Manisha Koirala Marriage Photos

KATMANDU, Manisha Koirala Marriage Photos: Popular Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala married Nepalese businessman Samrat Dahal in a traditional ceremony Friday attended by family and close friends.

The wedding rituals, spread over three days, were conducted by Hindu temple priests at a forest resort just outside Katmandu, Nepal’s capital, Sridhar Pokharel, an official at the wedding venue, said.

The elaborate nuptial celebrations, which began Friday, will conclude with a reception Sunday in Katmandu.

Koirala, 40, who belongs to a powerful Nepalese political family, was one of the best-known actresses in India in the 1990s. She has turned to film production in Nepal after a lull in her Bollywood career.

In 1999, Koirala was named a U.N. goodwill ambassador for her work to promote women’s rights and her campaign to prevent trafficking of Nepalese girls.

The actress’ grandfather, B. P. Koirala, was prime minister of Nepal in the late 1950’s, while two of her granduncles were also prime ministers of the Himalayan nation.