Food was one of the clearest ways they brought their worlds together. For the welcome lunch, they brought in Swati Snacks, with a Gujarati spread sourced from Ahmedabad and Mumbai. For the chooda ceremony, Jain leaned into North Indian comfort food, with 15 types of chaat, chole kulche and winter staples. “Food, to me, is memory,” she says. “I wanted every bite to feel like one worth keeping.” She describes that spread as “chaotic, joyful and completely us.”
The sangeet, titled Starry Night, was set against the lakeside lawns in shades of blue and gold. Jain wore Mishru with diamonds from Chirag Jewels, while Shah wore Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna. The dance floor stayed full through the evening, carrying into a late night.
The next morning began with a Ganesh puja, followed by the chooda ceremony in the central courtyard. Jain wore Itrh, styled by Mohit Rai, with her mother’s heirloom wedding jewellery.
The varmala took place at the main porch, followed by a reception dinner on the Celebration Lawns. Amrit Wadali performed live, with music carrying into the pheras at the bawdi.
For the wedding ceremony, Jain wore Sabyasachi with polki jewellery from Chirag Jewels. Her veil carried a hand-embroidered line: Sada Saubhagyavati Bhava. “It felt like carrying a prayer into the mandap,” she says. Shah wore a sherwani by Sarab Khanijou.
Jain was recovering from a foot fracture and knee injury through the celebrations, which meant moving carefully between events. She laughs about it now, remembering how she had planned to dance through the sangeet and instead found herself pacing it out in smaller bursts. Shah recalls one moment when she had decided to skip the after-party, only to show up later in her night suit. “It gave us a chance to finally just dance,” he says.
Jain returns to the varmala when she thinks about the wedding. Hearing the music cue, the doors opening, and seeing Shah already emotional. “When I look at him, everything else is just noise,” she says. Shah remembers the sindoor falling slightly onto her nose and both of them laughing. At the vidai, her younger brother held on tightly while her elder brother told him, “Always take care of my sister.”
By the end of it, the wedding in Jaisalmer had moved quickly, but what stayed were those small, specific moments that can never be planned.
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