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Big-Fat Punjabi Destination Wedding in Taj Aravali, Udaipur | Shivani+Sunny

Shivani and Sunny were these two people madly in love with each other. Their love story is a classic “Best Friends from school” story, they were school mates in GD Goenka Delhi and dated for 11 years (yes that’s MORE THAN A DECADE of being together!). They had a BIG-FAT-PUNJABI destination wedding in Taj Aravali, Udaipur. The 3 day destination wedding was filled with surreal, happy and emotional moments with friends and family dancing like crazy. In short, it was a mad affair!

When we first met Shivani and Sunny, their natural chemistry came shining through. When you see them together, its very hard to believe that they have been together for 11 years, it genuinely feels like these two are in their never-ending honeymoon phase.

We have so many memories from this wedding but the one of the most captivating moments was their GRAND Jaimala at the picturesque Taj Aravali, Udaipur. More on that coming up!

Couple Portraits In Taj Aravali, Udaipur

We kicked things off by walking around Taj Aravali, Udaipur property with Shivani and Shivani. Their warm and friendly aura quickly took over the session, and before long we were all laughing about something or the other.

Couple Portraits at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Couple Portraits at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.

Welcome Dinner

The Big-Fat Destination Wedding in Taj Aravali started with fun-filled cozy dinner. We saw the couple dance the night away with each other surrounded by family and friends.

Couple Dancing at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
There’s that brilliant chemistry we were talking about!
Welcome Dinner at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Welcome Dinner at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.

Mehendi

The Mehendi which followed the next day was a mix of performances by close family and friends and never ending fun on the dance floor!

Couple Portrait at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Couple entry at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Bridal Mehendi at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Bride's Performance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Couple Performance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.

Sangeet

The Sangeet was an evening which saw almost everyone shake it either on the dance floor with Manj Musik adding to the already high-on-energy crowd in Udaipur! Before that however, Shivani and Sunny had a pretty, intimate and oh-so-romantic ring exchange where they both went down on one knee (yes, we’re suckers for “big romantic gestures”!)

Couple Dance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Couple Dance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Sunny and Shivani both went down on one knee – talk about gender equality!
Sangeet Performance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Artist Performance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Manj Musik in action!
Couple Dance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Couple Dance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Sangeet night at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.

Haldi

You know that there’s no greater wedding event than the Haldi for us photographers – and their’s certainly didn’t disappoint us. Everything from chutney to eggs to beer found its way on to Sunny’s head, which led for some very very interesting moments!

Bride Haldi at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Bride Flower Shower at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.

Wedding Day

Before everything came together, we met up with Shivani for a few pictures just as she got ready. Jasmeet Kapany did a real fabulous job with Shivani’s bridal make up, and the weather gods smiled on us with some brilliant sunset golden light that made for some beautiful portraits of Shivani!

Bridal Portrait at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Bridal Portrait at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Baraat at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Baraat at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Bridal Entry at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Shivani looked gorgeous entering just at sunset with the Aravalis in the background surrounded by her brothers and friends.

The Jaimala – this was one of the most beautiful Jaimala’s we’ve seen, and something that Shivani and Sunny were determined to pull off in style. With everything timed just perfectly to happen at sunset and Sunny’s baarat nowhere in sight, a lot of behind-the-scenes action went into making sure that this happened just right. And boy, did it!

Jaimala at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Jaimala at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Candid moment at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Joota Choopayi at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Couple Portrait at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Wedding Pheras at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Wedding Pheras at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Wedding Pheras at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Vidaayi at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Vidaayi at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.

Wedding Reception

With everything done and dusted, it was time to party the night away in style. The wedding band were absolutely brilliant and everyone was on the dance floor in no time.

Couple dance at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Sunny and Shivani’s first dance as Mr and Mrs Kalra!
Reception Party at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
Sunny’s brother Karan had ONE job through the wedding – and this was it!
Reception Party at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
After Party at Taj Aravali, Udaipur.
The jackets say it all!

Venue: Taj Aravali Resort & Spa, Udaipur
Makeup & Hair: Makeup & Hair by Jasmeet Kapany @jasmeetkapany
Decor: Evolve Weddings @evolve_weddings
Wedding Planner: The SM Weddings @thesmweddings
Photography and Cinematography: Twogether Studios
Photography: Arjun Kartha, Akash Chauhan, Rohit Kason, Sneha Murchavade
Cinematography:  Anmol Sharma, Amit Singh, Mohammad Javed, Vibhor Nautiyal

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