Haldi outdoors
Turmeric paste travels, so a garden haldi in Sutton or Merton keeps carpets safe and gives the ritual room to breathe.
Hindu Wedding Photographer in South London
From a Ganesh puja at home in Merton to the pheras beneath a mandap in a banqueting hall, Kaushik Bathia photographs Hindu and Gujarati weddings in South London.
The short answer
Who photographs Hindu weddings in South London?
Kaushik Bathia, established 2001 and rated 4.8 from 580+ Google reviews, photographs Hindu weddings in South London, including Gujarati, Punjabi and Tamil ceremonies. He covers the Ganesh puja, haldi, mehndi and sangeet before the day, then the baraat, jaimala, kanyadaan and pheras beneath the mandap, working around the pandit without interrupting. Wedding photography is from £750, and travel from Northwood is in your written quote.
…Kaushik has an incredible eye for detail and an exceptional talent for capturing those fleeting, candid moments that made our wedding so unique. The photos are absolutely stunning—full of emotion, vibrancy, and creativity. He didn’t just take photographs; he told the story of our wedding day in the most heartfelt and artistic way possible.
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.
I needed some photos in a rush and Kaushik was very accommodating and helpful. He has a nice studio too. Happy to recommend!
Before the wedding day
Haldi and sangeet in a South London house or garden
The rituals before a Hindu wedding happen at home or in a hired hall. A Ganesh puja can take place in a front room in Wimbledon or a garden in Sutton, and a Gujarati pithi or a Punjabi haldi brings turmeric paste and plenty of mess, so a garden or patio suits it. Kaushik works in whatever space you have, close to the family without crowding the priest.
London homes can be tight for a crowd. It helps to clear one corner for the main rituals and keep the busiest part of the room behind the camera. If the haldi is outdoors, plan a covered spot in case the weather turns, so the ritual carries on without a scramble indoors.
The sangeet or mehndi night is a different event again: music, dancing and speeches. Banqueting suites in Tooting and Mitcham host weddings and engagements, and a sangeet can sit in one of them the night before the ceremony, with the main day at another venue entirely.
Mandap and pheras
Photographing the ceremony under the mandap
The ceremony can include the baraat and the milni, the jaimala garland exchange, the kanyadaan and the pheras around the sacred fire beneath the mandap, but the order varies by family and pandit, so we go through yours beforehand. Kaushik works around the pandit and the havan, so the camera is in place for each rite and never in the way of the ceremony.
In a banqueting hall the mandap often stands on a raised stage, which makes the angles predictable. In a marquee or a garden, the setting changes through the ceremony as guests gather. Tell us the layout when the decorator confirms it, and the coverage is planned for the space.
Gujarati weddings have their own details, such as the mandvo and the pithi, and Punjabi Hindu weddings may include a choora. Marwari and North Indian families follow their own order. Share the running order your family uses and every rite in it is covered.
Civil ceremony
Pairing the Hindu wedding with a South London register office
You can hold the civil ceremony at a council room before or after the religious one. Sutton's Oaks Room at the Civic Offices takes up to 50 guests, and the council suggests Manor Park in the town centre for photographs afterwards. Lewisham's Evelyn Suite holds 40 in total, with a patio garden outside, and Southwark's register office at Camberwell House has a Garden Room.
If you want the whole family at the signing, Lambeth's Assembly Hall seats up to 300, with a marble-lined foyer and its original glass light fittings. The registrar is booked separately from the room in Lambeth, so arrange both before you send invitations.
Portraits and places
Couple portraits near a South London Hindu wedding
A short break from the crowd gives time for portraits of the two of you. Near a Greenwich reception, St Alfege Park sits beside Hawksmoor's church, and Greenwich Park's Flower Garden is framed by cedar and tulip trees, though the park needs a Royal Parks permit for up to ten people for one hour. In Lewisham, Manor House Gardens in Lee has a lake, a fountain and a walled flower garden.
In the south of the area, Beddington Park in Wallington has woodland walks, formal gardens and the River Wandle ending in a lake, and Nonsuch Park covers the site of the palace Henry VIII had built in 1538. Either can give twenty minutes of portraits between the ceremony and the reception.
Next pages
Hindu wedding pages for South London towns
For the rituals in depth, read the national guide to Hindu weddings. Town pages cover Tooting, Merton, Wandsworth, Kingston, Sutton, Greenwich and Lewisham.
For a wider view of multi-day planning, see Asian weddings in South London. Travel from Northwood to any of these towns is set out in your written quote, so each day of a Hindu wedding is costed openly before you book.
Planning
Planning around South London
Mandap layout
Send a photo or plan of the mandap and stage when the decorator confirms it, so the angles for the pheras are settled early.
Signing first
A short council ceremony at Camberwell House or Morden Park House before the Hindu wedding keeps the legal paperwork off the main day.
Greenwich Park permit
Portraits in Greenwich Park need a Royal Parks permit for up to ten people for one hour, so plan the wider family groups at the venue.
Places for a Hindu wedding day in South London
Community and landmark facts for South London that help when planning a Hindu wedding, with sources.
- Korean community: New Malden is often called Korea Town or Little Korea; around 10,000 ethnic Koreans lived in New Malden proper as of 2014, and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is described as having the largest South Korean expatriate community in Europe. 1
- South Asian community: Tooting has a large British Asian community and a concentration of South Asian restaurants, and in the 2011 census 28.8% of residents were Asian or Asian British. 2
- Grand Chamber, Wandsworth Town Hall: The Grand Chamber is the largest ceremony room at Wandsworth Town Hall, holding up to 100 people including the couple, guests and photographer. 3
- Oak, Grove and Acorn Rooms: The Old Court House ceremony rooms seat up to 70 guests in the wood-panelled Oak Room (restored in 2015), 40 in the Grove Room and 8 in the Acorn Room. 4
- Evelyn Suite: The register office's Evelyn Suite holds up to 40 people (36 guests plus the couple and two witnesses), and there is an accessible patio garden outside for photographs. 5
Sources, facts checked October 2026
Town by town
Hindu wedding pages for South London towns (town by town)
South London towns with their own Hindu wedding pages, with their distance from Northwood.
- Richmond upon Thames (12 miles from the studio)
- Wandsworth (14 miles from the studio)
- Kingston upon Thames (14 miles from the studio)
- Lambeth (15 miles from the studio)
- Southwark (15 miles from the studio)
- New Malden (15 miles from the studio)
- Tooting (16 miles from the studio)
- Merton (16 miles from the studio)
- Sutton (19 miles from the studio)
- Greenwich (19 miles from the studio)
- Lewisham (20 miles from the studio)
Good to know
Hindu weddings in South London: questions answered
Yes. Gujarati weddings are covered alongside Punjabi, Marwari, Tamil and North Indian Hindu weddings. The pithi, the mandvo, the jaimala and the pheras are each photographed in the order your family follows. Hindu wedding photography is from £750, with the package built around whichever rituals you want covered.
Yes. Home rituals are part of the coverage, whether in Wimbledon, Mitcham or Morden. Merton is about 16.1 miles from the Northwood studio, and the travel for each day of the wedding is shown in your written quote. Tell us roughly how many people will be there so the space can be planned.
Kaushik works around the pandit and the sacred fire, choosing positions before the ceremony starts so he is not crossing the mandap during the rites. If your pandit or venue gives photography guidance, share it beforehand and it is followed.
South London's council rooms range from Kingston's Acorn Room for 8 guests to Lambeth's Assembly Hall for 300. Lewisham's Evelyn Suite holds 40 in total and Sutton's Oaks Room 50. Choose by guest numbers and by how close it is to the venue for the Hindu ceremony.
Yes. A sangeet, mehndi or garba night on a weekday is covered as its own event within your wedding package. Tell us the start time and the venue, whether a banqueting suite in Tooting or a hall in Lewisham, and the timings and travel are set out in the written quote.
No. Greenwich is about 19.4 miles from Northwood, and weddings are photographed without a distance limit. The Royal Borough's register office is at Woolwich Town Hall, with the Edwardian Room for up to 36 or the Victoria Hall for up to 130 if you want the civil ceremony there too.
Your Hindu wedding
Planning a Hindu wedding in South London?
Send the dates of the puja, haldi, sangeet and ceremony, and the venues you have so far. Kaushik will say which days he is free and send a written quote with the travel from Northwood to each South London venue.
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