More scenes from our unplanned gueststay at a Kashmiri wedding in nowhere else but Kashmir.

Pre-wedding:

Getting henna done:

As the groom arrives, the balcony and street are flooded with onlookers.

The girls are all together off on one side…

…and the men crowd the walkway.

The groom arrives…

…on a horse.

Bittersweetly, the mothers look on.

A room where the feasting takes place, for the men only. The girls only eat at lunchtime (to my friends’ dismay later on).

The groom and Najia’s grandfather, whom I call Uncle-ji especially after all that he’s done for us in Srinagar.

After eating, the groom is led to the house of the bride.

And to end the night, the newlyweds leave by car to the groom’s house.

- At time of posting in Srinagar, it was 64.4 °F -

Humidity: 77% | Wind Speed: 1km/hr | Cloud Cover: partly cloudy