Udaipur, Dec 24: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu embarked on a new journey in life as she tied the knot with entrepreneur Venkata Datta Sai in a private ceremony here.The 29-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad, who won a bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a silver at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, married Datta, an executive director at Posidex Technologies, on Sunday in a traditional ceremony attended by close family and friends.
Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, shared the first photograph of the wedding on ‘X’ on Monday.
“Pleased to have attended the wedding ceremony of our Badminton Champion Olympian PV Sindhu with Venkatta Datta Sai in Udaipur last evening and conveyed my wishes & blessings to the couple for their new life ahead,” Shekhawat tweeted.
The celebrations commenced with a lively Sangeet ceremony on December 20, featuring music and dance as the two families came together. This was followed by traditional rituals such as Haldi, Pellikuthuru, Mehendi, and other customs on December 21.
Sindhu’s wedding news came close on the heels of her victory at the Syed Modi International in Lucknow earlier this month, ending a long title drought.
With five medals, including a gold, at the BWF World Championships, and two Olympic medals, Sindhu is widely regarded as one of India’s greatest athletes.
The couple has invited some of the top celebrities of the country for the wedding reception, including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.