At least 10 journalists suffered cuts and bruises as police and security guards clashed Friday with paparazzi trying to snap the marathon event, dubbed the "Big Fat Indian Wedding" by local media, an AFP photographer said.

"The great wedding ends in chaos," the Hindustan Times daily newspaper declared in a headline yesterday.

The dust-up came outside the ancient sheer-walled Meherangarh, literally "Majestic Fort," where the couple held a lavish wedding feast following their traditional Hindu marriage at the hilltop Umaid Bhawan Palace hotel in Jodhpur.

"The security guards and police were punching and shoving the journalists. At least 10 (journalists) suffered bruises and cuts," said AFP photographer R. Raveendran, who was nursing a bleeding thumb.

"The police and security people were also roughing up locals, who started shouting 'Go home Liz,'" Raveendran said. Afterwards, a security representative of the couple apologised to the journalists, he said.

Exclusive media rights were sold to British celebrity magazine Hello! for a sum reported to cover the seven-figure cost of the nuptials, which capped three days of non-stop partying in the desert state of Rajasthan.

"Famous for being famous, Liz and Nayar let paparazzi down," said The Indian Express in a headline, complaining about the lack of media access to the event.

The couple, who had married in civil ceremony at an English castle on March 3, walked around a sacred wedding fire at the palace amid the chanting of Vedic hymns by five priests.

But the couple were only able to take four turns around the fire instead of the customary seven because their clothes kept getting entangled, according to The Times of India.

Nayar, wearing an off-white traditional Rajasthani suit, rode to the ceremony on a horse. A pair of camels, bedecked with tassels and copper bells were part of the procession as musicians serenaded the couple with clarinets.

Hurley was dressed in a sari designed by top Indian designer Rohit Bal. She had her hands painted in intricate henna designs and was wearing gold ornaments.

The couple, who held a set of pre-wedding parties in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, headed back to the city for another round of parties.

"The couple and their guests partied well until 3.30 am and after a lazy morning they lunched and flew off to Mumbai," said a hotel employee, who did not wish to be named.

The couple and their guests, numbering around 250, had flown into this city of palaces aboard seven chartered flights.

Back at the Umaid Bhavan Palace hotel, staff were looking forward to some rest, the Hindustan Times reported.

"It's been a very tiring time," Sanjay Umanshakar, the hotel's general manager was quoted as saying.