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And in the last few weeks, two weddings have dominated India’s gossip ecosystem like it’s a new IPL season.

Wedding #1:

A US-based pharma billionaire from Telangana who threw a wedding so expensive that even Ambani’s event planner probably zoomed in to take notes.

Wedding #2:

Our women’s cricket vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and music creator Palash Muchhal, a wedding that didn’t happen and that somehow made more noise than most weddings that do.

Now, Wedding #1 trended because of its guest list and “Let’s show the world how much spunk and guestlist can fit in one baraat” energy.
Wedding #2, however, trended for all the wrong reasons.

Rumours. Screenshots. Tattoos. Stadium proposals. Alleged cheating.
Basically, Season 3 of Indian Matchmaking that nobody asked Netflix for.

Overnight, Palash became the Internet’s favourite villain.
The man at the epi-center of chaos, the Bad Guy, the “Bro, seriously?” of the season.

And then, a plot twist.

Suddenly, he pops up at Premanand Maharaj’s Ashram in Vrindavan head bowed, hands folded, paparazzi conveniently present.

A spiritual pitstop?
A crisis-management pilgrimage?
Or the PR equivalent of Control + Z?

Now, Premanand Maharaj isn’t new to fame.
Most Indians discovered him the same way we discover new cafes because Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma checked in first. Ever since then, his ashram has been trending harder than any Reels audio.

So when Palash landed up there, looking like a man who had seen both heartbreak and Twitter, people immediately went: The repentance tour has begun. And honestly, it might be working.

But here’s where it gets interesting. Palash isn’t the first.

Enter Raj Kundra.

A man whose legal file has more pages than a coffee-table book.
Charges, accusations, documentaries the works.

And what does he do?
Vrindavan. Premanand Maharaj. Paparazzi present.
Same formula, Same detox & Same spiritual PR glow-up.

What once seemed like a personal act of repentance now feels like a template.
A trend.
A new-age ritual where PR meets spirituality.

You can practically imagine PR teams now:

Sir, apology tweet kar diya. Interview pending. And Vrindavan slot mil gaya 4 PM. Acha lighting bhi hoga.

Look, maybe these are genuine spiritual journeys. Or maybe this is India’s new crisis-management hack:

When in trouble, take a trip to Vrindavan. When the noise gets loud, let the saffron calm it down. When reputation dips, take the Maharaj Route.

Coincidence? Maybe. A trend worth observing? Absolutely.

Two cases in two months. Two men, two controversies. One destination.

Is it faith? Is it PR? Or is it both, holding hands and walking into the sunset?

Only time and paparazzi’s will tell.

Links: https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/smriti-mandhanas-fiance-palaash-muchhal-visits-premanand-maharaj-ashram-in-vrindavan-after-wedding-postponed-9741394?pfrom=home-ndtv_lateststories

Links: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/after-anushka-sharma-and-virat-kohli-shilpa-shetty-and-raj-kundra-visit-premanand-maharaj-in-vrindavan-watch-viral-video/articleshow/123306378.cms