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Delhi Wedding Photography Story: Karishma + Aditya

A New Delhi Wedding Photography Story

Picking up from Karishma & Aditya’s Engagement in Delhi, last year, we were so excited to be a part of their wedding this year. Despite being an “arranged” match, they hit it off instantly.

To think, Aditya almost didn’t agree to meet Karishma the very first time because he was worried that a Delhi girl just won’t be able to adjust to life in Bombay. We’ve heard this Delhi-Bombay tussle many times before, right? Thankfully his Dad paid no attention and booked him on the flight to Delhi, giving Aditya absolutely no chance to back out. All it took was one meeting for these two to fall head-over-heels in love. Yes, it’s true. They will tell you themselves in the wedding movie we made for them (at the end of the post).

Even during the engagement, they couldn’t keep their thoughts, eyes or hands off each other. They share such a lovely chemistry that it was a real pleasure to spend time shooting their special day. During the wedding, it was lovely to see that their chemistry was stronger than ever and this Delhi-meets-Bombay match was one of our favourites from this past season. 

The wedding was an elaborate 3-day affair in Delhi, with both families staying at the Taj Palace Hotel. It had all the elements of a destination wedding, right in the heart of our lovely city. Ample time and space for both families and sets of friends to spend quality time together, bonding them together in a way that only “big-fat-Indian-weddings” can manage. 

The wedding festivities began with Karishma’s mehendi and a laid-back mehendi lunch at the hotel. 

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The interaction between the couple is always such a pleasure to watch – their happy and newly-in-love expressions never fail us!

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Of course, we made time on this lovely afternoon to sneak them away for a few portraits…

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The evening was a traditional Punjabi sangeet, with folk singers, dances, boliyan and jaaggo by the family. We really love it when “urban” families reenact these traditions, even if it is all in fun.

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Always fun when the cousins take over the dhol!

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How could we let the couple get away without a few portraits!

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Once the families had recuperated the next day, the evening brought on the ring ceremony and the cocktail party – full of music, dances and more family fun.

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Next day came our favourite part — the haldi and chooda ceremonies — this is when we get to witness and capture the most family banter and emotion.

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That moment when the bride’s parents realise it’s time to let their little girl go… 

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Banter between cousins is always high up on our list of favourite moments…
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Evening brought about the making of our beautiful bride…

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The sehra and baraat

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The wedding began with the jaimaala, where Karishma totally won the tussle!!

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As usual, we snuck the couple away for a few portraits before the guests descended upon them…

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The ceremony followed shortly after…

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The saat vachan (vows) always bring about much laughter!

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The tearful vidaai

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And the final relieved photo — the wedding is FINALLY over. And the couple has officially been declared man and wife!

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The wedding was lovely and we really enjoyed being a part of it. Hear more of Karishma and Aditya’s story from them by watching their wedding video below…

Bombay – Delhi Love ~ Karishma + Aditya from Arjun Kartha Photography on Vimeo.


This is a Delhi Wedding Photography Story. As Indian wedding photographers we have had the opportunity to travel to many wonderful places in India like Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Udaipur, Haridwar, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Kochi and so on. Weddings have even taken us overseas to beautiful destination wedding photographyspots like Brooklyn New York, Malaysia, Langkawi, Kaula Lampur etc. Read each Indian Candid Wedding Photography story to know how it all happened!

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