Sikh Wedding Photographer & Videographer in Thailand

Pre-wedding shoot

Optional · before the wedding week

Many couples add a relaxed pre-wedding session before the functions begin — on a misty lake, a sea pier, a beach or a rooftop above Bangkok. It is easy time together, and the photos are ready for your save-the-date, invitations or a slideshow at the Sangeet.

What we capture: Natural portraits, outfit changes, drone views and short film clips.

Pre-wedding locations in Thailand →

Mehndi & Chooda

1–2 days before · with family and friends

Henna for the bride and the women of the family, songs and dhol — and often the couple’s names hidden in the design. On the wedding morning, or the night before, the bride’s maternal uncle gives her the red-and-white chooda bangles and friends tie the golden kaleere to them. Later she shakes the kaleere over her unmarried friends: whoever a piece falls on is said to marry next.

What we capture: Henna details, the chooda and kaleere, family laughter and candid portraits.

Maiyan & Vatna

Wedding eve · at home

At the Maiyan, family and friends rub vatna — a paste of turmeric, flour and oil — onto the bride and the groom in their own homes while the women sing traditional songs. It is messy, emotional and full of laughter, and it is often the moment grandparents remember most.

What we capture: Close-ups of hands and faces, blessings from the elders and the happy chaos that follows.

Jaggo & Sangeet

Evening · music, dhol and dancing

The night before the wedding belongs to music. At the Sangeet, both families perform choreographed dances and boliyan; at a Jaggo, relatives dance through the party carrying a decorated pot of lit diyas to “wake up” the neighbourhood. Destination weddings in Thailand often add a welcome dinner or a pool party too.

What we capture: Performances from the front and the floor, the couple’s first dance and the dhol moments when everyone joins in.

Getting ready & Sehra Bandi

Wedding morning

While the bride finishes her look, the groom’s turban is tied — often in a colour that matches the bride’s outfit — and his family fixes the sehra in front of it. Some families add a kalgi to the turban and a small dot of surma from the groom’s bhabhi to keep away bad luck.

What we capture: Turban tying, the sehra, outfit details, quiet portraits and the first family photos of the day.

Milni

Wedding morning · gurdwara or venue

When the baraat arrives, the two families meet. After a short Ardas, relatives of the same standing — fathers, uncles, brothers — exchange garlands and embrace one pair at a time, sometimes with a playful attempt to lift each other off the ground. Then there is tea and breakfast before the ceremony.

What we capture: Every Milni pair (we agree the list with you beforehand), the welcome and the bride’s arrival in the darbar hall.

Anand Karaj & the four Laavan

Wedding morning · in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib Ji

The couple sit before Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the bride on the groom’s left, and stand with their parents for the Ardas. The bride’s father places one end of the groom’s palla in her hand. Then the four Laavan are read and sung, and for each one the couple walk clockwise around Guru Granth Sahib Ji — the groom leading, the bride’s brothers and cousins often at her side.

What we capture: Each of the four Laavan from more than one angle, the palla, parents’ faces and the sangat — quietly, from the edges of the hall.

What is Anand Karaj? →

Shagun, blessings & langar

After the Anand Karaj

After Anand Sahib, the final Ardas, the Hukamnama and Karah Prashad, relatives come forward one by one to bless the couple and give shagun. Then everyone sits down to langar together — the simplest meal of the wedding, and often the most joyful.

What we capture: Every family blessing, group photos with both families and your first moments as husband and wife.

Doli

Afternoon · the bride’s farewell

The Doli is the bride’s farewell to her family. Before she leaves, she throws handfuls of rice over her head without looking back, wishing prosperity on the home she is leaving. It is the most emotional moment of the day — for fathers and brothers too.

What we capture: The farewell hugs, the rice, the decorated car and the families waving the couple off.

Welcome home & the ring game

At the groom’s family home

The groom’s mother welcomes the couple with paani vaarna, circling a glass of water over their heads and sipping from it. Then come the games — the favourite is a ring hidden in a bowl of milky water. Whoever finds it first, the family say, will rule the house.

What we capture: The laughter, the rivalry over the ring and the bride’s first moments with her new family.

Reception

Evening · hotel ballroom

Most of the Sikh couples we film in Thailand finish with a reception at a hotel — Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Radisson Blu Bangkok and Holiday Inn Bangkok Sukhumvit are a few we know well. Grand entrances, speeches, the first dance, the cake and a dance floor that stays full until late.

What we capture: The entrance, stage portraits, speeches and the dance floor — plus a same-day edit if you want your highlight on the big screen that night.