The journal
Notes from the studio
What we learn running weddings in this city, written down while it is fresh — the arithmetic, the mornings, the calendar, and the questions every family asks at the dining table.
Mantapa or hotel: the arithmetic Bangalore families actually run
One venue sells you the plate, the other sells you the day. The decision is a multiplication, and most families do it on the wrong side of the table.
The muhurtham morning: an hour-by-hour Bangalore wedding
Most Bangalore weddings are won or lost before nine in the morning. Here is the shape of the morning itself — rites in their order, and the clock underneath them.
Planning a Bangalore wedding from the US or the Gulf: the video-call cycle
The couple is eleven hours behind or an hour and a half ahead. The wedding is in Bangalore. Here is how that actually works, call by call.
Getting a baraat through Bangalore
The one procession in a wedding that must arrive on time is the one arriving at a muhurtham. Bangalore has opinions about processions. Plan accordingly.
What Bangalore’s five-star wedding hotels have in common
Set the venue file’s five-star pages side by side and the same three assets appear on nearly every one. That repetition is information.
Whitefield, the city centre, or the drive-away belt: where to hold it
The venue book files this city in quarters because the city works in quarters. Each one answers a different wedding.
The south Indian wedding breakfast: why the food is the review
Nobody leaves a Bangalore wedding discussing the drape. They leave discussing the meal. The kitchen is the most reviewed vendor at the wedding — plan it that way.
How in-house design changes a Bangalore wedding
Most wedding decor is rented. Ours is drawn. The difference sounds small on paper and looks enormous in a venue.
Wedding dates 2026–27: how Bangalore’s calendar fills
Three empty months, then a crowded winter. The 2026–27 muhurat calendar is a supply chart, and the halls are reading it the same way we are.
A working checklist for parents hosting in Bangalore while the couple is abroad
The couple is on video calls from another continent. The wedding is on your side of the city. Here is the division of labour that keeps everyone sane.
Tell us about the wedding
Dates, guest numbers, which side of the city. Enough for the first reply to be useful rather than a brochure.