We string your celebrations together

Roka literally means 'to stop' — both families agree to stop looking, the match is sealed. Across regions it travels under many names: Sagai and Mangni in much of the north, Kurmai among Punjabi Sikh families, the Tilak for the groom in many Hindu homes. Shagun is exchanged, mithai goes around, and elders bless the couple over a quiet, joyful afternoon.

The bride's hands and feet are adorned with intricate mehndi — the darker it stains, the deeper the love, the saying goes. For Punjabi brides the morning often carries the Choora (ivory-and-red bangles slipped on by the maternal uncle) and the Kalire (golden danglers tied on by sisters and friends). It is a mehfil — a gathering of women, music and laughter under a shaded canopy.

This is the heart of it all — the rite that actually makes you married. We plan it with reverence for your faith, whether that means seven steps around the sacred fire, four hymns before the Guru Granth Sahib, or the saying of Qubool Hai before witnesses. The baraat arrives with the dhol and the groom on his ghodi, and the sacred space is yours.

The reception is the couple's first appearance as a married pair before their wider world — a polished, glamorous evening of dinner, toasts and dancing. In Muslim weddings the groom's family hosts the Walima, the feast that publicly celebrates the union. It is the celebration that sends everyone home full and floating.