Dia Mirza's Wedding To Vaibhav Rekhi Had No 'Kanyadaan' Or 'Bidaai', She Opens Up About A Priestess Conducting The Ceremony

The newlywed Dia Mirza penned a long note on social media days after marrying businessman Vaibhav Rekhi in an intimate wedding ceremony in Mumbai. The actress who is also an environmentalist expressed pride in how the whole celebration too place without plastics and waste in a sustainable fashion. She also has spoken about breaking several stereotypical traditions with her second wedding like doing away with Kanyadan and Bidaai and the wedding being conducted by a priestess.

Dia and Vaibhav tied the knot in Bandra’s Bell Air apartments, talking about the ceremony the actress wrote, "The garden where I have spent every morning for the past 19 years was an absolutely magical setting and the most intimate and perfect space for our simple and soulful ceremony!" 

The actress went on to write about how her wedding ceremony was conducted by a priestess instead of priest and revealed that it was special gift planned by her friend. “The highest point for us was the Vedic ceremony conducted by a woman priest! I had never seen a woman performing a wedding ceremony until I attended my childhood friend Ananya’s wedding a few years ago. Ananya’s wedding gift to Vaibhav and me was to bring Sheela Atta who is her aunt and also a priestess, to perform the ceremony for us. She also painstakingly went through several hours of training to imbibe the essence of the scriptures so that she could assist Sheela Atta and translate the shlokas! It was such a privilege and a joy to be married this way! We do hope with all our heart that many more couples make this choice. For it is a woman's soul that contains love, wonder, benediction, magical energy, tenderness and deep empathy for all that lives," read Dia’s not.

Several pictures and video from the wedding which took place on February 15 have already gone viral and few of those were shared by Dia herself. Concluding her note the actress said, “We said NO to ‘Kanyadaan’ and ‘Bidaai’ change begins with choice doesn’t it?”