Things at a Hindu wedding are not so simple as getting dressed in your best clothes, there is the community preparation part that draws out a lot of laughter. From various prayers, joinings, sweets, a coconut, this milk and turmeric washing, to dances welcoming the bride and groom after they’ve gotten dressed in their wedding clothes, these events have many moving parts that rely on friends and family to help organize everything.

And then the ceremony begins with many rituals, prayers, and symbolic offerings to usher in a life of happiness.

And then they are man and wife!

With my mother-in-law Jutta still in America, the Shah family extended the invitation to her and helped supply her with clothes appropriate for the day.

My wife is sooo hot.