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A Colorful Mountaintop Wedding at Timber Ridge Lodge in Keystone, Colorado
“The key was balancing the boldness of Indian style with the rustic simplicity of the mountains,” Winnie Agarwal (28 and works at Facebook) says. She wed Nik Talwar (28 and a hedge fund sector head) at a summit 12,000 feet in the air. The couple blended traditional Hindu elements, such as Nik’s b...
This Couple Celebrated Their Multicultural Wedding Under California's Towering Redwoods
To celebrate the blending of two cultures and two families, Kathryn Uhl (31 and a manager at a global non-profit) and Saagar Kurani (31 and a musician and product manager) celebrated their wedding with two wedding ceremonies, a Hindu one and a western one, at Deerpark Villa in Fairfax, California...
This Indian Wedding at Villa Del Lago in Austin, Texas, Had the Most Epic Gold Details
Puja Chugh (28 and a business and technology consultant) and Karan Chaudhary (27 and a technology investor) placed special emphasis on adding meaning to all the components of their wedding. “Every part of our wedding day was either cultural, traditional or sentimental,” Puja says, especially the ...
Unique Chairs Set Apart This Indian Wedding at Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan
Priya Chatterjee (32 and a healthcare consultant) and Debmallo Shayon Ghosh (32 and a lawyer) honored both their family values and their Bengali heritages by throwing a culturally-focused celebration steeped in tradition and sentimentality. “Indian weddings put a heavy emphasis on two families co...
An Elegant Winter Wedding at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, Illinois
Roshni and Elliot fused the bride's Hindu culture and the groom's Western roots for an elegant, luxurious wedding at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago. To start the day, Roshni and Elliot got ready with close family and friends. She wore a traditional red and gold lehenga, henna, bangles a...
A Romantic Garden Wedding on a Private Property in Moscow, Idaho
Sarah Bowen and Neil Patel wed on the bride's brother's property in Moscow, Idaho, blending their family traditions into a unique and colorful Western-Indian fusion celebration. Sarah's classic wedding gown combined an A-line skirt with a silky champagne-colored top. Later, she changed into a pin...
A Modern Fusion Wedding at The Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon
Misbah Akhtar and Frank Tea planned a celebration for 250 guests at The Nines Hotel. "Our wedding style was romantic and modern with bright colors and some details from both of our cultures included in the day," Misbah says (the bride is Pakistani and the groom is Chinese). The color palette incl...
A Traditional Hindu Ceremony Mixed with a Classic Western Wedding in Atlanta, Georgia
Nirali and Ray Koh had a two-part wedding that featured their different cultures. "We wanted to have a day that celebrates not only us as a couple, but the union of our families. Our hope was to illustrate our amazing Indian and Korean cultures, as well as Hindu and Christian traditions," Nirali ...
Artistic Indian Wedding at Grounds for Sculpture in NJ
Paisley Singh (28 and a software engineer) and Joe Plantamura (28 and works in client success for point of sale software) wanted their wedding to transport guests to the storied land of Westeros. “We envisioned a sort of Game of Thrones meets Indian fantasy fusion,” Paisley says. A storybook- lik...
Indian Fusion Wedding in The Mountains
A few months after they started dating, Jessica (Jess) Merrell (28 and a government employee) and Kiran Sreenivas (31 and works in health care research) took a trip to Asheville. Jess got lost and Kiran was pulled over, but they still fell hard for the city—and each other. “That first trip was sy...
An Extravagant, Glamorous Indian Wedding at Amanyara in Turks and Caicos
Nonstop entertainment was the theme for Melanie (29 and an actress) and Neeraj's (33 and an investor) opulent wedding at Amanyara in Turks and Caicos. In addition to countless wardrobe changes, the couple participated in a number of choreographed dances and even flew in three dancers from the Sa...
A Bright, Multicultural Garden Wedding at Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, North Carolina
For their Jewish-Indian fusion wedding at a rural North Carolina barn, Lauren Ring (28 and a physician) and Mohan Mallipeddi (32 and also a physician) managed to seamlessly blend traditions from their respective backgrounds. “We wanted to celebrate the best parts of each of our cultures,” Lauren ...
A Personalized Cultural Wedding at Ovation Chicago in Illinois
For their wedding, Jacquie Pelusi (31 and a marketing account manager) and Chinar Desai (32 and a marketing VP) struggled with how to respect his parents' Indian traditions while including their American friends and family. The two-hour Hindu ritual wasn't going to fly, so the couple created a hy...
An Indian Lakeside Wedding at Villa Del Lago in Austin, Texas
Eight years after Punita Dave (28 and an assistant buyer at Bergdorf Goodman) and Aamer Patel (31 and a managing partner at a consulting firm) met as undergraduates at University of Texas, the pair returned to Austin to say “I do” at Villa Del Lago on Lake Travis. “It was a no-brainer decision on...
A Colorful Interfaith Wedding at Zingerman's Cornman Farms in Dexter, Michigan
Thanks to its sheer abundance of silk, velvet, tulle and hand-embroidered sequins, Irina Khurana’s (26 and a medical student) Indian lehenga reminded her of one very prominent queen. “I felt like Daenerys in Game of Thrones,” she says. Irina wore the ornate dress for her vows to longtime love Lee...
A Colorful Interfaith Wedding at Doe Creek Farm in Pembroke, Virginia
In just seven months, Danielle Wang (30 and an attorney) and Rohan Kalyan (35 and a professor) pulled off a two-day affair with three ceremonies and four dresses. “Given that both Indian and Chinese weddings are so lively, we chose bright, bold colors centered around red, which is the heart of th...
A Casual Indian-American Wedding at Eventide Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia
Mithila Tople and Jeremy DeJiacomo infused Indian and American traditions into their modern, casual wedding. "We wanted a warm, intimate and fun-filled wedding that reflected both of us, our ideals and the different cultures we grew up in," the couple says. The outdoor ceremony took place agains...
An Elegant Indian Fusion Wedding at Blue Hill Farm at Stone Barns in Tarrytown, New York
Indrani Franchini and Dennis Heidt planned a colorful, bohemian-inspired, Indian fusion wedding at Blue Hill Farm at Stone Barns. The color palette was variations of deep saturated reds with accents of rich orange, pastel salmon and gold. At the ceremony, guests sat around a nontraditional mandap...
A Luxe Multicultural Wedding at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California
Grace Park (30 and a professional violinist) married her college sweetheart, Kunal Khaitani (30 and a business owner), in an Asian fusion affair at Monarch Beach Resort, which "acted as a getaway for our guests,” she says. “Once you set foot on the property, you feel like you’re on vacation.” The...
A DIY-Filled Indian Wedding at the Hyatt Regency Princeton in New Jersey
For Susan Ittoop (27 and a media buyer) and Parth Oza’s (26 and a civil engineer) traditional Hindu wedding, the couple added DIY touches and plenty of character at every turn. Parth’s Jeep Wrangler got a fun update for his preceremony baraat. They designed all of their paper pieces, then printed...
An Elegant Hindu and Western Wedding at The St. Regis Princeville Resort in Hawaii
An American-born Orthodox Christian, Semhal Araya is the daughter of an Ethiopian father and an Eritrean mother. On the other hand, Devesh Desai was born in Mumbai, India, and practices Hinduism. They chose to celebrate their cultures with separate Hindu and Western ceremonies. Both events used l...
A Rustic Interfaith Wedding at Ru’s Farm in Healdsburg, California
Roshni Singerman (who practices Hinduism) and Scott Singerman (who practices Judaism) merged their religions in a rustic interfaith wedding at Ru’s Farm in Healdsburg, California. “Our theme was about combining two different cultures in a sensible, respectful and thoughtful manner—a true Hinjew ”...
A Glamorous Indian Wedding at the Hyatt Regency on the Hudson in Jersey City, New Jersey
Supreet Sandhu (30 and a medical office manager) and Nishan Mahbubani (31 and a product owner) wanted a conventional Indian wedding, but the pair also knew that their day needed to feel like their own. To personalize the celebration, Supreet and Nishan added sweet touches throughout, including a ...