A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner serves as a guide for those couples wanting an unique, personalized, and modern Indian wedding that combines many elements of non-traditional (e.g. bridal showers) and traditional(e.g. sangeet) rituals. With over 300 pages including a 12-page insert, it is the ultimate resource for planning a dream Indian Vivah or Anand Karaj wedding. Each of the 28 chapters begins with a comprehensive, up-to-date, and detailed background information on every related wedding topic, such as Indian engagements, pre-wedding ceremonies, ceremonial translations, bridal party, Indian fashion, honeymoon, music, photography, flowers and more. Side bars throughout the planner are filled with helpful wedding tips, money saving ideas,wedding resources, do-it-yourself projects and expert advice from the wedding specialists of the wedding community. As a workbook, forms, worksheets and several to-do lists are provided to help you keep track of all your wedding details such as expenses, phone numbers, schedules and bridal party duties. In addition there are over 70 dynamic, black-and-white and color photographs and nearly over 20 drawings that showcase every aspect of traditional and modern South Asian weddings. Photographs also include the lastest wedding fashions by India's top fashion designers. A directory of over 110 of the finest Indian wedding professionals, stores, vendors and web sites is provided for your convenience. A 2-pocket folder is included to hold receipts, contracts, brochures or notes. A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner is an easy and fun read that is great for anyone interested in learning about the Indian culture or having an interfaith marriage. Indian weddings described in detail in this planner include: Sikh Anand Karaj, Hindu, Bengali, Gujarati, Jain, Tamil, and Marathi.
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A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner by Sarbjit K. Gill is a solid, comprehensive, "reader friendly" guide to all aspects of planning a traditional East Indian wedding. Including traditions from Hindu, Bengali, Gujarati, Jain, Tamil, Marathi, Islam and Sikh cultures, superb photography, straightforward advice, A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner is also a superb directory of up-to-date professionals, web sites, and much more. A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner is the premier reference to consult if one is contemplating, planning, or attending an East Indian wedding ceremony! --Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Indian weddings often are grand affairs, with celebrations stretching over a number of days and the price tag occasionally passing beyond $100,000. Sarbjit Gill's A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner (300 pages, Bookmark Press, $28.95) is a "how to" guide covering everything you ever needed to know about Indian weddings. The book covers all regions of India, plus the basics of Sikh and Muslim weddings, but mostly it is focused on Hindu traditions. Gill, a professional US-based wedding planner, includes photos, attire and pages of check lists for everything. The wedding options range from completely traditional to an eclectic mix of Eastern and Western customs and celebrations. Gill explains the basics of Hinduism and the Hindu view of marriage, making the book useful for explaining the Hindu wedding to non-Hindus. And she hasn't forgotten that not everyone has an unlimited budget, providing possible cost-cutting measures at every step while still designing a grand affair. --Hinduism Today
I am an english girl marrying a first generation hindu man - this book provides an excellent insight into the various ceremonies that go into the indian wedding celebration as well as an easy to understand guide as to helpful hints- clothing, photos, flowers etc - a great overview! --"ukhellion" (New Jersey USA)
Indian weddings often are grand affairs, with celebrations stretching over a number of days and the price tag occasionally passing beyond $100,000. Sarbjit Gill's A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner (300 pages, Bookmark Press, $28.95) is a "how to" guide covering everything you ever needed to know about Indian weddings. The book covers all regions of India, plus the basics of Sikh and Muslim weddings, but mostly it is focused on Hindu traditions. Gill, a professional US-based wedding planner, includes photos, attire and pages of check lists for everything. The wedding options range from completely traditional to an eclectic mix of Eastern and Western customs and celebrations. Gill explains the basics of Hinduism and the Hindu view of marriage, making the book useful for explaining the Hindu wedding to non-Hindus. And she hasn't forgotten that not everyone has an unlimited budget, providing possible cost-cutting measures at every step while still designing a grand affair. --Hinduism Today
I am an english girl marrying a first generation hindu man - this book provides an excellent insight into the various ceremonies that go into the indian wedding celebration as well as an easy to understand guide as to helpful hints- clothing, photos, flowers etc - a great overview! --"ukhellion" (New Jersey USA)
About the Author
Since 1997, Sarbjit K. Gill has researched, wrote, conducted interviews and advice about weddings of the South Asian culture. After 3 years of extensive work, she is proud to present the ultimate resource in Indian weddings. She is also the founder and editor of the Indian wedding web site. Sarbjit is a wedding planner for Do Dil (Two Hearts) Weddings and has also written and published several poems. Gill has been featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Shaadi Style magazine, Lucky magazine, Bibi, Hinduism Today, Tiranga and much more. She runs Dharma Karma at www.dharmakarma.com.
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All aspects of planning a traditional East Indian wedding,
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A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner by Sarbjit K. Gill is a solid, comprehensive, "reader friendly" guide to all aspects of planning a traditional East Indian wedding. Including traditions from Hindu, Bengali, Gujarati, Jain, Tamil, Marathi, Islam and Sikh cultures, superb photography, straightforward advice, A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner is also a superb directory of up-to-date professionals, web sites, and much more. A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner is the premier reference to consult if one is contemplating, planning, or attending an East Indian wedding ceremony!
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This book provided a good amount of information. It also served as a scrapbbok for all our wedding plans. This book is a must for any Indian-style wedding plans you would need to make.
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Invaluable Resource for us in pulling off our wedding. The book does a great job in explaining all of the rituals that are part of Indian weddings. We also found the checklists, scheduling, and advice to be of great value.
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