KHADA DUPATTA AT A GURUDWARA

The Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Dasvin, at Sector 8 C, Chandigarh is a stately and impressive Gurudwara and could be this side of being 100 years. Earlier this place was at a village called Kali Badd.
The Sikh wedding between Rahul and Jasmine was to take place here. We all covered our heads and sat quiet. Rahul, the groom is a product of Iyengar and Bengali DNA. But with his turban, and sharp, majestic nose, he looked like an asli Sardar.
Jasmine, the bride, as her name suggests was a wisp of a girl wearing a khada ghagra and odhni, with stunning jewellery. She needed help from two people and Rahul to stand up and sit down and then matha thekne ke liye. We of course waited to be served the khada prasad,  even as we all enjoyed the Shabad kirtans.
It was pouring cats and dogs when we stepped out to come to the Ramada Plaza for a  reception from the girl's side. Timing is of no concern when it comes to such hybrid shaadis.
They have a ceremony where the girl is brought to the shaadi mandap under a phulkari sej or a bed of flowers and this is carried by the men of her family. And they have some nice sentimental songs attached to this occasion. Luckily I was not sobbing out loud. It is that kind of moment.
And they had the flowerpot firecrackers as a surprise element. Finally the reception started at 2.30 pm.
There is the traditional Iyengar wedding and Bengali wedding between 6.23 pm and 7.14 pm. After all the tears and rains, I want a quiet place to go and doze off.....