A private haveli, Jaipur
An Intimate Jaipur Wedding
Nitara & Kabir
- Couple
- Nitara & Kabir
- Location
- A private haveli, Jaipur
- Guests
- 60 guests
- Celebration
- Two days · February
The concept
The brief was a wedding that could be remembered in detail. Every guest was seated within eight metres of the fire. We designed for closeness first and grandeur second.
Design story
We worked with the haveli's existing terracotta and lime plaster, adding only marigold, ivory ranunculus and hand-thrown clay. The gold appeared once — in the ceremony vessels — and nowhere else.
Decor
- Marigold garlands strung by a family workshop in Bagru
- Hand-thrown clay lamps set along the arcade
- Block-printed cotton floor seating in natural dye
- A single mango-wood ceremony platform
The ceremonies
Two days of celebration.
- 01
Chai Welcome
Rooftop, with a Jaipur puppet performance for the children.
- 02
Mehendi Supper
Courtyard, candlelit, with a ghazal singer.
- 03
Pheras
Pre-dawn ceremony, sixty guests seated on the floor.
- 04
Family Breakfast
A long, unhurried kachori and chai table.
Food
A single Rajasthani menu cooked by a family halwai, plated in courses for the first time in that kitchen's history.
Entertainment
Ghazal and sarangi through the evening; no amplification after midnight, by design.
Photography
Quiet, close-lens reportage in available light.
Gallery
The film
A three-minute cut of the week.
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