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Neha weds Hemang
Marriages are made in heaven, but weddings are made on Earth! Neha and Hemang’s wedding, like any other, was experienced on Earth, but the celebration was filled with so many beautiful moments that the occasion was out of this world. From a fun photo booth with a scooter at the entrance and a swing for the couple to a bobblehead cake topper that looked like the couple, their wedding had it all.
Neha Delvadia and Hemang Suthar got married at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida. Since it was a summer wedding, they chose an indoor venue to be sure their guests were comfortable. Their mandap and décor had a traditional touch, with a raised aisle decorated with flowers and candles.
For this fun-loving couple, music and dance was a big part of their celebrations. While the groom made his way to the venue to “Tenu Leke” from Salaam-E-Ishq, the bride entered to “Din Sagna Da.” For the reception, the DJ played a combination of English and Indian songs to make sure that all of their guests enjoyed themselves.
For their first dance, the couple chose a medley of three songs: a romantic Hindi tune that transitioned into a Bhangra Ed Sheeran remix. Their family and friends also planned special dance performances. The groom himself even made a special guest appearance in a dance performed by his groomsmen.
Neha and Hemang had a poolside cocktail hour so that guests could enjoy a gorgeous sunset view. The reception decor featured an elegant, floral look. The stage was decorated with a floral backdrop with midnight blue curtains. After the vidaai, the newly married couple left on a decorated red golf cart!.
Along with their beautiful wedding story, Neha and Hemang also shared advice for other couples planning their wedding. “Months of preparation and planning come down to the big weekend that goes by so fast! So, make sure to take time to enjoy yourselves. Try to delegate duties so you don’t stress yourselves. At the end of the day, the most important memory will be of “the one” you are marrying,” they said.
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Christena weds Ravi
Ask any bride how and when she met her groom, and she will remember it as clearly as it happened just yesterday. And so the story goes with Christena Singh.
A teacher from Miami, Christena clearly remembers the morning when social media played cupid in her love story. “It all began one early morning in September 2016, around 7:15am with an Instagram “good morning” message! Yep! You read right! Instagram!” she recollects her first exchange with Ravi, her groom.
With Christena in Florida and Ravi in Queens, NY, technology played a huge role in this love story. With hours of phone calls, Facetimes, and back and forth flights, their beautiful bond grew. In 2018, they made their commitment official by getting married.
In quite the romantic story, Ravi proposed to Christena by involving her best friends and parents. While unsuspecting Christena was out for dinner with her friends, Ravi decorated her entire house with rose petals. Reliving the night Christena said, “As I unlocked the front door I saw HUNDREDS of rose petals placed throughout the whole house. My neighbor stood in front of me with her video camera and I instantly knew he (Ravi) was there! She handed me a card that said that I had to follow the petals throughout my house.
“The first card led me upstairs to the first bedroom where another card was laid on the bed with a HUGE map. The card read, “I want to travel the world with you. Here is a map where we can scratch off each destination as we travel together.” The next card led downstairs to the kitchen with another card that read “follow the trail of roses to the front door.” Once I reached the front door another card awaited that said open the front door and walk around to the garage! Once I walked around to the garage, Ravi stood on one knee in a heart of rose petals asking me to marry him!”
That was October 27, 2017. And, on July 14, 2018, the loving couple got married in Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, Florida, in a Hindu wedding ceremony.
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Shisha Weds Dishant
In October 2018, Shisha Patel, a health educator and Indian medical program coordinator, and Dishant Patel, a project manager, held their wedding and reception at the Adriatic Lounge and the Arctic Club, respectively, on the Carnival Victory ship of the Carnival Cruise Line.
The bride and groom became acquainted on Facebook and, after a month of phone exchanges, met at the Thai Lanna restaurant in Somerset, New Jersey. They got along well from the start and dated for two years before Dishant sprung a romantic proposal at Disney Park, Orlando, in January 2017. Urged by her parents to join them for a family vacation at the park, Shisha received the surprise of her life when, on a boat ride on the lake, Dishant showed up and proposed on one knee. His original plan to propose in a hot-air balloon ride did not work out due to windy weather, but he made up for that with a helicopter ride the following day and proposed anew.
The couple planned their wedding on their own for a year and a half. With their hearts set on something unusual, they considered an island wedding and then discovered that they could have a cruise wedding. They picked Carnival Cruise Lines, who have, so far, hosted fewer than five Indian weddings.
Despite the exotic locales – their cruise ship docked at a private island, Half Moon Cay, and at Nassau, Bahamas – the wedding itself followed traditional Gujarati Vidhi, with acrylic Rangolis and hand-decorated, water-filled baskets with floating candles. As the groom couldn’t follow tradition and come aboard on a horse or in a car, he had to walk to his wedding like the rest of their one hundred guests. The gold-themed wedding had a white satin mandap decorated with red roses, and, afterwards,they played a mix of American and Bollywood songs, with Arjit Singh’s “Gerua” for the first dance and Badshah’s “Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai” for the last dance.
Thinking back on the experience, the young couple thinks that planning their own wedding, without involving wedding planners, was the best thing they could have done. They, however, do admit to being stressed out from the wedding planning and preparations. One thing they hadn’t bargained for was a choppy sea. Watching their happy guests teeter unsteadily on the ship deck, they say, was an amusing experience.
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Sonam Kapoor Ties Knot with Long Time Beau Anand Ahuja
Sonam Kapoor Ties Knot with
Long Time Beau Anand Ahuja
Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja are officially husband and wife. The couple married in a private Sikh ceremony on the morning of May 8 at Sonam’s aunt Kavita Singh’s heritage bungalow called Rockdale in Bandra, Mumbai. After the wedding, the Kapoor and Ahuja families hosted a grand reception party at The Leela Hotel, Mumbai. The dress code for the party was Indian or western formals. 
Sonam Kapoor, who is considered the fashionista in Bollywood due to her impeccable choice, wore a traditional bright red lehenga with heavy jewelry for her big day. Designer Anuradha Vakil’s ensemble gave Sonam the look of a Punjabi bride.The groom, a Delhi-based businessman, also looked dapper in a Raghavendra Rathore creation, a beige sherwani. He completed his look with a beige and cream saafa along with pearl and ruby strings.
For her mehndi, which was held at her home in Bandra, Kapoor chose a peach and grey sharara ensemble by Vakil and for her star-studded sangeet celebrations she was elegance personified in a heavy ivory lehenga by Abu Janu-Sandeep Khosla.
The wedding of the Khoobsurat actor saw near and dear ones of the Kapoor family attending including Jacqueline Fernandez, Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani
Mukerjee, Saif Ali Khan, Boney Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor and Maheep Kapoor. Her cousins Arjun Kapoor, Jhanvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor and Anshula Kapoor were also present.The reception was also a star-studded affair that included a who’s who of the film industry. Some of the attendees at the Kapoor-Ahuja reception included Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Isabelle Kaif, Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Karan Johar, Amrita Arora, Rani Mukerjee, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, among others. And of course, her cousins Jhanvi, Khushi, Anshula and Arjun Kapoor were there to celebrate with the happy couple.
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Jana Weds Vasant
As the saying goes, true love never dies, rather only grows stronger with time. Vasant Patel, IT consultant, and Jana Anandarangam, an attorney, first met in January 2014. They pair dated for four years, and it was over time that they realized theirs was a forever love.
Vasant’s spectacular proposal was a life-changing moment for Jana, one she will no doubt cherish for years. Vasant created a treasure hunt at the W Downtown Atlanta where he left love letters and gifts in various spots. The final and most incredible spot was the hotel’s helipad where Vasant proposed. The couple celebrated in the lobby bar where family and friends were eagerly awaiting the happy couple.
Although Vasant and Jana are from London and New Jersey respectively, Atlanta had become home through their careers. The couple decided on the W Midtown Atlanta Hotel after being enchanted by the space and décor. Over 250 guests joined Vasant and Jana on March 31, 2018 for an elegant celebration.
Their pre-wedding Sangeet was a fusion event blending Indian and Southern culture. The entire event took place at Monday Night Brewing. Highlights include fusion cuisine prepared by using Indian and southern flavors and ingredients.
The wedding was held in the late evening. Traditional baraat and nagaswaram music were played and outstanding performances as well as the DJ stole the hearts of guests.
The mandap was designed simply but with an elegant touch. The groom arrived at the wedding venue riding atop a white horse escorted by a Black Rolls Royce. Vasant entered with his parents and cousins with the Bollywood song “Nagara Sang Dhol” playing in the background. Jana made her entrance accompanied by her father to Bollywood song “Tere Bina.”
The reception hall was decorated in touches of purple and gold with an array of flowers and orchids adding to the unique and classy ambiance. Vasant and Jana performed their first dance to “London Thumakda.” American and Indian hit fusion songs were played throughout the reception with all guests performing dandiya to their heart’s content.
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