Sacred Rituals
The baraat, jaimala, kanyadaan, the pheras and saptapadi, each understood and honoured.
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Hindu wedding photography, capturing the baraat, the jaimala, the sacred pheras around the agni and the emotion of the vidaai. London-based, we travel across London, the Home Counties and the whole of the UK.
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A wedding specialism
A Hindu wedding is photographed around a fixed sequence of rituals: the baraat arrival and milni, the jaimala garland exchange, the kanyadaan, the pheras around the sacred agni beneath the mandap, the saptapadi and the vidaai farewell. A Ganesh puja, haldi, mehndi and sangeet usually come on the days before. Kaushik Bathia covers Gujarati, Punjabi, Marwari and North Indian Hindu weddings from a studio established in 2001, working around the pandit and the havan fire without interrupting the ceremony. He covers London and the UK from the Northwood HA6 studio, with coverage from £750. Marrying in the capital? See our Hindu wedding photographer London page. A second photographer is available for the largest events, and we travel wherever your celebration takes place.
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Superb and highly professional wedding photographer. We had the pleasure of working with Kaushik Bathia Photography for a recent wedding at Orchardleigh Estate.
Kaushik was exceptional at creating our wedding photo album! He designed it so beautifully and his customer service was the best. The album quality and design is amazing, we loved it! Wow what a great job. Highly recommend for photo albums.
Excellent photography services before and during our wedding. Really enjoyed him being our photographer and he did a great job with the pictures. Working with him on the albums post wedding has been fantastic, he takes time to understand our ideas and portrays them in his work. Brilliant personality and very professional.
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A wedding specialism
A Hindu wedding is a joyful, days-long celebration of family, faith and colour, and it deserves a photographer who plans around the rhythm of the day. We photograph the whole story, from the Ganesh puja and haldi to the mehndi, sangeet, baraat, the sacred fire at the mandap and the vidaai. Nothing is missed, and nobody has to pause the ceremony to explain what comes next.
Gujarati, Punjabi, Marwari and North Indian celebrations each keep their own customs, from a Gujarati pithi and mandvo to a Punjabi milni and a Marwari toran. Before the day we go through your family's rituals with you, then shape the coverage around your priest, your family and your timings rather than a fixed shot list.
How we work
We arrive early for the getting-ready and the family blessings, then move quietly through the day so the pheras, the kanyadaan and the tears at the vidaai are captured as they happen. For larger baraats and multi-venue days we bring a second photographer. Fine-art albums are hand-finished so your gallery becomes an heirloom. Our town pages cover Hindu weddings in Leicester and Birmingham, celebrations closer to our Northwood studio in Harrow, Wembley and Watford, and south London weddings in Croydon. Hindu weddings sit within our wider Asian wedding photography and wedding work. If you are still planning the day, our Hindu wedding photography guide walks through each ritual, our Asian wedding timeline helps you order the events, and our guide to Asian wedding photographer costs in London explains what shapes a quote.
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Coverage and booking
| Event | What happens | When in the day |
|---|---|---|
| Ganesh puja | The priest invokes Lord Ganesh with the couple and close family to bless the wedding and remove obstacles | Opens the wedding, often days before or on the morning itself |
| Haldi and pithi | Turmeric paste is applied to bride and groom by family for a glowing complexion and good fortune, a lively, messy ritual | A day or morning before the ceremony |
| Mehndi | Intricate henna is applied to the bride and the women of the family, with the groom's initials hidden in the design | The day or evening before the wedding |
| Sangeet and garba | An evening of music and dance, with garba and dandiya common at Gujarati celebrations and choreographed family performances | Pre-wedding evening |
| Baraat | The groom arrives in a festive procession, often on a horse or in a car, with dhol, dancing and the milni greeting of the families | Wedding morning, just before the ceremony |
| Jaimala or varmala | Bride and groom exchange flower garlands at the mandap, a playful moment as families lift them out of reach | As the ceremony begins |
| Kanyadaan and hastamelap | The bride's parents give her hand in marriage and the couple's hands are joined, tying the ends of their garments together | Early in the mandap ceremony |
| Pheras and saptapadi | The couple circle the sacred fire, usually four or seven pheras, and take the seven steps of the saptapadi as vows are made | The heart of the ceremony |
| Sindoor, mangalsutra and vidaai | The groom applies sindoor and ties the mangalsutra, then the emotional vidaai farewell as the bride leaves with her new family, before the reception | Closing the ceremony, then the evening reception |
Good to know
Hindu wedding coverage starts from £750 and is usually quoted per event or as a multi-day package. The celebration can span a Ganesh puja, haldi, mehndi and sangeet before the ceremony itself, then the reception after it. What moves the figure is the number of days, how many events fall on each day, whether a second photographer covers the bride and groom at the same time while the baraat arrives, the travel involved if the mandap and the reception sit at different venues, and whether you add a hand-finished album. Our guide to Asian wedding photographer costs in London breaks down what shapes a quote; send us your dates and event list and we will price your day exactly.
Yes. We are based at our Northwood studio in North West London, and we cover Hindu weddings across the UK, including Leicester and Birmingham. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
Yes. We can photograph the full celebration, from the Ganesh puja, haldi and mehndi through the sangeet, baraat, mandap ceremony and reception. You can book individual events or a complete package, and we plan the timings around your priest and family.
We photograph Gujarati, Punjabi, Marwari and North Indian Hindu weddings, and the customs differ from one to the next. From a Gujarati pithi and mandvo to a Punjabi milni and a Marwari toran, we adapt our coverage to your family's specific rituals and regional traditions.
Book as soon as your date and venue are confirmed. Popular and auspicious dates, especially summer weekends, often go a year or more ahead, but shorter notice is always worth asking about. Tell us your date and we will confirm availability straight away.
Yes. We design hand-finished, fine-art albums that turn your gallery into an heirloom to pass down through the family. Albums are chosen after the wedding once you have seen your images, and we guide you through sizes, materials and the story-led layout of the day.
We plan around the pheras and saptapadi, the kanyadaan, hastamelap and the tying of the mangalsutra, and we agree the order with your priest beforehand so we are in position for each. That way every ritual is photographed cleanly without interrupting your priest or asking the family to pause.
Where we cover
We travel widely for Hindu weddings, from London and the Home Counties to the Midlands, the North, Wales and Scotland. Find your town below, or just get in touch wherever you are.
St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Borehamwood, Potters Bar, Berkhamsted, Radlett, Cheshunt, Tring, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Sarratt, Welwyn, Wheathampstead, Harpenden, Bushey, Shenley, London Colney, Baldock, Rickmansworth, Watford, Carpenders Park, Maple Cross, Mill End, Oxhey, Hoddesdon, Knebworth, Ware, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Bishop's Stortford, Royston
Luton, Bedford, Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Leighton Buzzard, Flitwick, Woburn, Ampthill, Biggleswade
High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Marlow, Amersham, Chesham, Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Giles, Bourne End, Princes Risborough, Chalfont St Peter, Denham, Milton Keynes, Buckingham
Slough, Maidenhead, Windsor, Bracknell, Ascot, Wokingham, Sandhurst, Reading, Thatcham, Newbury
Staines-upon-Thames, Egham, Weybridge, Epsom, Esher, Cobham, Dorking, Woking, Leatherhead, Camberley, Guildford, Reigate, Redhill
London, Southall, Wembley, Greenford, Northolt, Feltham, Kenton, Sudbury, Harrow, Hounslow, Forest Gate, Tooting, Hayes, Rayners Lane, Kingsbury, Hendon, Edgware, Stanmore, Pinner, Ealing, Neasden, Tottenham, Wood Green, Walthamstow, Acton, Willesden, Sutton, Kingston upon Thames, New Malden, Barnet, Brent, Camden, the City of London, Eastcote, Edmonton, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow Weald, Hatch End, Hillingdon, Ickenham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, North Harrow, Northwood, Perivale, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, South Ruislip, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Uxbridge, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Wealdstone, Westminster, East Ham, Gants Hill, Croydon, Ilford, Barking, Bromley, Barking and Dagenham, Romford, Bexley, Havering
Colchester, Loughton, Chigwell, Epping, Harlow, Brentwood, Grays, Billericay, Basildon, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea
Tunbridge Wells, Rochester, Dartford, Sevenoaks, Gravesend, Tonbridge, Gillingham, Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury
Coventry, Solihull, Birmingham, Smethwick, West Bromwich, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton
Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Lichfield, Burton upon Trent, Stafford
Southampton, Basingstoke, Farnborough, Aldershot, Winchester, Portsmouth
By county
Mandap, pheras and the days around them, in the counties around London.
Popular sessions
Before the day, many couples book a pre-wedding or engagement shoot, which also helps everyone relax in front of the camera.
Further reading from the journal: Tamil Wedding Photography: Rituals & Key Moments.
Haldi · Baraat · Mandap · Pheras
Tell us about your wedding and we will send availability, ideas and pricing, wherever it takes place.