Grah Shanti means peace at home literally!
But some times its not possible to do these ceremonies at home, such as this instance. This was the first thing on our schedule friday morning, but getting to friday morning was definitely a hectic situation! Cousin N & I realized very late in the wedding month, that we did not book ourselves a room at the hotel where the grah shanti, garba, wedding, and reception were being held. The original plan was for Cousin N to get ready at home, and drive to the hotel the morning of, but we realized that this would not work. The family was too stressed about us driving the 45 minutes to the hotel in the morning (with tons of traffic), as well as the bride running late for her own event, which left us scrambling to find a hotel because the Hilton was booked! Due to our lack of planning on that part, we still had to pack up and get Cousin N moved to the new location, keeping in mind the clothes, and accessories associated with it! We finally left home thursday night at about 1:30 am, then had to make a pit stop at Walgreens for some contact solution & case because in some of the craziness someone accidentally threw mine away at home! Finally we got to our hotel room, and things worked out beautifully for the next day, but boy, oh, boy was it hectic. We went to sleep at about 3:30 am, after taking off the mendhi, some girl talk, and preparing for the next day.
Here are a few pictures of the lovely Grah Shanti:
But some times its not possible to do these ceremonies at home, such as this instance. This was the first thing on our schedule friday morning, but getting to friday morning was definitely a hectic situation! Cousin N & I realized very late in the wedding month, that we did not book ourselves a room at the hotel where the grah shanti, garba, wedding, and reception were being held. The original plan was for Cousin N to get ready at home, and drive to the hotel the morning of, but we realized that this would not work. The family was too stressed about us driving the 45 minutes to the hotel in the morning (with tons of traffic), as well as the bride running late for her own event, which left us scrambling to find a hotel because the Hilton was booked! Due to our lack of planning on that part, we still had to pack up and get Cousin N moved to the new location, keeping in mind the clothes, and accessories associated with it! We finally left home thursday night at about 1:30 am, then had to make a pit stop at Walgreens for some contact solution & case because in some of the craziness someone accidentally threw mine away at home! Finally we got to our hotel room, and things worked out beautifully for the next day, but boy, oh, boy was it hectic. We went to sleep at about 3:30 am, after taking off the mendhi, some girl talk, and preparing for the next day.
Here are a few pictures of the lovely Grah Shanti:
Mrs & Mr!
Brother in Law K, his brother, and my dad!
My parents and Cousin N's in laws!
Cousin N's parents & in laws!
Grandmother (Ba) in the background, with the priest, and Cousin N's aunt and uncle
Parts of the ceremony above!
Beautiful pictures! Keep em coming..
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