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Namaste! My first Hindu wedding south of the border begins with an intimate mehndi party: Next day brings a very elaborate pithi ritual: No comment: A religious ceremony follows right away and fire is the centre of it, as always: A similar event takes place at Sunita's place: But here, the fire is first: And then the vatna: The main events are coming soon. Please come back in a few days! love.more.cosmin

Thank you so much for the lovely evening! Miss you guys already! love.more.cosmin

 The wedding day preparations are well underway when the first sun rays hit Sacramento, California:  Virpal is almost ready and she couldn't look any happier:  2 hours south from there I begin my day with Gagan and his family, in Fremont:  The Sehrabandi is the ritual where the groom's sisters and sister cousins tie the sehra to his forehead:  For reasons that still elude me after 6 years of photographing Sikh weddings, it's always a complicated process:  And requires heavy assistance from all the ladies in the family:  The result is worth every effort, though:  Gagan is eager to leave to get married.  Or maybe he just wants to ride  fly this beast all the way to Sacramento:  The raagis play shabad in front of the West Sacramento Gurdwara. This is the first custom I see here that doesn't happen in Canada:  Another unusual (for me) thing is the fact that the negotiations between the two families take place before the Anand Karaj...