Amitabh Bachchan arrives along with other guests at Prateeksha for his son's wedding. Action at the two Bachchan households in Juhu — Jalsa and Prateeksha — began at 1700 hours IST in the evening.

Dimple Kapadia arrives to attend the wedding of Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Jayaprada, Yash Chopra, Anil and Tina Ambani, and Subroto Roy are among others bigwigs who have been invited for the wedding.

The wedding of Bollywood's hottest couple is a union that many say will create Bollywood's ultimate power couple. Aishwarya is a former Miss World and Bachchan is the heir to India's most celebrated film family.

Aishwarya's father Krishnakant Rai arrives for his daughter's wedding ceremony at Amitabh Bachchan's residence in Mumbai. Ash and Abhi are to be married in a traditional Arya Samaji wedding with 11 priests presiding over the ceremonies.

Amitabh Bachchan speaks with the cops as they try to keep the sea of fans and mediapersons at bay. While male members of the baraat wore saffron turbans, the women were clad in richly embroidered sarees.

A police officer tries to disperse a crowd of fans as Abhishek arrives for his wedding ceremony. Police stepped up security as fans danced in the streets to celebrate the Ash-Abhi wedding.

Mediapersons stand behind barricades opposite Prateeksha. The wedding sent the media into frenzy even though the Bachchans tried to keep the event strictly private and low-key because Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan is ill.

Aishwarya Rai's car stands at the gates of Prateeksha, where the wedding between Abhishekh Bachchan and Rai is to take place. Abhishek and Aishwarya have been given the equivalent of Z-category security till April 20.

Abhishek Bachchan, right, and Aishwarya Rai, left, arrive in a car after getting married in Mumbai. Rai and Bachchan, both well-known actors, were married in a private ceremony on Friday.

The much-talked about wedding is called as Bollywood wedding of the century

Newly-married stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, who tied the knot in Mumbai on Friday, arrived at the Tirupati temple on Sunday with the senior Bachchans in tow.

This was the couple's first visit to any temple after the marriage. Amitabh Bachchan had visited the temple on April 15 to seek Lord Balaji's blessings. He had also placed the first wedding invitation card at the feet of the deity seeking blessings for the couple.

Like the marriage, the temple affair too, was a closely guarded event. For the first time ever, the media was barred from the temple as Bachchan and family prayed.

The Bachchan family is known to visit the Tirupati temple often. The new couple, after marrying in a traditional Arya Samaji wedding on Friday, sought blessings as they embark on a new journey together.

Abhiash to leave on April 26 for honeymoon. The family, however, refuses to disclose the place where the couple is headed.

Newly-wed Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai pay obeisance at the Tirumala Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati on Sunday