Keshwala walked into the Centre Hall with her two older sisters, having secretly changed her entrance song to DO 4 LOVE, the same track that had played during their proposal. The rain began just as she made her entrance and stopped shortly after the ceremony, leaving the couple free to host their drinks reception outside as originally planned. An Aperol Spritz tower, roaming food and cocktail ice lollies replaced a formal sit-down dinner, while speeches came from Pithwa's parents and Keshwala's nieces.
The following morning, the couple held their Hindu ceremony in the Centre Hall, where The Event Builders had created a canopy-free mandap framed by aged brass vessels and sculptural arrangements of flowers in earthy tones. The open design meant that all 110 guests, including those seated on the balcony overlooking the ceremony, had an unobstructed view of the rituals.
For her bridal look, Keshwala had her heart set on a rust-coloured raw silk lehenga with minimal embroidery. During a four-day trip to New Delhi, she found an ivory design at House of Masaba that she returned to customise in her chosen colour, adding sleeves and adjusting the gold embroidery. As the youngest of five sisters, she was used to consulting them on her outfits, but this time she made every decision herself, keeping the finished look a secret even from Pithwa. “There was something really special about having this one look be a complete surprise to everyone,” she says.
When the antarpat was lowered, Pithwa saw Keshwala's bridal look for the first time. He had been convinced she would wear ivory. “Seeing the whole look she'd created for the first time was such a surprise,” he recalls. “I loved everything about it, especially the bangles.”
She paired the lehenga with chunky, oxidised mixed-metal jewellery that she designed with Vama Collections in the UK, gold bangles and small bells woven into her bun. She chose not to wear a maang tikka, leaving space for the sindoor that Pithwa would apply during the ceremony. She also wore a gold and pink cocktail ring that her late grandmother had given her mother on her wedding day.
Pithwa wore an understated ivory silk kurta and jodhpuri by Kora Men's, layered with a patterned silk pashmina shawl. He carried a talwar that had belonged to his grandfather, who had died the previous September. His grandmother had shown him the sword in the months leading up to the wedding, and he decided to carry it for the ceremony.
Small brass bells had been placed on every guest's seat, which they were invited to ring during the pheras. The couple also skipped the traditional drive-away vidaai, opting for a brief symbolic farewell before returning to the mandap for koda kodi. A Gujarati lunch followed, including kansar made by Keshwala's aunt and decorated by her sister and niece.
By evening, the Centre Hall's earthy florals had given way to a ballroom dressed in burgundy linen, red flowers and candlelight. Guests in sharp tailoring and floor-length gowns sat at two long tables for a Gujarati thali dinner, with old-school R&B playing in the background. Before long, they were singing along to Usher, Alicia Keys and Destiny's Child, some dancing in their seats.