A wedding of a close friend, Dhruva Shankar, and an extended trip into Kerala with Dhruva and Diksha, and well, it was an intense and interesting trip.
Let me do the wedding first.
The wedding itself was beautiful....beautiful, as it was a simple ceremony on a pretty pretty mandapam on the beach.
Not to miss the drone, which was used for aerial photography. It was so nice, as there were no intrusive videographers and cables all over the place.
While the ceremony was poignant and meaningful, when it's dhruva, there has to be the fun and quirky too....... he arrived on an elephant.
The band was amazing, lovely fusion there... with shehnai, tabla, flute, and the electric guitar.
The ocean behind the mandapam
Lunch was sadhya, the malayali traditional meal of 16 items. Simply delicious.
What with so many googlers there, another fun thing was a flash mob, as surprise for Paro. ....the song; 'dil ke tukde hogaye hai paro'. I sadly didn't get the totally surprised Paro in the pic. She was resplendent in white and gold malayali attire.
And this was the first time we had these four together, so I had to get a shot
Dhruva and Paro, saying it again....beautifully done.......down to the last detail.....right from the www.noitinerary.in, down to handing over the lovely wedding invite as we were leaving, and not to miss the toddy bottle label, and all in between. Was wonderful :)
Wishing you both a great, fun filled and joyful life ahead .
Wishing you both a great, fun filled and joyful life ahead .
Wow Simtha. Wish I was getting married now to get a post from you.
ReplyDeleteWell you can write for my shastipoorthi in 2018.