Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Original post by sonia

Jan 25, 2004 07:40 PM

Would you believe the wedding was over 6 months ago and i'm just posting pictures now! well here i go ...

Our parents are from India so we had a huge shindig that lasted way too many days. We're both Sikh and were married in a Sikh Gurdwara (temple).

The wedding and first reception were in Cali where i'm from and the second reception was in NY at the Huntington Townhouse. Then we went to French Polynesia for 11 days, and then off to Vegas for a few days to get married in a chapel for the helluvit

ok here's the pics-

p&a91203 Posted: Jan 27, 2004 07:23 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

COngratulations! Gorgeous pics... you are just so beautiful!

Buttafli1277 Posted: Jan 27, 2004 09:50 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Can I ask what the sword is for? Is there meaning behind it?

NatalieS Posted: Jan 29, 2004 08:51 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Sonia,

What an amazing wedding, rich in culture. What about the pics from the Ny reception!!!

I am having a buddhist wedding and I can totally understand all the planning that must have went into pulling something like this off. Did you where a white dress for your Ny reception? I will be wearing a traditional dress for the ceremony and a white dress for the reception

Best of luck

Tammy5-03 Posted: Jan 29, 2004 08:53 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

I love them. What about the NY wedding? I'm greedy I know but they are so beautiful.

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:01 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Posted by Buttafli1277

Can I ask what the sword is for? Is there meaning behind it?

It's called a 'kirpaan' and basically signifies that the person holding it will stand up for righteous acts and protect those around who need his/her help.

Posted by NatalieS

Sonia,

What an amazing wedding, rich in culture. What about the pics from the Ny reception!!!

I am having a buddhist wedding and I can totally understand all the planning that must have went into pulling something like this off. Did you where a white dress for your Ny reception? I will be wearing a traditional dress for the ceremony and a white dress for the reception

Best of luck

hehe the rest of the pics are coming! nope i didn't wear a white dress .. all of my outfits were from india. good luck with your plans!

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:23 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

ok time for the actual wedding ceremony. the bride and groom walk 4 times around the holy scripture and different verse is sung in each one. they each represent different aspects of marriage and how we should treat one another.

this is a harmonium and used in all the singing of our religious hymns

wacky Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:25 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Holy cow, more pics I love them

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:25 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

i look mad hehe .. but i was crying a lot

ok we're married!!

then there's the last prayer where everyone stands with us.

ok done with the ceremony!! time to go outside and eat. we also took pics with

family/friends outside.

my dad congratulating us when we walked out .. i love this picture so much.

wow i just realize i have two of these.. hehe i guess both photographers caught the moment

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:26 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

our family with my hubby!

with my in-laws

with my brother in law

with two of my flowergirls .. i was so sad i couldnt find the others! but with 500 people

there it wasn't too easy to find 4 little girls!

joti's parents bringing us our first meal (Tradition)

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:27 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

my first bite hehe

the groom is supposed to give the bride's sisters/close friends rings. this is a picture of

my hubby looking through them.

my sister negotiating for money and rings. there's also the big tradition of stealing the

groom's shoes. the girls are supposed to take them and hide them. then the groom has to give

them money to get them back. but my brother in law was making it very tough!! he took 'em

and locked them in the car. they didn't have cars back in the day when this tradition was

invented!! so my smart lovely cousin decided to just randomly steal men's shoes and

lock 'em in the car. haha i didn't hear about this until later but it sounded really funny

later .. neways, they got their money - my sister and cousin got like $500 between the two

of them.

in the limo about to leave the Gurdwara to go take pictures in the park

Sunny Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:46 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Wow- it is so amazing! You look beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:57 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

ok here are the portraits from the park

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 09:58 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

dgtlsunshine Posted: Jan 29, 2004 10:10 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

These are awesome. I love the hand pics.

Ok next wedding. You had about three right. We want pics of all

sonia Posted: Jan 29, 2004 10:34 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

hehe i still have to do the cali reception and then the ny reception .. and then on to vegas and tahiti!

sonia Posted: Feb 04, 2004 06:21 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

time for more pics! (as if you're not sick of my mug already!)

after the wedding and the pictures in the park was the Doli. this is the official ceremony where the bride leaves her house with her groom. it's extremely sad and i've cried so much watching other people's doli's. i ordered these cute little tissue packets from ebay that unfortunately no one got a pic of. neways i left everyone crying but surprisingly didn't cry at all!!! you'll see why..

our gorgeous house decorations.. we;re in the middle of the room

my mom and dad feeding us sweets

and thennnnnn my daddy decided to surprise us with a little gift. i had no idea.. people were shouting out their guesses. here's the series of pics leading up to that

everyone guessing

IT'S A CAR!!!

my parents gave us their lexus!! i bugged my dad a lot about how i wouldnt have a car out here and i'd be stuck at home (didnt have a job lined up). but he would always get mad and remind me of how much money was being spent on the wedding. so i stopped acting like a baby and dealt with it. so this was a HUGE SURPRISE!!

brb with more pics

MarcellaBella Posted: Feb 05, 2004 11:12 AM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

OMG!! How gorgeous!!

The woman who owns the place where I get my eyebrows threaded is Indian, as well as most of her clientelle and if you go on the weekends, you usually see brides there getting all made up and ready for their wedding.. it is UNREAL!! Between the henna and all the jewlerly and the gorgeous fabrics. I wish I had to go through all of that!!!

I love it!!

Thanks for sharing!!

swags1016 Posted: Feb 05, 2004 11:27 AM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

BEAUTIFUL!! And how sweet is your Dad-- A LEXUS- He can adopt me anytime!!!

Stunning pictures please keep them coming!

sonia Posted: Feb 10, 2004 07:51 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

Posted by MarcellaBella

OMG!! How gorgeous!!

The woman who owns the place where I get my eyebrows threaded is Indian, as well as most of her clientelle and if you go on the weekends, you usually see brides there getting all made up and ready for their wedding.. it is UNREAL!! Between the henna and all the jewlerly and the gorgeous fabrics. I wish I had to go through all of that!!!

I love it!!

Thanks for sharing!!

thanks! btw, who do you go to for threading?

sonia Posted: Feb 10, 2004 08:01 PM

Re: Our CA & NY Wedding and Receptions, Vegas Wedding and Tahiti Honeymoon!

more pics!

ok this is me leaving for the limo from my house in the doli. normally the bride is placed in this wooden thing and her brothers carry it on their shoulders. that was too cheesy for me

when the bride leaves she throws rice behind her and she's not supposed to look back. it signifies that shes paying her parents back for raising her. i dont believe in any of this but i did it just for the helluvit for my parents.