Shilpa Shetty birthday special: Her wedding album (see pics)

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra lavish wedding was no less than a royal alliance. From the décor, ambience, guests and the couple itself, everything speaks volume of the magnificent royal elegance witnessed at their wedding.Shilpa Shetty tied the knot with London-based businessman Raj Kundra in the year 2009 after dating the man for a few years.Today, as she turns 40, we present you a quick glimpse of her wedding album.Shilpa Shetty, a Bollywood product, became an over the night international celebrity due to her highly controversial ‘Big Brother' stint. Then after, there seemed no look back by the actress and she started dating Raj Kundra.While the exquisite beauty's wedding locks were designed in structured ‘Bunt' traditions, she wore a Punjabi traditional ‘chuda' and ‘kalirey' too in her wedding. The wedding saree designed by noted designer Tarun Tahiliani had the strings of gold and silver in it and it was the one completely embellished outfit that enhanced Shilpa's gorgeous bridal charm.The groom, Raj Kundra sported a maroon ‘sherwani' with golden embroidery and a turban with his face veiled by a traditional ‘sehera' coprising strings of pearls. Holding a sword in his hand, Raj spilled every inch of royal stiffness in his wedding appearance. The auspicious wedding vows took place at Bawa Villa, owned by Shilpa's friend and business partner Kiran Bawa. It happened to be a Sunday wedding for the ecstatic couple and only a few closes ones were invited in the grand event. Soon after the wedding, the newlywed threw a grand reception party in Mumbai and the guests included names of Big shots like Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rekha, Rani Mukerji, Shah Rukh Khan with wife Gauri, Hrithik Roshan and then wife Suzanne amongst many others. Today, the couple is about to complete the 6 years bond of togetherness in November this year. Raj-Shilpa has a 2-year-old kid named Viaan Kundra, born on May 21, 2012. For her wedding functions, Shilpa exuded her ex, actor Akshay Kumar and barred his film's soongs to be played at any o the wedding event.Both Shilpa and Raj are now a happily married couple and they do not leave any single opportunity to express love for each other.