Tilak
His forehead is marked and the match stops being a family secret. The elders speak first, everyone else waits.
- When
- 21 Jan 2028, 11:00 AM
- Where
- Tripathi Niwas
- Wear
- Smart traditional
Pull to light the aangan
The aangan is lit for
Madhav & Leela
Sunday, 23 January 2028
Together with their families
Madhav weds Leela
Sunday, 23 January 2028
Muhurat 7:20 PM · Lucknow
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The invitation
शुभ विवाह
Son of Mr. Hariprasad Tripathi and Mrs. Shanti Tripathi and daughter of Mr. Girish Saxena and Mrs. Kamini Saxena invite you to an evening when the whole aangan stays lit till morning.
Madhav Tripathi
weds
Leela Saxena
Sunday, 23 January 2028
Dilkusha Garden Pavilion
Two courtyards, one flame
With their blessings
The groom
Madhav Tripathi
Son of Mr. Hariprasad Tripathi and Mrs. Shanti Tripathi
The bride
Leela Saxena
Daughter of Mr. Girish Saxena and Mrs. Kamini Saxena
The aangan awaits
The stone lion has poured for four generations of this family. On the wedding night it pours for you.
Your guests pull the rope themselves. Nobody forgets an invitation they had to light up.
Strung like a garland
Our story
The letter
It began, absurdly, with a handwritten letter delivered to the wrong address. She replied anyway.
The chai years
Every Sunday, four years, the same corner table at Sharma Tea Stall. The waiter reserved it without being asked.
The proposal
He wrote one last letter. This one reached the right address. She said yes by return post.
Your own photographs replace these paintings, cropped to the same shape.
Lamp by lamp
Four nights in the aangan
Mehndi
Green paste and a long evening. Her hands stay still while the rest of the aangan refuses to.
- When
- 22 Jan 2028, 3:00 PM
- Where
- Saxena Kothi Garden
- Wear
- Greens and florals
Wedding
Seven rounds of the fire, and the courtyard holds its breath for every one of them.
- When
- 23 Jan 2028, 7:20 PM
- Where
- Dilkusha Garden Pavilion
- Wear
- Traditional festive
Reception
The last night. The lamps stay lit until the musicians give up, and nobody wants them to.
- When
- 24 Jan 2028, 7:00 PM
- Where
- The Centrum Ballroom
- Wear
- Evening formal
Where the fire is lit
Dilkusha Garden Pavilion
The wedding is on Sunday, 23 January 2028 at Dilkusha Garden Pavilion in Lucknow. Muhurat 7:20 PM. Gates open an hour before, and the aangan stays lit until the last guest leaves.
Come sit in the aangan
Tell us you are coming. We will keep a diya burning for you.
A diya is lit in your name
Demo mode, so nothing was sent anywhere. On a real invitation this lands in the family's inbox.