BENGALURU: BJP MP from Bengaluru South Tejasvi Surya tied the knot with Carnatic vocalist Sivasri Skandaprasad on Thursday. Close family members and some political colleagues of Tejasvi were seen at the intimate ceremony.

Union ministers V Somanna, Arjun Ram Meghwal and BJP leaders Annamalai, Pratap Simha, Amit Malaviya and BY Vijayendra shared pictures of the wedding on social media. Sivasri is a Carnatic musician and dancer from Chennai. She is the daughter of Skandaprasad, a renowned mridangam player.

A graduate in Bioengineering, Sivasri holds a Diploma in Ayurvedic Cosmetology too. She did her graduation in Bharatanatyam from the University of Madras and her Masters in Sanskrit from the Sanskrit College. In 2014, Sivasri’s rendition of a song even attracted the attention of PM Modi, who praised her talent.

Sivasri is the founder and director of 'Ahuti, ' a collective founded to bring people together through art and culture. In 2018, Sivasri was honored with the Bharatha Choodamani award for a dance performance organized by Chidambaram Nataraja Swamy Temple involving 8000 dancers.

Meanwhile, Tejasvi, a staunch RSS ideologue, was a direct pick by PM Modi to contest in the LS elections in 2019.