Sikh Wedding Photographer in Leatherhead

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Your Sikh wedding photographer in Leatherhead, at a glance

You will meet Kaushik Bathia at the enquiry and see him again on your wedding morning in Leatherhead. Twenty five years, over a thousand weddings and five European Gold awards sit behind that promise. Two lenses, no bag and no tripod inside the darbar hall. Travelling light means we can move slowly and silently between the few positions we have agreed, and nothing of ours clutters the space. Coverage in Leatherhead runs from the maiyan and vatna at home to the milni outside the gurdwara, the four laavan of the Anand Karaj, the closing ardas, and on through langar to the evening reception. Langar halls sometimes welcome photography and sometimes do not, and knowing to ask beforehand rather than assume is exactly the sort of small judgement a long career teaches. Fine art albums, parent copies, engagement shoots and second photographer cover are all offered, and although the studio is in London, weddings anywhere in Surrey or the wider UK are genuinely welcome.

Roughly eighteen miles from London Waterloo, Leatherhead is close enough for a gurdwara start in the capital and a reception in Surrey. The anand karaj is completed before the Guru Granth Sahib with the sangat seated, the ragis singing the four laavan and the palla held between the couple, all photographed without intrusion. Choora and kalire are done earlier in the morning. Effingham Golf Club or The Drift Golf Club take the afternoon, and the doli is covered as the cars gather.