Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will land in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi town on Monday to attend his younger sister Arpita Khan’s wedding reception, event organisers said on Sunday.
The state government has declared the actor a state guest and will provide him with a helicopter to transport him and his family to the venue from Chandigarh.
Khan and his family will visit Mandi, the hometown of Arpita’s husband Aayush Sharma, to attend the dham, a traditional feast organised by state Rural Development Minister Anil Sharma to felicitate his daughter-in-law and son.
The organiser told reporters that more than 10,000 people have been invited for the event.
Dham is a traditional meal served on leaf plates with guests sitting on the floor. The food is made using the finest ingredients and traditional recipes and methods. The dishes are cooked by chefs trained by botis or hereditary cooks.
It is a four-course unlimited meal.
The main course has the options of chaa ghosht or lamb cooked in yoghurt gravy, or murgh anardana, chicken stewed in pomegranate paste.
For vegetarians, there is Himachali dal channa, split gram with fennel seeds, and mathri choware, lentil fritters in spinach gravy.
For desserts it’s meethe chawal, sweetened red rice with dry fruits and saffron.
The food is cooked in copper vessels, which impart a unique flavour to the dishes.
The main course will also have a choice of bread — babroo, chawal ki kadak roti and beduan roti.
Arpita married Aayush on November 18 last year.
