Indian wedding ceremony in Bradford at Rio Grande
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023This was a Gujarati Hindu wedding ceremony on the top floor of the Rio Grande, which allows for great views over the city during daylight hours







































































This was a Gujarati Hindu wedding ceremony on the top floor of the Rio Grande, which allows for great views over the city during daylight hours
This is the second wedding we’ve videoed for this beautiful family in Barnsley, and are now looking forward photographing and videoing the first birthday party of the first groom’s son!
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Vishal’s Hindu wedding comprises of several individual ceremonies. After the Mayan (Miyaan) comes the Sangeet – bit of fun for all the wedding guests – then the Sainth, a religious ceremony with oils, natural plants and seeds. The priest conducts the ceremony – which could be on the floor of the temple, or as here in the family home. The key family members sits round in a circle in front of the priest, and participate throughout.
What a beautiful buttercup yellow sari with mehndi - so just couldn't resist starting with this glorious splash of colour!
The coconut is passed to one of the family by the Hindu priest.
The marks on the coconut maybe perceived as representing the three-eyed Lord Shiva so it brings good luck. Sometimes it is smashed to reveal its soft white centre, representing the human brain, as it looks a bit like a human head, thus the ego is squashed and presented to the Lord.
Here is more of the evening’s story in pictures…..
Money is given here too.
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This is the second wedding we have covered for the same family of boys in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, so now we feel part of their extended family: many hours work – but all great fun.
Its a bit like a Stag-Do where the bridegroom is smothered in a turmeric paste and coloured powders, but in front of all his family and close friends in the garden of their family home.
I actually won first prize in an international wedding photography competition – $1,000, from the Professional Wedding Photographers’ Network and was awarded the top wedding photographer excellence award for pictures from this couple’s Hindu wedding this year 2012, just days after the wedding had taken place!
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