Wedding Photos!

temurlang

We finally got our photos from India sorted and edited down to a semi-reasonable number!

 

This is the ceremony and reception in Jaipur, where DH grew up:

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/temurlang/JaipurWedding#

This is the reception in Kolkata, where DH was born and most of his relatives live:

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/temurlang/KolkataReception#

This is the reception in Santiniketan, which is a village where my ILs now live:

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/temurlang/SantiniketanReception#

This is the other wedding stuff in the village:

https://picasaweb.google.com/temurlang/SantiniketanOtherWeddingEvents#

It's amazing how many people are in the pics that we have no idea who they are!

DFWIndian

Wow.. those look just wonderful!

raangoli

EVerything looks great, Tem! Thank you for sharing. I can't believe you had so many different events. I would have said no after one or two max!

I love your saris, you looked beautiful!

When your SIL says she wants the same type of wedding, does she mean the Jaipur, Kolkata and Santiniketan events?

kpwedkk

Wow!!! I'm in love!  I want to go there too! Your pictures are absolutely stunning, and your outfits are gorgeous!!!

I love your hubby's turban too - the amount of colors in the mix makes it more memorable!

And I  love the flowers and your decor

temurlang

Thanks!

KP -- I highly recommend a stop in Jaipur if you can manage it.  It's usually part of the"triangle tour" which also includes Delhi and Agra.  Although it will be brutally hot there in May but you're from Arizona so you can probably handle the desert!

Raangoli -- SIL made the comment in the context of the Jaipur wedding.  The back story is that FIL was the director of a palace museum and DH and SIL grew up there.  After DH came to the US, FIL took a job in Bengal and retired there.  DH has maintained his connections well and knows what you might call "minor royalty," one of whom lent us his farmhouse.  We then bought a package that did the food, decor, etc.  I don't know that we could pay that little for SIL's wedding, though, because she's not as popular as DH and people might not do the same favors for her.  I know ILs are not planning on having anything for her in Bengal and I don't know how she'll feel about that.  She also made some comments such as that I shouldn't wear the set MIL gave me because it wasn't heavy enough.  MIL and I don't really care about that and it's old and very traditional, but I can see SIL demanding much more for herself.

raangoli

Your SIL seems like a really unique individual and doesn't think twice about speaking her mind. While that's usually a good thing, I think a "filter" would do her good.

It's nice that she's thinking that she will get married some day, but to drop hints (either subtlety or not so subtlety) as to what it should be like is something else. Especially given that she doesn't seem very responsible when it comes to managing money.

That wasn't really appropriate for her to make comments on the set from your MIL gave you. She should know her mother and that things like that don't matter to her like you said.

I am sure she's a nice person, but she isn't coming across that way at times