Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 28: Indian weddings have been a long tradition in India, celebrated for their grandioseness as well as the length and detail of these multi-day celebrations. There was a time when they had been viewed as extravagant and a show of wealth. In 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned his eye to destination weddings and appealed to NRIs as well as affluent Indians taking their baraats abroad, to instead explore newer locales in India for destination weddings.