Wedding

Winter Weddings

A winter wonderland wedding! – A familiar dream? It is no doubt one of the best times of the year to have your wedding! Not just because it is winter and the theme is already set, but because it is holiday season and you naturally have people from all over the world flying home! What better time to organize a wedding! Winter weddings are great in lands of snow where nature itself presents the best of natural adornments for the wedding. In the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the States, winter weddings are a great feast as the weather provides the perfect ambiance and gleam to the event. Even in tropical locations, winter weddings are celebrated with much flair, often with fake snow and Chri...

An Attire, so special…!

Weddings can be called a social necessity, because it is through the wedding that families are formed. It is through weddings that a society becomes bigger. This social necessity is being fulfilled as a religious duty.  The union of two person - two families, may it be in any culture or in any religion, is considered heavenly. Wedding day is supposed to be ‘the Big Day’ for the bride and the groom, especially, for the bride. She wants to look her best on that day. On the wedding day, the bride decks herself up in the best of traditional attires. She takes exclusive care while choosing her bridal trousseaus, making sure that she has a wide range of unique designs and patterns to choose from....

All I want for Christmas … is You! – A Christmas Wedding Tale!

Christmas is the season of togetherness and family. As December sets in, our hearts are filled with a sense of joy arising from the fact that Christmas is right around the corner! Open the windows and a chilled winter breeze wafts in! Take a walk by the church and listen to lively carols playing to the tune of your favorate Christmas rhymes! The streets are crowded with holiday shoppers in search if the best splurges of the season! Yes, Christmas cheer is in! Christmas season in itself offers the perfect theme for a wedding. Why so you ask? Christmas is a time when family from all over the world fly in to be with their loved ones. Their hearts are light, in mood for celebration. There is...

Wedding Shopping in Kochi

Brides and Grooms, welcome to Kochi, Kerala’s No.1 Shopping Destination! 44 kilometers from the Cochin International Airport, the city is nested comfortably between the districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Thrissur and offers a great mix of culture and tradition from all over Kerala. Literally, at the heart of Kerala, Kochi city is considered to be the epitome of modern living. This modern city hosts the best of venues and stops for the wedding shopper’s delight! Think of Kochi, think of long yards of silk, draped around my-fair-lady mannequins, or stacked up in cupboards in shades of deep red, maroon, orange and rose. Think Kochi, think of beautiful white embellished wedding gowns...

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Kerala Marriage Traditions

Weddings are always the most joyous, perhaps, the most celebrated events in Kerala. It is the coming together of not just the bride and the bridegroom, but the knotting of two families, and the joy of this hymeneal knot being celebrated by a hundred others. Hindu Wedding Hindus, who make up for over half of the population of the state, form the largest religious community in Kerala. For Hindu weddings, an engagement function is held before the marriage. In this function there will be prayers from Vedas. Poojas will be conducted in front of a sacred fire. The bride will be gifted articles like silk and jewels and the invited guests are given a sadya. Another important custom is exchanging t...

Bride’s Guide to Wedding Flowers..!

“Your wedding is in bloom, like the garden in Spring! Cheering blossoms and water lilies, welcoming new life with their ever-lasting fragrance….” Flowers bring joy to any occasion. At a wedding, flowers are used to adorn everything present at the event! – From designs on table spreads to the intricate carvings on the furniture to silk prints on the wedding gown to real displays on the main stage! Picking the best flowers for the wedding celebration require a particular aesthetic skill to match the theme, mood and ambience of the event. While choosing the right flowers is important, it is even more important to ensure that the mix is according to the theme and décor. Weddings host opportu...

Why have a Wedding Planner?

Why have a Wedding Planner ? The wedding checklist is long and trailing off your table. Your eyes widen as you go over the to-do list and you sigh, visualizing the exhaustion you will face on the days before the wedding. Is this how you visualized your perfect day to be? No, right? Solution: Hire a Wedding Planner! A wedding planner is a professional who takes up the entire planning, coordination and execution of the wedding. Wedding planners know the wedding industry well and can suggest easy options for the to-be married couple.   Why have a Wedding Planner at all?   Personalization guaranteed! We understand that a wedding is a family-oriented affair and in most places,...

The Great Indian Wedding.

The Great Indian Wedding. God has created man and woman to live in harmony, their existence interwoven with fruits of joy by the commitment called ‘marriage’. He bestowed His highest blessing upon them by giving them a life together, forever. ‘Wedding’ is a word which arouses a multitude of emotions in an individual. It symbolizes commitment, truth, dreams, parting, but most of all, a sense of ultimate happiness. For the bride, it is a life anew – with a man by her side, to give her strength and courage. For the bridegroom, it is a new chapter – with a woman to touch everything in his life. They join their hands to create a new beginning – a celebration! The Great Indian Wedding is a c...