Siddharth Morakhia and Rebecka Morakhia knew they wanted “the chaotic fun of an Indian wedding”, but also a setting with enough history and beauty to stand on its own. Their wedding in Rajasthan found that balance at Six Senses Fort Barwara, close to Ranthambore National Park. “The weathered beauty of the 14th-century fort touched our hearts,” they say.
They planned the wedding with Siddharth’s parents, Lara and Shreyas Morakhia, bringing in a Calcutta-based events and décor team for execution. Rebecka and Siddharth took the lead on the entertainment, food and overall aesthetic, while Lara and Shreyas, long-time collectors of antique jewellery and museum textiles, were central to the clothes and jewellery. Everyone, the couple says, was on the same page about on creating something “stylish that was still elegant and deeply us.”
They were equally clear about how their different worlds would meet. From Rebecka’s Swedish side came a more minimal decorative approach and a seated dinner after the ceremony. From Siddharth came Indian craft, colour and revelry through the clothes, jewellery, food and performances. “We opted to merge minimal decoration and intimate moments with maximum extravagance in clothes, jewellery and food,” they say.
Their references kept circling back to florals, sola-wood flowers, petals and candlelight. Personal details ran through the wedding, including a logo built around their initials inside a sun motif inspired by Rajasthan’s royal houses, appearing across invitations, linenware and parts of the wardrobe. Wildlife references appeared across the celebrations too, from custom Jaipur pottery to mehendi patterns worked with tigers, elephants and peacocks.
They met in Stockholm, where Siddharth had gone to play polo and travel. He had just returned from Svalbard and came straight from the airport to meet Rebecka for a glass of wine on a rainy autumn night, arriving in a bright red-and-green raincoat. “He definitely is NOT Swedish,” she thought. Looking at her in an oversized blazer, Siddharth’s reaction was immediate: “Wow, she is very Swedish.”
The timing was less convenient. They met during Siddharth’s final week in Stockholm before he returned to New York. On their last night, he gave Rebecka a postcard that read, “Fly with me Becka!” A few weeks later, she did. The next two years were spent moving between cities and continents, working around visa rules and building a relationship that stretched across Stockholm, New York and beyond. After two years of that back and forth, they decided to get married.
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