Sweet Memories - My Marriage(21st april'08)

It is said that Marriage is a sweet union which not only binds 2 people in a bond tht lasts for eternity, but it also binds 2 families. At some point of time in Life, we all feel the need of a person who is called our life partner. A person, who not only understands you, but also shares his life with you... Marriage is the institution where we take vows to live for each other and die for each other... Marriage makes us forget about "I" and makes it "We".

Here it goes, my marriage description... in my own words...
My Marriage



Our Invitations:




My Parent's Invitation:




Sriman's Parent's Invitations:






My marriage to Sriman was finally fixed after a lot of storm and in a hurry...
I took 3 weeks off during my marriage that's about 1 week before marriage and 2 weeks after marriage. My marriage was to be solemnized on the 21st of April' 08(Monday). After lots of shopping, I started from Hyderabad on the 17th of April by train. It takes about 17-18 hours by train from Hyderabad to Goa. I always traveled from Hyderabad to Goa by flight, but somehow my mom told me to take the train might be due to some superstitious beliefs(???). Well i reached home on the 18th, that's just 2 days before my Haldi ritual. A sudden change of weather and i was a bit down with fever, but luckily i recovered in just 1 day...

The marriage house was full of guests... Everywhere festivities... My friends from Hyderabad: Sabita, Rajesh, Prateep, Mani, Monica, and Suresh and Rohan from Bangalore had already flown down to Goa.

After Rituals just before Haldi Application:


My Mehendi:


Me Leaving Home in tears:


So, on 20th morning My Haldi rituals started, till afternoon it was various rituals for me. After the haldi special lunch, it was time for guests to visit and extend their blessings. All my relatives and parent's friends dropped in to pay a visit before the marriage and give blessings.

Families:

The Families are exchanged.. hihi. On the right are sriman's parents, Sister and brother in law. On the left hand side close to Sriman are my parents and Bro... Love ya all... :)

My Friends:

They made my day... Thanks all of you'l for being there. and thanks to all those too who tried their level best to come, but couldn't do so due to last minute hassles.

My marriage was scheduled at 12.20 pm the next day... All the rituals went on well... everything went on as planned...

The time to depart was very very sad... I still get goose pimples when i remember those times. My Mom knew i would cry badly, so she just hugged me this once and ran to the dressing Room, leaving me with just dad, bro and relatives to console. I recollect crying even after reaching Sriman's home :)

The Reception:

The reception was scheduled to be on the 23rd April 2008 at Hotel Missel, Ribandar. It was planned very nicely with all the close relatives and friends. The food was good, the orchestra was excellent, the ambience beautiful on the bank of the Mandovi and the fire crackers too were good.

So Me and Sriman are now Married to each other and accepted each other the way we are. It sounds so Good now... May i take this opportunity to thank our Parents, siblings, Friends, Relatives, Well wishers and all those people working behind the scenes who made this occasion a truly memorable for me...
And last but not the least, I Thank God for bestowing a blessed husband as nice as Sriman to me...