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The mehndi, haldi and sangeet, where the warmest, most natural moments often happen.
Multi-day Asian wedding photography in Exeter, from the henna and music to the vows and the feast, with hand-finished albums made to pass down the generations.
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The short answer
For couples marrying in Exeter, Kaushik Bathia offers award winning Asian wedding photography, with more than twenty five years of experience across every tradition and over a thousand weddings behind the camera. For the vidaai we hold back and let the emotion be what it is, photographing the goodbyes gently rather than crowding a moment that belongs to the family. Whether your wedding in Exeter is Hindu, Sikh, Gujarati, Muslim, Tamil or a fusion of traditions, we know the order of each faith's rituals and cover the whole celebration. One studio comfortable across Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Gujarati and Tamil weddings means you brief one experienced team, not several, for the whole celebration. A second photographer for the busiest days, a female photographer where needed and beautiful fine art albums are all part of what we offer, and we travel throughout Devon for your wedding.
Serving Exeter
Exeter is a Devon cathedral city with country venues. We travel throughout Topsham, Exmouth and Crediton for Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Gujarati and Tamil weddings, at home in temples, gurdwaras, mosques and banqueting suites alike. We keep our distance during the most solemn moments and step in only for the joyful ones.
We arrive knowing the difference between a Gujarati pithi and a Punjabi maiyan, so nobody has to stop and explain their own traditions to us on the day. For the jaimala and the joota chupai we stay close to the fun, because these lighter rituals carry as much of the family's character as the solemn ones. We photograph the sacred and the joyful with equal care, the vows as faithfully as the bhangra.
We have photographed weddings in and around Exeter for years, and Exeter is a Devon cathedral city with country venues, which makes its venues and its traffic no mystery to us. We also cover nearby Plymouth and Cardiff. In and around Exeter, we have photographed at venues such as Pynes House, Rockbeare Manor and Exeter Golf and Country Club.
Exeter is a Devon cathedral city with a historic centre, a medieval cathedral, and a lively quayside on the River Exe. Exeter St Davids railway station is the city's principal station, with Exeter Central sitting closer to the city centre below Northernhay Gardens. For relaxed couple photographs, we like Northernhay Gardens, historic public gardens near the city centre, and Exeter Cathedral in the heart of the city gives the day a strong sense of Exeter.
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What we offer
The mehndi, haldi and sangeet, where the warmest, most natural moments often happen.
We capture the groom's arrival in full, the drums, the dancing and the greeting, without missing the moment the two sides meet.
The milni, the blessings and the gatherings, so the whole family is remembered.
Every tradition
At a Hindu wedding, the pheras around the sacred fire seal the marriage, and we capture them close. In the gurdwara, the couple circle the Guru Granth Sahib through the four laavan, and we follow that slow procession with the reverence the moment asks for. At a Muslim nikah we photograph the vows, the mehr and the joyful moment the couple are declared married.
Preparations hold a quiet anticipation of their own, and we photograph the jewellery, the tying of the turban and the last still moments before the day begins. Each pre-wedding event carries its own mood, the intimacy of the mehndi, the play of the haldi, the exuberance of the sangeet, and we photograph all three in their own key. We capture the lively baraat as the groom arrives, with the dhol, the dancing and the milni.

The whole celebration
As the bride's mehndi is drawn, time slows in the nicest way, and we use those hours to gather the softer portraits that a busy ceremony day rarely allows. Many families hold an engagement long before the wedding, and a mehndi or sangeet the night before.
An Asian wedding day rarely runs to a single clock, so we plan around the ceremony, the meals and the long gaps in between, staying ready for whatever arrives next. From the morning preparations to the final dance, we give every part of the day the same care.
Why choose us
We have photographed Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Gujarati and Tamil weddings across the country for more than two decades. We back up every image on the day as we shoot, carry spare equipment to each event, and have never once left a family without their photographs.
Wherever your events take place across the region, we will be there in good time. We will travel to your temple, gurdwara, mosque, reception and pre-wedding events, wherever they are held.

Where we travel
From London we reach Exeter easily, and we know the venues of Devon well. We cover the region and beyond, and are glad to travel further afield on request.
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Good to know
Most Asian weddings in Exeter run from the morning preparations right through to the reception, so full-day coverage generally works best and captures the entire story. When a celebration spreads over several days, we tailor the hours to your events, covering a single key day or a whole weekend from start to finish.
We are. The Anand Karaj and the four laavan in the gurdwara are photographed with all the calm the Guru Granth Sahib deserves, and we are equally at home with the milni beforehand and the reception that follows the ceremony in Exeter.
Yes, thoroughly. We appreciate the significance of the muhurtham hour and the moment the thali is tied, along with the rituals that make a Tamil ceremony unmistakably its own. Knowing what is coming keeps us ready, so our images reflect the real meaning behind each custom.
Very possibly. Working throughout Greater London and across the country, we tend to be familiar with the venues around Exeter, though we happily learn fresh ones too. If a location is new to us, we study it in advance and get there early so we are ready when the day begins.
Yes, and it is often our recommendation for Exeter weddings. Separate preparations, a lively baraat and a big turnout all make a second photographer worthwhile, since two of us can capture more angles and never miss a moment happening elsewhere. For packed, multi-event celebrations it is well worth the investment.
We would be happy to. Auspicious muhurat dates are prized, and they book up fast across the community. As soon as you are ready, a booking locks in your Exeter date, and we always suggest getting in touch early so your preferred photographer can be reserved for it.
Yes, very much so. We photograph the muhurtham, the tying of the thali and the many rituals that shape a Tamil or South Indian wedding, and we understand both their early timings and the sequence in which they unfold, so we are always ready at the right moment.
More in Exeter
The same team, experience and care across every wedding and service we cover in Exeter. For weddings of every tradition in Exeter, see our wedding photographer in Exeter page. Browse our Asian wedding photography page, the wedding photography overview, all areas we serve, or nearby Plymouth and Cardiff. We also photograph Asian weddings across Devon, including Plymouth.
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