A Bangalore Wedding Photography Story
Reena & Anik had a lovely Destination Wedding at Golden Palms Resort & Spa in Bangalore a few weeks ago. The only word that we could think of to describe it is “multi-cultural”. It’s sounds cliched, we know. But consider this.
Reena is Tamil. Lives in Canada. The majority of her family lives in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.
Anik is Gujrati. Born and raised in Canada. Has never lived in India. He visited India for the first time to scout the wedding venue. In fact, his parents lived in Africa (Kenya, if we remember correctly) before they migrated to Canada. The rest of his family lives across the UK & North America.
They picked Bangalore as the destination and everybody converged for this lovely, fun-filled wedding spread across The Chancery, The Gateway Hotel and the Golden Palms Resort & Spa.
Reena & Anik first met at a party in Toronto, where they live. Not very long after, Anik told his parents he had met the girl he’s going to marry. That didn’t take very long at all. When the time was right, he surprised Reena during lunch at work and proposed. Roping in her boss and colleagues, he staged the whole thing and she was completely stunned. So much so that she couldn’t concentrate on any work at all for the rest of that day. Obviously. Which girl would?
All this led up to the wedding in Bangalore. The ceremony itself was primarily in Tamil style, but the Gujratis weren’t to be left behind with their traditions as well as the song and dance in the run-up to the wedding! What added to the fun of the wedding was that their closest friends from Toronto also flew down to Bangalore for the wedding — making the 3-day wedding a continuous riot.
The celebrations began with the Mehndi and the cocktail dinner…
Reena’s Dad couldn’t get enough of his daughter’s happiness!
Anik’s mom telling the couples’ story to all those who didn’t know
Re-enactment of the proposal
After a few shots of vodka, there was much more wild dancing…
A pooja the next morning ensured an early start to the day…
Anik’s mom who suddenly (and emotionally) realised that her boys have all grown up!
Then came the big day…
Enter the bride — always one of our favourite moments!
The ceremony…
The after-wedding games…
And some fun with family and friends…
We finally managed to sneak some time away between the wedding and the reception dinner to walk around the beautiful property…
To round off the wedding, there were speeches, some more shots and lots of dancing…
And so ended an extended weekend that celebrated love, life, family and friends. With lots of emotion, laughter and camaraderie.
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