At last we come to the main event – humari shaadi :) There are quite a lot of photos here, so we’ll break this up into two parts. First we have the reception dinner, held at The Ritz in Jammu: Download in ZIP format. As you can tell from the pictures, this was a smash [...]
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The big day: 3rd March 2009
Download in ZIP format. It was a pretty exciting day. There were a lot of ceremonies around making me a bride. It all started with pooja and then all the relatives took turns to apply uptan (a paste made from turmeric and oil) on me. It is done to make the bride look beautiful. Later [...]
Gareth’s tilak ceremony
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Mehndi: 2nd March 2009
Download in ZIP format. This is probably the most fun event in any wedding. I was looking forward to this day. We had some mehndi (henna) artists come to our place and apply mehndi on my hands and feet. There was a lot of singing and dancing. We invited Gareth’s family also for this event. [...]
Ramayan path
All big events start with remembering the Almighty in Indian culture, and our wedding was no different. On the morning of the 28th of Feb we organised Ramayan path at our place in Jammu. We had a team of 3 pandits (priests) take turns to read the holy book without any break. The whole set-up [...]