South Asian Wedding Photos

This Wedding Brought Bursts of Color and Lush Greenery to the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch in Colorado

Washington, DC, residents Puja Bhatia (33 and a lawyer) and Kunal Patel (33 and a consultant) changed up Indian tradition for their destination wedding celebration. “We were going for culturally inspired bohemian style,” Puja says. “I was inspired by the colors around us in the Colorado mountains...

Colorful Sri Lankan and Jamaican Fusion Wedding at Miami Beach Botanical Garden in Florida

Adrienne Bown (34 and a brand manager) and Jeevan Nanayakkara’s (35 and a project manager) wedding combined their respective Jamaican and Sri Lankan cultures—but with a personalized twist. “We basically created a remix,” Adrienne says. “It set the tone for how we’ll move forward as a new family u...

The Cal Berkeley Mascot Made a Visit to This Wedding at the College's Stadium in Berkeley, California

Every element of Sona and Matt's wedding at UC Berkeley beautifully paid homage to the details that make their relationship their own. From choosing to tie the knot at their alma mater to nodding to their yoga meet-cute in their wedding invitation and ice cream sandwiches to cap off the event, th...

A Backyard Minimony Along the California Coast With a Gold-and-Orange Color Palette

The coastal home where Jean Mason (31 and a textile designer and artist) and Anamika Goyal (30 and an architect) tied the knot wasn’t their first or even second plan. Their vow exchange was actually the third iteration of their celebration the couple came up with. “Our plan A was a large wedding ...

Vibrant Shades of Red and Orange Wowed at This Wedding at Overbrook House in Massachusetts

Niyati and Nick's at Overbrook House in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts was inspired by "Niyati's Indian heritage, Nick's Italian roots and our shared love for Cape Cod. Nestled in the woods of Buzzards Bay, Overbrook House offered the perfect rustic feel with multiple onsite locations and expansive...

A Romantic Garden Wedding at The Clifton Inn in Charlottesville, Virginia

Given that Sonia is Indian and Nick isn't, the couple wanted to host an Indian-fusion wedding that reflected "both of our backgrounds and where we come from. We chose to have a multi-day 'wedding,' which is traditional for Indian weddings while adding an American twist to most of the events," say...

A Rustic-Meets-Cultural Wedding at The Forest in Wappapello, Missouri

Kanwal Haq and Shiraz Bheda wanted to have a traditional Pakistani wedding weekend while also celebrating Kanwal's roots in southeast Missouri. The colorful wedding weekend included a Mehndi the evening before the wedding followed by a traditional wedding ceremony and plenty of merriment the next...

A Colorful Garden Wedding at The Woodlands Country Club in The Woodlands, Texas

After visiting The Woodlands Country Club, Tanzim and David wanted to host an outdoor ceremony overlooking the lake. Tanzim tasked herself with creating a day accented with red, pink and white flowers and anchored by a more neutral base color. “I enjoyed doing the planning because I was able to p...

A Glamorous Waterfront Indian-Korean Fusion Wedding at Belle Mar in Newport, Rhode Island

Shruti and Ernest saw their wedding as the opportunity to fuse their different cultures. “The wedding really united my Indian and Hindu background with Ernest’s Christian and Korean heritage,” Shruti says. In keeping with Hindu tradition, Ernest entered the baraat on a white horse. At the ceremon...

A Color-Packed Traditional South Indian Wedding in Concord, New Hampshire

To celebrate their marriage, Pooja and Ravi hosted three days of festivities filled with a vibrant color palette to celebrate the joy that was central to their south Indian wedding. To aid in the planning and since "Indian culture within itself is different depending on the state you come from," ...

A Classic Navy-and-White Military Wedding at Belle Mer in Newport, Rhode Island

It was important to Nikki Anderson and Karthik Venkatraman, "to have the wedding be a representation of who we are as a couple." As such, they planned a wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, that melded watercolor details, traditional Indian elements and tributes to the Navy. While those components w...

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 ...

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...

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...

A Whimsical Harry Potter–Themed Wedding at A Simple Affair in Las Vegas, Nevada

As huge fans of Harry Potter, Monica and Mikhail Martinez based their wedding off of the fantasy series by J.K. Rowling. "Overall, we were going for whimsical and vintage with a hint of minimalist and modern," Monica says. The couple chose their venues based on the theme—the ceremony location at ...

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...