Schoolboy crowned Maharaja of Jaipur****

FE Team | Published: April 29, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

JAIPUR (India), Apr 28 (AFP): A 12-year-old boy has been crowned Maharaja of Jaipur, becoming head of what was once one of India's most glamorous and wealthy royal families. In a grand marble hall, Kumar Padmanabh Singh was blessed by priests at the coronation ceremony before he walked slowly through the city palace to receive a military guard of honour. Among his entourage of white-clad aides during Wednesday's rituals were two bearers armed with fly whisks and another carrying a decorated parasol to protect his head from the glaring sun.