Bridegroom.
Then, bosomed high in gold and silver
howdah, mounted on a big tusker marching to
the merry jingle of the numerous silver bells
with which it was festooned came the youthful
king, bright as the newborn day, the cynosure
of neighboring eyes-and there were myriads
of them looking from every possible point of
vantage not excepting the broad slanting roofs
of the several public buildings which stood by
the side of the road. The sea of heads and their
hum, which represented the noise of breaking
pillows, was indeed no less striking feature
amidst the "pomp and feast and revelry" at
tendant on the occasion.
Within short distance of the bridegroonn's
elephant came the one carrying Maharaa Sir
Chandra Shum Shere Jung Bahadur Rama &C
companied by Colonel O'Connor the British
representative at the court of Nepal. Some
more elephants with their rich trappings CARRIED
the commander-in chief in Nepal and the gen
erals, all in full dress uniform with their ele-
giant headdresses, from the top of which grace
fully curved back the many colored bird of para
disc feathers. The gurus and profits, clad in
clothes of gold brocade preceded more troops
and officers on horseback, and other civil Off
Gals, the procession closing with the Saldur-
jung regiment, the one which accompanied
Prithvi Naran Shah in his conquest of Nepal
The head of the procession reached Singha
Durbar long before the tail left the kings
palace. Gratuities and khiats were largely dis
tributed, which made the gay occasion gayer
still. royal salute was fired when his majesty
got on his elephant again when he got down
from it, and still again when he was carried to
the place where the "homa" ceremony was per-
formed
Next day the return procession was about
the same as that of the preceding day, except
that the bridegroom, with the two queens
seated one on each side of him. drove in an ele-
giant carriage tastefully decorated with flowers
and drawn by nine beplumed and beautifully
caparisoned horses.