Category Archive

Indian weddings

This is our collection of both weddings that happened in India, as well as Indian weddings that happened in the US and elsewhere. We’ve also got posts covering issues related to planning Indian weddings… including adoption, immigration, intercultural weddings, and more!

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An opulent multi-day HinJew wedding

When we were sent this San Francisco wedding, I was gobsmacked first by its amazingness and second by its enormity! There is so much to absorb here. It was lovingly dubbed by the party as the “HinJew” wedding since bride Ruchira is Indian and groom Dave is Jewish! You have to see all the facets of the multi-day celebration including the performances, the decor, and the insanely huge hora!

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Amanda & John’s Vedic wedding ceremony and square dance wedding party

Amanda & John scrapped their planned two-year engagement for a intimate Vedic ceremony six weeks later. Then nine months later they threw a celebratory square dance!

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Adorable groom riding an elephant

The final post for Offbeat Bride’s “Elephun Elephant Day” is some adorable wedding porn taken by Megan, the offbeat intern… I was on location in the Pacific Palisades taking photos of a fellow Offbeat Bride’s wedding when we all heard this great commotion — yelling, cheering, tambourines, etc. — and when I checked it out […]

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Surya & Kelsey’s Magic Two Ring Circus Wedding

The offbeat bride: Surya, Researcher/Writer/Storyteller Her offbeat partner: Kelsey, Automotive Engineer and Owner of a Manufacturing Co. Location & date of wedding: Crescent Beach Neighbourhood House, White Rock, British Columbia, on August 30th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Well, we asked people to dress in a magic circus theme. We had a circus tent, […]