{"id":9755,"date":"2015-05-26T14:31:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T21:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsiena2021.ave25.com\/wedding-talk\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2015-05-26T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T21:31:58","slug":"sheila-vinayak-january-17-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/sheila-vinayak-january-17-2015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheila & Vinayak ~ January 17, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Sameer<\/a>\n

Sheila and Vinayak grew up together and were best friends throughout the years. Although the ceremony took place January 17, 2015 the bride\u2019s sari was reminiscent of a spring flower in yellow and green. Sheila\u2019s hands and wrists were decorated with henna as well as green, gold and white bracelets. A gold necklace and headpiece were also worn. The groom wore a Sherwani in ivory with a red scarf. The bridal party all wore traditional Indian saris. After the ceremony Sheila changed into an ornate royal blue sari while Vinayak wore a black tuxedo with silver piping and royal blue bowtie.<\/p>\n\"Sameer<\/a>\n

For guests, a program described each of the ceremonies:\u00a0 from the Marriage Ceremony, which took place under the \u201cmandap\u201d or sacred altar, to Welcoming the Groom – Worshipping Lord Ganesh – Renouncing Worldly Pursuits – Honoring the Groom – Arrival of the Bride – Eight Auspicious Verses – Joyous exchange of Matrimonial Garlands, Rocking on the Swing – Offering the Bride\u2019s Hand in Marriage – The Sacred Necklace – Circling the Fire – Sacred Seven Steps – Unbreakable Bond & Toe Ring Ceremony – Complete Offering Away of Oneself – Viewing the Arundhati Star and Blessing the Couple. The ceremonies represented multiple traditions and steps to marriage.<\/p>\n\"Sameer<\/a>\n

After the ceremony traditional Indian cuisine was served along with homemade Indian desserts that were provided by guests. During speeches, the bride\u2019s father told a story about how Sheila and Vinayak grew up together and how he gave Sheila a 16th<\/sup> birthday card saying \u201cyou make me think about things in a way that I wouldn\u2019t have without you.\u201d A video slideshow showcased the couple\u2019s childhood, friendship and relationship. The groom\u2019s father welcomed Sheila to the family by saying, \u201cyou are more a daughter than a daughter-in-law.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Sameer<\/a>\n

During the couple\u2019s first dance to Sara Bareilles\u2019 I Chose You<\/em> the couple shared smiles, giggles and laughter. To add ambiance, the reception room was lit with royal blue up-lighting and an S & V in entwined hearts in white light.<\/p>\n\"Sameer<\/a>\n

Favors were gold drawstring goodie bags. The night ended with a Villa Siena signature sparkler farewell. Congratulations Sheila and Vinayak. May your love be like a river that carves deeper with each passing year. We wish you the best!<\/p>\n

Photography by: Sameer Soorma Photography<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sheila and Vinayak grew up together and were best friends throughout the years. Although the ceremony took place January 17, 2015 the bride\u2019s sari was reminiscent of a spring flower in yellow and green. Sheila\u2019s hands and wrists were decorated with henna as well as green, gold and white bracelets. A gold necklace and headpiece… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-ceremony-and-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}