“See the lights, see
the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way
through the crowd
And say hello
Little did I know?”
Little did Megha know that this is how she would meet the
love of her life. As their fathers were friends, Megha and Harsh used to often
see each other at social events and soon became fast friends. This friendship
blossomed into love over time and they told their parents when they were ready
to get married. Though there was initial reluctance from their parents, it was
all okay in a short while and the marriage was fixed!
With both of them coming from Marwadi families, the wedding was bound to be a big fat Indian
Wedding with multiple events at multiple venues. For all the events happening
at home, Katha Weddings was chosen to do the décor and co-ordination. “Since
they were the planners for other weddings in our family in the past, we knew
Antara very well and were certain that only she could make our haveli look like a dulhan for my daughter’s wedding,” said Mahendra Pirgal, the father
of the bride.
Simple, sober and elegant. This was the brief given by the
bride. She did not want too many bright colours or shiny elements in the décor.
She told Antara to make use of just 2-3 colours and keep the whole thing as minimalistic
as possible.
With only one month to go, there was a lot of work to be
done as the décor included a lot of detailing and it was a big wedding after
all. Structures needed to be created. The pathway to the house, the two gates
and the main entrance of the house were to be considered while the décor
elements were being thought of.
The first pre-wedding function at the haveli was the Siddhi Chakr
Pooja, which was held as an auspicious beginning and for positivity
throughout the wedding. The colour theme was light pink, gold and orange. A
truss structure was created to form a pathway and had panels that was wrapped
with fabric and had minimal natural flowers on them. Inside the haveli, there were panels with rich
fabric flowers that also acted as a backdrop. Everybody was very happy with the
way the pooja went on and the
atmosphere was very serene and pious.
The path bithai
ritual also happened inside the haveli.
Right after that, the wedding party shifted to the terrace of the haveli where the Bada geet and mehendi
took place. Though the space was quite limited, Team Katha managed to maximize the
space by putting up canopies and divan sets in order to ensure seating for
everyone. They also made sure that there were separate areas for food, dancing
and mehendi artists. There were
beautiful stools placed in front of the mehendi
artists so that people could rest their hands on them conveniently while
getting their mehendi done. The bride
was overjoyed when her entire family joined in the naach-gaana and were enjoying themselves thoroughly.
A Sufi night was held at Chancery Hotel which saw a family jugalbandi from both the bride and
groom’s families. A huge baaraat at
the Palace grounds was next. “I was standing on the stage waiting for the
garland exchange to happen after the baaraat.
But little did I know that Harsh had something special planned for me. It was a
surprise dance proposal for me where he danced to songs like ‘Marry you’ and ‘Kukkad’. It was so unexpected! I was on cloud nine and couldn’t
stop smiling. That was also the reason I didn’t get tired during the long
reception that followed,” confesses the bride, Megha.
Megha and Harsh’s sangeet
saw the couple enter on a Harley Davidson bike with four other bikes in tow.
The families were introduced through the means of song, dance and nakhal. Drum jamming and live sand
painting that happened on stage, left everyone speechless. The night ended with
a DJ and lots of dancing.
Back at the Haveli, team Katha was burning the midnight oil
and worked till 2 am in the night to get things ready for the pheras in the
morning. Right from the name board outside that was carved with lotuses, to the
mandap inside, everything was lotus
themed. This included the giveaways which were glass figurines of the Dal
Lake’s lotus.
The pathway that lead to the haveli was covered with panels on one side. They were then
decorated using red fabric which had lazer cut motifs stuck to it. The rest of
the décor of the pathway was traditional and quirky at the same time. Red and
gold fabric, garlands of shravanti
and roses, chandeliers made of Rajnigandha
flowers were contrasted with leaf parrots that were hung from them. There was
also a photo booth with Royal chairs, where the guests had fun clicking
pictures and felt like Royals themselves.
Inside the haveli,
the wedding took place in the big hall but it was still a challenge to
accommodate 150 guests. Anatara made sure that all the guests would be
comfortably seated and happy on Tiffany chairs. Two slots of amphitheater type
seating were also created for additional seating due to the lack of space.
A stage was set up and covered with flex that had the haveli’s mosaic floor design on it. A
small, flower shaped name board was also put up right in front. The rich velvet
red backdrop had a metal tree shaped structure that was covered with white shravanti flowers.
But the showstopper was the lotus shaped flower arrangement
that hung from the ceiling, under which the couple got married. The outer
circle was covered by white shravanti
and the inner circle consisted of bunches of garlands of white shravanti that hung along with lotus
buds. Hanging such a huge arrangement of flowers without the help of pillars or
any kind of structure overhead was quite a challenge. But in the end, it turned
out to be exactly what Mahendra Pirgal had dreamt for his daughter’s wedding.
It was quite the spectacle!
After the traditional pheras,
the guests moved to the terrace for a sit down lunch. Red and gold canopies
were set up with custom-made divan mattresses as seating. Square wooden boxes
were kept on them so that one person could sit on each side of the box and eat
from the huge silver thalis that were
kept in the middle. The traditional marwadi
meal left the guests with their bellies full and heart content.
For the teary eyed bidaai
that followed, the bride was carried in a doli,
lifted by her brothers till a temple near the Haveli. The procession was led by
a Kathak dancer and a dance group,
which was significant to the bride, as Megha was a Kathak dancer herself. The bidaai
doli was also accompanied by four dhol
walas, a totari, a royal guard
and a kacchi ghodi. After getting the
Lord’s blessing at the temple, the bride and groom left in a vintage car but
the procession continued till the groom’s house.
At Harsh’s place, the bride was welcomed with lots of
fervor. She entered on a carpet of red fabric with rose petals and was greeted
with confetti blasts of rose petals. The entire house was also decorated with
red fabric, red roses and peacock feathers.
“Though it was hectic, when I think back about my wedding, I
feel nothing but joy and contentment. The best part was having the pheras at home traditionally, with the
Haveli also bedecked like a bride, just like my father wanted it to be. This
wouldn’t have been possible without Team Katha and Antara. We love her work and
her dedication. She managed to deliver more than she promised without a single
complaint! We did not have to worry about anything and the entire wedding ended
up being a session of non-stop dance and masti
for me!” exclaims the happy bride, Megha.
“This was one of the best weddings that we have done so far.
It was not only challenging, but a lot of fun too. Mahendra Uncle and Kushali,
the sister of the bride, were extremely hospitable and took care of our team
the entire time that we were working in the Haveli,” concludes Antara.
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