Iyer & Iyengar Weddings
At home with Iyer, Iyengar and South Indian Brahmin customs and their order of events.
Fine-art Tamil wedding photography in Sarratt, documenting the kashi yatra, the maalai maatral, the oonjal and the family blessings, with relaxed coverage and timeless fine-art albums.
Serving Sarratt
Sarratt is a pretty Chilterns village with a historic green. Wherever your events are held across Chorleywood, Chipperfield and Rickmansworth, we plan the timings and the early muhurtham start with care. Couples come to us from across the Home Counties, and Sarratt is firmly on our patch.
We balance documentary coverage with a few quiet portraits, so your album holds both the nadaswaram's energy and elegance. We take the time beforehand to understand your customs and the order of the mandapam rituals. A long lens and a light touch let us capture the sacred muhurtham from a respectful distance from the homam.
We travel throughout Hertfordshire for mandapam ceremonies, and Sarratt, a pretty Chilterns village with a historic green, is one we know well. We also photograph in nearby Knebworth and Welwyn. Sarratt and the towns around it offer venues such as Micklefield Hall and The Grove, all familiar to us.
Sarratt is a pretty Chilterns village in the Three Rivers district, clustered along a long narrow historic green about four miles north of Rickmansworth. Sarratt is served by nearby Chorleywood and Rickmansworth stations on the Metropolitan line, and lies close to junction 18 of the M25. For portraits away from the celebration, The Chess Valley and Sarratt Bottom, a chalk stream landscape in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty works beautifully, and The Church of the Holy Cross, a flint and brick church founded around 1190 adds a real sense of place.
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What we offer
At home with Iyer, Iyengar and South Indian Brahmin customs and their order of events.
We are ready for the early-morning auspicious hour that sets the pace of the mandapam rituals.
The music of the nadaswaram and thavil that carries the sacred moments, captured as it plays.
Every tradition
The maalai maatral, when the couple exchange garlands lifted high, is a moment of pure joy we love to photograph. We are mindful of every family's customs at the mandapam, Iyer, Iyengar or Sri Lankan Tamil. We photograph the couple's first steps together around the sacred homam fire.
The pre-wedding events are often where the most natural photographs come from, and we give them full attention. We photograph the maalai maatral, the exchange of garlands, with all of its energy and laughter. We document the nichayathartham and the engagement that begin the journey, when families ask us.

The whole celebration
The muhurtham is often set for the very early morning, so the wedding day begins while it is still dark. The days before the wedding often hold the most relaxed, candid moments of the whole celebration.
We photograph the ceremony, the portraits and the reception in balance, so each is given its due. We know the order and timing of the wedding day, so we are always in position for each ritual.
Why choose us
Twenty-five years behind the lens means we know exactly what follows the maalai maatral in the order of the day. Couples choose us for our calm presence and our knowledge of every ritual, from the kashi yatra to the saptapadi.
We factor in travel and the early muhurtham start carefully, so we are in position before the nadaswaram begins. Wherever your kalyana mandapam is across the Home Counties, we will be there in good time for the auspicious muhurtham.

Where we travel
Distance is never a problem; reaching your temple, your kalyana mandapam and your reception is simply part of how we work. We are used to celebrations spread across a temple and a banqueting suite, and keep the day flowing between them.
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Good to know
Yes. A pre-wedding shoot is a lovely way to relax in front of the camera before the big day, and we are happy to arrange one at a location you love, whether a favourite spot in Sarratt or further afield.
Yes. We are comfortable photographing respectfully inside temples and kalyana mandapams, working quietly around the priests, the nadaswaram players and the homam fire, so the ceremony is captured beautifully and never disturbed.
Auspicious Tamil dates in Sarratt book up well ahead, so we recommend enquiring as early as you can. Tell us your muhurtham date and we will confirm availability straight away, and hold it for you while you decide.
Yes. We travel to Sarratt 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. We photograph Iyer, Iyengar and other South Indian Tamil traditions, and are familiar with the differences in their rituals and the order of events, so we are always in position for the moments that matter most.
More in Sarratt
The same team, experience and care across every wedding tradition and service we cover in Sarratt. See our Tamil wedding photography page, the wedding photography overview, all areas we serve, or nearby Knebworth and Welwyn. We also photograph tamil weddings across Hertfordshire, including Watford, Tring, Borehamwood, St Albans, Stevenage and Abbots Langley.
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
Tell us about your celebration and we will send availability, ideas and pricing, wherever it takes place.
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