9 interesting facts about Mysuru's royal couple

9 things you didn't know about Mysuru's royal couple, Yaduveer-Trishika

Bengaluru, First Published Jun 27, 2016, 12:36 PM IST

Love marriage?

Yaduveer and Trishika grew close to each other while pursuing their studies in America.

Yaduveer completed his graduation from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, majoring in Economics and English. Trishika, meanwhile, graduated from Boston University.

However, Yaduveer’s biological father Swaroop Anand Gopal Raj Urs says both were friends and the marriage was fixed by the family.

Will Yaduveer-Trishika have children?

For nearly four hundred years now, the Mysuru royal family is said to be suffering the effects of a curse placed upon it in 1612 by Alamelamma, the wife of Tirumalaraja, the then ruler of the Vijayanagar empire.

The story goes that the soldiers of Mysuru kingdom tried to snatch the huge jewels that Alamelamma happened to be wearing on her person during a visit to Thalakad, a small temple village on the banks of the river Cauvery.

Choosing death before dishonour, she leaped in to the Cauvery to drown. With her dying breath she cursed the Mysuru line, declaring that they shall never have children to built a stable dynasty.

It has been 400 years since and the direct Wadiyar dynasty has never had any children. Every alternate generation, they adopt a son, who has children, but his children never beget more scions.

But since Yaduveer is that 'alternate' line - an adopted child, it is presumed his family life will be peaceful and normal.

Yaduveer is not a Wadiyar

Yaduveer was born Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs. He was renamed Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar by Maharani Pramoda Devi, who adopted him after her husband, the king of Mysore, Srikanthadatta Wadiyar, passed away without naming a successor and the couple did not have children.

The couple have a strong Bengaluru connection

Yaduveer pursued his schooling from Vidya Niketan Shool in Bengaluru and Pre-university college in Canadian International School in Bengaluru

Trishika was a student of Baldwin’s college in Bengaluru and pursued her college in Jyoti Nivas College, Bengaluru44

Yaduveer’s marriage suit was designed by his mother

Being a fashion designer, Yaduveer’s mother Pramoda Devi designed the wedding suit of her son. She designs clothes under the brand Royal Silk of Mysore.

Mangalasutra (taali) tied twice?

The mangalsutra, the most essential element of a Hindu marriage, was tied twice in this one - once in the morning during the Kanyadan ceremony and the second time in the evening during the Nagavalli ceremony (held for progeny).

Trishika gets a golden toe ring

Usually at weddings, the bride is given a silver toe ring to wear (even in rich weddings). But the princess Trishika was given golden toe ring, since that was the royal custom.

What is on the Royal menu

More than 200 cooks prepared a Thali which included: