It's Just the Beginning of the Fairy Tale....

I'm not a professional photographer,all I like doing is clicking pictures so that I can enjoy and cherish the moment all over again whenever I see them.
I had mentioned in my last post about my Friend's Engagement to her long time love.Their relationship has been consistent..and they are together...My friend is a Gujarati and her now Fiance is a Bengali,and you can very well make out what kind of problems come across in an inter-caste relationship.Even though after facing a lot of problems finally they were able to come together and get ENGAGED! 
(Yay! Yay! )

So here are the pictures,enjoy them......

The Engagement Cards

Sayan and Ekta together for their Indian engagement party

The Venue 
(clicked at different angles and different lights)

I specially liked the decoration,it was so traditionally Bengali style

Exchanging rings

Holding each other's hand and the rings *smiles*

The Engagement Cake

(I know! I know! its not clear enough,and that's because there were a lot of crowd around,blocking the clear view)

Now this is a clear one! (*smiles*)

Cutting the engagement cake

With Friends

The guests/friends at the engagement party

That's Me all dressed up for the party








                                                                         


                                                                          
                                                                                          That's me and my brother

First of all Congratulation to the couple Sayan & Ekta,I must say Cupid did a great job in bringing you both together.Hope this journey of love never ends..Be it "Happily Ever after.......

The Oriole weds his mottled mate,

The Lily weds the bee;

Heaven's marriage ring is round the earth,

Let me bind thee?

To my readers,I hope you will like these pictures and feel it just as I did....

The Big Fat Indian Wedding...

It’s only pictures you can look back upon once the event is over.

My Best friend just got engaged and her elder sister got married a day before,what more can one get before Christmas *winks*..

Well captured pictures will make you relive this special day every time you look at them,and I've just done that!

Here are the pictures..so enjoy!

Friend's Sister's Engagement

The beautifully decorated stage

That's the couple

The engagement cake

Dancing away gracefully

And that's the couple soon to-be engaged

Friend's Sister's Wedding

Now this wedding has a sweet twist,the bride here is a Gujarati and the groom is a Punjabi.And when someone has said "Opposites attract!",I've completely gone onto agreeing with it.

Her Mehandi and Chura

The Beautiful Bride

The Groom ghori meh,Punjabi style

The Mantap,where all the rituals took place

Ready to exchange vermala,and she is wearing the typical gujarati style white and bordered panetar

Taking her vows

 Taking Saat Pheres(Seven circles),the most significant ritual of an Indian wedding,where the groom makes promises to his bride for life time...takes seven vows.

First step – Prayer for provision and nourishment

In the first step the couple prays to the almighty to provide them with nourishment and pure food so that they can live the life together with respect and honor for one another. They pray to the almighty to make them walk to together and get the food.

Second step – Strength

With the second step, they pledge to grow as one in mental, physical and spiritual strengths so that they can enjoy life and share their happiness.

Third step – Prosperity

In the third step the couple promises each one to earn and raise wealth by honest means and give comfort to the family. They also vow to share all the joy and sorrow together. The wife promises to be devoted to her husband and the man vows to respect and love his wife as the one and only woman in his life.

Fourth step – family

With the fourth step, they promise to take care of their elders in the family and not to disregard and forget them. Together they pledge to strengthen and maintain the family relationship.

Fifth step – Progeny

In The fifth step, the couple prays to the almighty to bless them with good-looking, kind and courageous children. They make a promise to be responsible parents and provide the children with fine education and fundamental values of life.

Sixth step – Health

With their sixth step together, the bride and the groom pray to divinity for disease free and healthy life for their families and themselves so that they can lead a harmonious and balanced life together.

Seventh step – Love and friendship

In their seventh and last step together, the couple swears to be a faithful companion. They also promise to live a life of love, friendship and mutual trust. The couple ask god to give them the wisdom of maturity so that they may live as friends for lifetime.

Having exchanged the promises of duty, love and respect, the bride and groom become a couple forever. 

These saat pheras make marriage eternal....

Me and the Bride's sister/my friend Ekta..

The sad part,when the bride will leave her parent's house(Bidaai)

The Reception Party

 The Newlyweds

My friend Ekta(extreme right) with her sister and brother-in-law and her boyfriend(extreme left).

I hope all you guys enjoy the photos and feel each moment like I did...and soon will be posting the photos of my friend's engagement,yes! the pretty girl in the photo above with the new married couple,she has recently got engaged.

Till then Happy Reading..................

Rising Above.........

Rising up in the sky,to be or not to be like a perfect soul,for it's mate;

Dripping down into the heart of the ocean,to find the one among the millions;

With vague response,as one of it's kind,

like a part of life,with relationship that bind;

Rain spattering,winds whistling,comes to me as a melodious tune;

Songs are free,music that touch,like the dew drops on the tip of the grass;

Drops of joy dripping slow,

Skates of ice sliding low;

Feel like a bird that flies in the sky,

Feel like an ocean that can never dry.

Feelings are the one that last forever,

And take care of the memories that die NEVER!