The Nalangu
The playful post-wedding games between the couple and their families, captured with fun.
Natural, unobtrusive Tamil wedding photography in Chorleywood, documenting the pre-wedding events, the muhurtham and the reception, with an early start for the muhurtham and a calm eye all day.
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Serving Chorleywood
Chorleywood is a leafy commuter village on the Chilterns edge. We are used to multi-venue days throughout Hertfordshire, moving smoothly between Rickmansworth, Chenies and Sarratt. We photograph at temples, kalyana mandapams and banqueting halls right across Hertfordshire.
We arrive early for the muhurtham, stay late and keep pace with every part of the celebration. We make sure the families are in the story too, not just the couple at the mandapam. We take the time beforehand to understand your customs and the order of the mandapam rituals.
Wherever your venues are across Chorleywood and Hertfordshire, we plan the route and the early muhurtham start in advance. Chorleywood is a leafy commuter village on the Chilterns edge. We also photograph in nearby Croxley Green and Sarratt. We are at home at Chorleywood-area venues such as The Grove and Moor Park Golf Club.
Chorleywood is a leafy commuter village in the Three Rivers district on the edge of the Chilterns, known for its large open common. Chorleywood station is served by the London Underground Metropolitan line and by Chiltern Railways trains towards London Marylebone and Aylesbury. For pre-wedding and couple portraits, we love spots such as Chorleywood House Estate grounds and the wooded grassland of Chorleywood Common, with Chorleywood Common, a 75 hectare Local Nature Reserve managed by the parish council close by for a striking backdrop.
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What we offer
The playful post-wedding games between the couple and their families, captured with fun.
The groom's playful mock-pilgrimage that opens the ceremony, photographed with all of its humour and warmth.
At home with Iyer, Iyengar and South Indian Brahmin customs and their order of events.
Every tradition
The oonjal, the gentle swing ceremony with its songs and warding off of the evil eye, is a moment we capture with warmth. We know the order of the mandapam rituals by heart, so we are always in position. The thali, tied to the sound of the nadaswaram, is the sacred heart of the ceremony, and we capture it close.
The paalikai, when the seed pots are prepared, is a quiet, lovely ritual we cover with a gentle eye. The nalangu, the playful post-wedding games between the couple and their families, is full of warmth and fun. We photograph the warmth of the two families meeting at the sammandhi mariyathai.

The whole celebration
The mehndi brings an intimate evening of henna and laughter before the wedding day itself. The days before the wedding often hold the most relaxed, candid moments of the whole celebration.
We always recommend a little time for couple portraits, often away from the bustle of the mandapam. The best galleries are spread evenly across the day, not saved for the thali tying alone.
Why choose us
A thousand weddings in, we still find every muhurtham unique, and photograph it that way. Over a thousand celebrations have taught us when to step close to the thali tying and when to stand quietly back.
We cover the Home Counties and beyond, and are glad to travel further afield for the muhurtham on request. We photograph across Hertfordshire regularly, and travelling to a kalyana mandapam in Chorleywood is second nature.

Where we travel
We cover the whole of the UK for Tamil weddings, so distance never stands between us and your muhurtham. From London we reach Chorleywood easily, and we know the kalyana mandapams of Hertfordshire well.
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Good to know
From our London base, Chorleywood and the rest of Hertfordshire are an easy, familiar journey. You get a widely experienced Tamil wedding specialist who travels to you without fuss, and who is used to the early starts a muhurtham brings.
Yes. Our style is mainly documentary, capturing the day as it happens, but we will also gather a handful of timeless couple and family portraits, so your album holds both the natural energy and a few quieter, elegant images.
Yes. We travel to Chorleywood and across Hertfordshire for Tamil and South Indian weddings. The muhurtham, the mandapam rituals and the many surrounding events are a speciality, and distance is never a problem for a London-based team used to travelling.
Yes. For larger Tamil weddings we bring a second photographer, so the mandapam rituals and the guests are both fully covered, and the ceremony and the arrivals can be photographed at the same time without anything being lost.
Absolutely. We regularly cover the nichayathartham, the mehndi, the wedding muhurtham and the reception across several days in Chorleywood, with additional photographers for the largest celebrations, so no ritual or family moment is ever missed.
More in Chorleywood
The same team, experience and care across every wedding tradition and service we cover in Chorleywood. See our Tamil wedding photography page, the wedding photography overview, all areas we serve, or nearby Croxley Green and Sarratt. We also photograph tamil weddings across Hertfordshire, including St Albans, Bushey, Oxhey, Shenley, Rickmansworth and Berkhamsted.
Hindu, Sikh, Gujarati, Muslim & Tamil
mandap, pheras & saptapadi
nikah, mehndi & walima
Anand Karaj & laavan
ceremony, confetti & first dance
studio & location portraits
LinkedIn & corporate
newborn to multi-generation
events & product
characterful pet portraits
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Recent weddings
Muhurtham · Oonjal · Maalai Maatral · Saptapadi
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