The sunset wedding ceremony the next day was at La Roche Estate — a private event space with a beautiful chapel surrounded by a small lake and rolling hills. “We didn’t want rituals we didn’t understand, but we did want to honour traditions and sacraments that are central to the idea of marriage,” explains the bride. So, they had a mutual friend officiate the wedding, announcing each of the seven steps in English as the couple made offerings in an urn with a small fire. Another friend read a passage on marriage by Khalil Gibran, followed by the exchange of vows. The evening then flowed into a fire show, dinner and a disco jungle-themed dance party in the chapel.
The details
With the bride being a champion of intentional as well as locally handcrafted design, she found a like-minded ally in her friend, wedding designer Devika Narain, to plan and design the wedding. They added thoughtful touches to the décor: using the number 11:11 (also the wedding date), images of the couple’s dog and cat in the stationery, and using dried African flowers and other locally sourced details. On the wedding day, a woven evil-eye dreamcatcher hung on each chair, handmade by the female artisans of Kishkinda Trust in Hampi, as an ode to the bride’s mother’s hometown.
The wedding wardrobe
The bride’s wardrobe was teeming with personal stories (and last-minute scares!). She wore a Rashmi Verma sari dress with a Raw Mango jacket for the welcome party, paired with an Eina Ahluwalia necklace that was previously gifted to her by her now-husband. Her outfit for the picnic — an Antar-Agni cape with Summer House khadi Jeans — was accessorised with silver jewellery, some of it gifts from friends who couldn’t attend the wedding. Her ivory lehenga and cape set for the wedding was made by Anamika Khanna in under two weeks after her original purchase from another designer was botched. The backup blood-red lehenga from Kartikeya, also made in 10 days, became her choice for the formal dinner. For the after-party, she wore a pink Payal Khandwala lehenga as a dress. The groom kept it fashion-forward as well in labels like LineTribe, Khanijo, Divyam Mehta and Qbik.
