{"id":883,"date":"2013-11-09T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/?p=883"},"modified":"2013-11-09T06:38:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T06:38:11","slug":"126-bridesmaids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/126-bridesmaids\/","title":{"rendered":"126 Bridesmaids and counting!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, the 8<sup>th<\/sup> on November bore witness to the creation of a brand new Guinness World Record! \u2013 One of the world\u2019s biggest weddings with a largest number of <a href=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/wedding_stageSpecial.html\">bridesmaids<\/a> &#8211; ever!<\/p>\n<p>The Sri Lankan couple, Nisansala and Nalin created a new world record by holding a <a href=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/theBigFatIndianWedding.html\">wedding ceremony<\/a> with 126 bridesmaids! This extravagant display of colour and pomp was supplemented by the presence of 25 groomsmen, 20 page boys and 23 <a href=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/design_decors.html\">flower girls<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamarindweddings.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-884\" src=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bridesmaid-5.jpg\" alt=\"bridesmaid\" width=\"802\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Guinness World Record defeated the previous record set by a Thai couple who planned their wedding with 96 bridesmaids.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the event was deep purple and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamarindweddings.com\/bridalattire.html\"> traditional attire<\/a> was worn by the bride, groom and <strong>bridesmaid<\/strong> party.<\/p>\n<p>This record-breaking idea was conceived by one of Sri Lanka&#8217;s noted designers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.lk\/\">Champi Siriwardana<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0took it as a challenge to break boundaries of the traditional wedding. Champu Siriwardana was also the official event planner for the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding took place at the Avendra Gardens,\u00a0Negombo, north of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo\">Colombo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, that was one very packed wedding!<\/p>\n<p>For more details on weddings, please visit :<a href=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact us : <a href=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/contact_wedding_planner.html\">mail@tamarind.co.in\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>View photos of the event :<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srilanka.travel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-885\" src=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bridesmaid-2.jpg\" alt=\"bridesmaid\" width=\"793\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.priu.gov.lk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-886\" src=\"http:\/\/tamarindweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bridesmaid-4.jpg\" alt=\"bridesmaid\" width=\"814\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, the 8th on November bore witness to the creation of a brand new Guinness World Record! \u2013 One of the world\u2019s biggest weddings with a largest number of bridesmaids &#8211; ever! 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