Events

🏨 All events will be held at The Rajbari Bawali Hotel.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

🕖 7 - 11pm
🕺🏽 Dance performances by friends/family and reception-like dancing for everyone.
- ❓ A sangeet (Hindi and Sanskrit for music) is a common celebratory pre-wedding event, particularly in North Indian and Punjabi cultures. Its goal is fun, bonding, and letting loose before the formal wedding ceremony.
🎵 Music from a DJ will span Bollywood, Eastern, and Western hits.
🍻 Of course, drinks of all kinds will be served.
✍🏽 Mehndi (Hindi and Urdu for henna) artists will be available to apply intricate ink-like designs on your hands and arms.
- ❓ Mehndi is a reddish-brown paste made from powdered leaves of the henna plant - it symbolizes beauty, joy, and good luck, and is often done as a pre-wedding ceremony in South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. The designs typically last on the skin for about 1-3 weeks.

🕚 11am - 2pm
🎨 A short ceremony where friends and family apply haldi (Hindi for turmeric) to the groom and bride
- ❓ The haldi ceremony is a common pre-wedding ritual, especially in Hindu and Sikh cultures, A paste is made from turmeric, sandalwood, rosewater, and oil, and applied to the groom’s and bride’s face and arms. It symbolizes auspiciousness, blessings, good luck, and protection from evil spirits.
🥙 Street food will be served which includes dishes commonly found on the streets of India.
🍹 Drinks will be served including cocktails, beer, chai, and more.

🕕 6 - 11pm
🥻 The main event! The shaadi (Hindi and Urdu for wedding) ceremony will have pujarinein (Hindi for female priests) and Hindu rituals.
🥘 After, Indian food and 🍷 drinks, of course, will be served.
💃🏽 More dancing and 🧑🏽‍🎤 music from a live DJ.