Bhai ki sagai
The engagement ceremony took place in Delhi with happy faces from both the sides joining the fun and frolic.
My kids' school was ongoing but this was important too. We took a leave and flew to Delhi from Pune. Indigo was caught in an issue related to their staffing model which had badly impacted majority of flights. By the day my flight was scheduled, luckily the issues had resolved and operations were normalised.
We reached my brother's place in Gurugram around noon on Thursday. My sister has already arrived with her family the previous day. We all met each other , more for the kids who were meeting after a gap of a few years now. Ma brewed some masala tea for me while we freshened up before settling down for a delicious lunch of kulche chhole. Some of us caught up on some sleep before the mehndi artists arrived.
3 artists took around 3 hours to apply beautiful mehndi designs for 10 of us. Beautiful songs played in the background and we also had a round of tea during the mehndi sessions. Dinner was ordered for the night with all the hands/palms adorning the henna and then there was a dinner party 🎉
The kids were playing around while the rest of us chatted and packed our stuff for the big day the next day. We then chose our beds and rested for the night.
The kids had already checked on the plan for next day. Everyone got up next morning and the home was bustling with activities with chit chat, the sounds of brushing, shower, someone asking for their towels or if it was still their turn to shower. We all were taking turns to shower and get ready while the breakfast was getting ready. We were all done well within time and then sat waiting for our traveller to arrive. Once the traveller arrived all the luggage was carefully loaded and we started our journey from Gurgaon to Delhi. It took us nearly 2 hours to reach Hotel City Park in Pitampura Delhi. We checked in to our rooms , had lunch and sat for a while before the makeup make up artist showed up. Ladies and kids of course took their own sweet time to get ready while the men had some time for themselves before they got ready. We were all ready in time for the function.
Relatives and guests started pouring in. We met and greeted them after years and for the kids it was their first experience with a family function and meeting so many people. Thankfully they greeted everyone and were not overwhelmed by the experience.
We soon started with the ceremonies - brother's shagan followed by sister in law's god bharai & shagan and finally the ring ceremony.
Everyone danced, enjoyed their time with the extended family, relished the extensive spread of dishes before we bid adieu to each one of them. That's when we sat down to have our dinner and some more chats though everyone was almost tired. Some more pictures after the dinner and then a request to the hotel staff to get the required stuff back to our rooms. Once the stuff and all the members were back to their respective rooms, we retired for the day with happiness and sweet memories in our hearts.
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