RANTHAMBHORE NATIONAL PARK, India — Pop star Katy Perry and comedian Russell Brand were married Saturday in northwestern India, the couple confirmed in a statement.
A Christian minister and longtime friend of Perry’s family performed a “private and spiritual ceremony,” which was attended by family members and close friends, said the statement.
The wedding was held at the Aman-e-Khas luxury resort in a tiger reserve in Ranthambhore National Park, a hotel official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Photographers and media reporters were not allowed into the Aman-e-Khas wildlife retreat for the six-day wedding celebration.
Brand, 35, and Perry, 26, wore traditional Indian clothes to the wedding, a hotel official said. On Friday, at a pre nuptial celebration, Perry, like a typical Indian bride, had henna designs applied on her palms and hands.
A committee was set up to check noise pollution from the celebration and ensure that animals in the wildlife reserve were not disturbed, said Ravi Kumar, a district official.
Brand proposed to the American pop singer, whose parents are Christian pastors, in the historic Indian city of Jaipur over New Year’s Eve, and the couple decided to get married in India.
