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| A team to set up the tent and the dais for the wedding ceremony. |
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| Work done! |
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| The event organisers are in. |
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| More hands on deck - the menfolk are assembling the door gifts to contain the specially made fruit cake by the groom's mum. |
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| Lovely Thank You door gifts |
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| Rice grains and rose petals to fill up the sachets for the 'moment' during the thali tying. |
All packed in delicate chiffon packets - to be distributed to guests . Ready to shower the bride and groom.
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| The groom's uncle up on the ladder to decorate the main entrance to the house. - a traditional welcome in a South Indian wedding. |
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| Adding more colour and beauty at another doorway to the main wedding area. |
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| A lady specialist in henna painting from Byron Bay painting motifs a day before the wedding. |
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| The bride's choice |
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| Getting the kumkuma - mixture of tumeric and saffron ready - a Hindu ritual 'aarti' to greet and bless the bride when she enters the groom's house. |
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| More colour and grandeur for the wedding house lounge - the groom's mum was up early at the Ballina farmers' market for flowers etc. |
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Sarees, salwars, sherwanis,dhoti, kurta etc - all having a quick steaming to iron out the creases. |
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| Giving special attention to the flower girl's gorgeous salwar. |
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| The local hairdresser from Lennox Head certainly had a busy time ! |
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| Niece of the groom getting ready for her flower girl role. |
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| Pretty ladies in a row - taking turns to be dressed in their sarees in the hands of the expert. |
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| A small white rose for my hair, with a little help from the hairstylist. |
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| Time to light up the kuthivalika ( brass oil lamp) adorned with fresh jasmine. |
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| Lighting up for the auspicious day |
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| The wedding reception team of pretty nieces and cousins - rose water, kumkuma , programe to explain a simplified Indian wedding ceremony , sachets of tumeric rice |
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