Shashi Tharoor's son Ishaan Tharoor is a foreign affairs writer at Washington DC. He got married to CNN recruiter Bhumi Dave in a grand wedding ceremony. All photos/Instagram and Twitter

Proud father Shashi Tharoor tweeted some pictures of the wedding ceremony and Ishaan's friends shared photos on the Instagram account

Arrival of the baraat as captioned by Shashi Tharoor on Twitter. The wedding took place at the The Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa/Short Pump, Virginia

Ishaan Tharoor with his gorgeous wife Bhumi Dave

Ishaan Tharoor poses with father Shashi Tharoor and twin Kanishk Tharoor

The groom's entry had a post-colonial touch to the traditional white horse arrival!

The groom with his groomsmen as tweeted by Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor poses with his mother Lily Tharoor ahead of wedding ceremonies

The bride Bhumi Dave as exuberant as she can be

Bhumi's father Kamlesh Dave escorts the bride to the mandap area

The bride Bhumi Dave and groom Ishaan Tharoor share a warm hug as their family watches them

Ishaan Tharoor is the son of Shashi Tharoor and Tillotama Tharoor

Bhumi Dave and Ishaan Tharoor walk the aisle

The bride Bhumi and groom Ishaan exchange garlands

Bhumi Dave and Ishaan Tharoor have a lovely moment with each other

The couple take a walk as flowers are showered on them

The bride surrounded by her bridesmaids

Ishaan Tharoor and Bhumi Dave sit on the swing and enjoy their marriage festivities

Ishaan Tharoor and Bhumi Dave dance at their wedding reception

The couple's fast-track careers in the top two media houses of the country, there was a sizeable turnout of big-ticket names from the world of the media

The happy couple embark on their new life together

Shashi Tharoor posted this image on Twitter and captioned, 'My mother with a Praetorian guard of her four unmarried grandsons!'

Ishaan's twin Kanishk, a New York-based writer, who's just out with his first book, a collection of short stories titled Swimmer Among The Stars, married poet Amanda Calderon in 2016