PTI
Agra, Nov 20: Impressed by Vedic marriage rites, a Russian woman and an American man have tied the knot as per Hindu custom at a hotel in Agra.
Looking dapper in a gray sherwani and pugree, George Vandervort (62) came in a horse-driven coach to a hotel on Sunday where Elena Patrona (53), attired in a Rajasthani 'lehnga' and all the bridal finery was waiting for him.
The Vedic rites followed, performed by head of the Radhaswami Satsang Agam Mathur to culminate with the bride and groom offering jayamala (exchanging flower garlands).
They are both meteorological engineers and divorcees with a daughter each and Vandervort said he visited India four years ago and had been impressed by the Hindu marriage rites.
He met Petrona in Russia where he had gone as a visiting professor and then love bloomed.