All events were hosted at Hotel Chandela in Khajuraho. The couple wanted fewer than 150 guests, while their parents had imagined a celebration closer to 400 or 500 people. They eventually settled on 300. “Since we’re each the eldest child, this was the first wedding for our parents,” says Guru. For Singh, the final guest list made the wedding feel more generous than oversized. Friends and family came from over 10 countries, many visiting India for the first time.
The celebrations began on March 11, 2026, with the Janeu and Tilak for close family, before moving into a combined Haldi and welcome party. What had first been imagined as a separate seated welcome dinner became an all-day gathering of joy, turmeric and music. There was a Ganesh puja, live tabla, sitar and flute, Indian-inspired cocktails with jamun, lychee and mango, and later, an outdoor dance party.
Food became one of the clearest ways to map the couple’s many homes. The welcome bags included tilkut from Bihar, a mithai Singh grew up eating. On the wedding morning, breakfast included puri bhaaji and kulhad dahi, the latter tied to her memories of a stall in Varanasi, while Guru’s favourites included poha jalebi. At the reception, the cocktails carried the couple back to New York, named after bars they loved: Dante, Patent Pending, Nobody Told Me and The Beekman.
The sangeet was designed without a raised stage, with the dance floor placed at ground level, so guests were pulled closer into the performances. The evening opened with a dance-off between both sides, followed by nearly 10 performances. Singh danced with her parents and brother to Singh is Kinng; Guru’s family performance included his nani. Krish Mulchandani, whom the couple had first seen perform in New York, played a mix of Hindi and English music that carried the party into an indoor after-party with Maggi and chilli chicken as late-night snacks. By the next morning, both sets of parents were mildly terrified by the party before the wedding ceremony. The rituals, thankfully, survived the after-party.
On March 14, Guru’s baraat began with dhol, ghodi and a DJ on wheels. He wore an Amaare sherwani with a red necklace and carried a family katar passed down through five generations on his father’s side. Their pandits had come from Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, and the couple chose not to shorten the rituals. The ceremony also included lava bhunai, a custom specific to Bihar.
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