A wedding story

Aditya & Priyanka | Sampradaya Parinayam

From the mehendi to the reception, in order: henna and cousins, sunrise bridal portraits, the entries, jeelakarra bellam, thali and talambralu. Aditya and Priyanka’s Telugu wedding in Hyderabad, told in pictures by our TBLK team.

Priyanka in pink silk and temple jewellery, smiling in soft sunrise light, Hyderabad

Mehendi

Henna, cousins and a lot of laughter

The story starts at home: family filling the room, cousins dancing, kisses on both cheeks and a few quiet portraits of the bride-to-be.

Priyanka laughing beside a cousin as they show off their henna

Priyanka laughing as two friends kiss her cheeks at her mehendi, Hyderabad

Priyanka and a friend laughing and clapping their henna hands together

Priyanka with her big extended family gathered for a group photo at her mehendi

Priyanka dancing with cousins and friends, hands in the air, at her mehendi

Priyanka smiling with her henna hands raised by a carved wooden doorway

Bridal portrait of Priyanka showing her mehendi by a carved doorway

A friend playfully covering Priyanka’s eyes on the rooftop at her mehendi

Wedding morning: sunrise bridal portraits

Priyanka in the first light

Pink silk, temple jewellery and soft, low sunlight under the trees, before the rituals began.

Detail of Priyanka’s temple jewellery and pink silk saree on the wedding morning

Priyanka adjusting her earring in warm early-morning backlight

Priyanka smiling as she adjusts her bangles in soft morning light

Priyanka laughing with her bangles raised under morning leaves

Priyanka holding a flower garland in golden morning light

Priyanka holding a yellow flower on a tree-lined road at sunrise

Full-length sunrise bridal portrait of Priyanka beside a green wall

Wedding: Entries

The mandap fills up

The hall glowed in marigold and red. Aditya took his place at the mandap, and Priyanka was carried in by her uncles in the bamboo basket to cheers from the whole family.

Wide view of the decorated wedding hall and mandap before the ceremony, Hyderabad

Bridal portrait of Priyanka in pink silk standing in front of the mandap

Aditya arriving at the mandap in a yellow shawl, hands folded

Priyanka’s entry, carried in the bamboo basket by her uncles through a cheering crowd

Wide shot of family crowding the corridor as Priyanka is carried in for the wedding

Wedding: Jeelakarra bellam

The first touch

At the muhurtham, with family crowding close, they placed jeelakarra bellam on each other’s heads, and Priyanka could not stop laughing.

Jeelakarra bellam: Aditya and Priyanka placing hands on each other’s heads, Priyanka seated in the bamboo basket

Family and guests crowding around the mandap during jeelakarra bellam

Priyanka beaming during jeelakarra bellam as Aditya’s hand rests on her head

Close bridal portrait of Priyanka in bashikam, laughing at the mandap

Wedding: Mangalsutra

Tying the thali

In her white and red silks, Priyanka sat beaming as Aditya tied the mangalsutra to a shower of blessings.

Aditya and Priyanka seated at the mandap as smiling cousins gather behind them

Aditya tying the mangalsutra (thali) around Priyanka’s neck, Telugu wedding in Hyderabad

Bridal portrait of Priyanka in a white and red silk saree with bashikam, smiling

Priyanka smiling as the mangalsutra is fastened, wearing bashikam and gold jewellery

Wedding: Talambralu

Rice, petals and laughter

Cousins lined up to watch the talambralu, and rice and flowers flew on both sides.

Cousins and family seated together, watching the wedding rituals

Talambralu: rice and flower petals flying as Aditya and Priyanka shower each other

Priyanka pouring talambralu over Aditya as family laugh around them

Wedding: Newlyweds

Garlands and family

Garlands, bashikam and family portraits: husband and wife at last.

Aditya and Priyanka in rose and jasmine garlands with bashikam, Telugu wedding

Aditya and Priyanka laughing in their garlands with cousins around them

Newlyweds Aditya and Priyanka in white and red silks at the mandap, Hyderabad

Aditya and Priyanka with their families on the mandap after the wedding

Aditya and Priyanka smiling, heads together, under the red-and-white mandap canopy

Reception

Blush, ivory and white blooms

The celebrations closed with an ivory sherwani, a blush lehenga, a wall of white flowers and one more round of cousins, family and laughter.

Aditya in an ivory sherwani and Priyanka in a blush lehenga on their reception stage

Full-length bridal portrait of Priyanka in a blush lehenga against white flowers

Aditya and Priyanka with family on the floral reception stage

Aditya and Priyanka laughing on the reception sofa with their cousins

Aditya holding Priyanka close against a white floral wall at their Hyderabad reception

Priyanka leaning into Aditya and laughing at their wedding reception

Bridal portrait of Priyanka in a blush lehenga and diamond necklace, reception

Close couple portrait of Aditya and Priyanka in warm reception lights, Hyderabad

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A note of thanks

Thank you, Aditya and Priyanka, for trusting our TBLK team with your mehendi, wedding and reception. We offer wedding photography and cinematography across Hyderabad, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Bangalore.

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