I too am back and with some pictures of my best friends wedding

[La Lioness Priyanka]

A traditional Bengali way of arranging the gift to the bride (the burgundy/white pattern is the sari, on top of which the accessories are laid)



A picture of us on the cocktail party preceding the wedding



The morning of the mehendi: my hand while it was being done



A picture of us all taking a break from the dancing



The morning of the wedding (the married women in the family put turmeric on the bride)



My family on the day of the wedding (father, brother and step mom)



The bride and groom during the wedding



My best friend and I after she is officially married

[Guava Jelly]

1. She is beautiful

you all are.
I love the art on the hands.
Could you explain what it is or says to us uninformed?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. its henna, just designs... doesnt really say anything

[Guava Jelly]

3. well it's pretty neat

:)

[Haole Girl]

4. Those are great! Thank you for sharing them with us!

And happy inauguration day!!

:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. happy inauguration day to you too

[easttexaslefty]

6. It's all so beautiful!!! n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. thank you!

[JANdad]

7. Sweet...congrats to the couple...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. thank you

[zanne]

8. You're all gorgeous...

And so is the ceremony. Congrats to your friend!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. thanks much!

[BarenakedLady]

9. Gorgeous pictures.

:D

Thanks for sharing them.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. hi hon! hope all is well with you

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. hi hon! hope all is well with you

[NewJeffCT]

15. welcome back - great pictures

thanks for sharing with us.

I remember a month or two back, you were debating if you should go back to India so quickly again... are you happy you went now?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. yes, i am very very happy i went. i would have been very sad to miss it

[krispos42]

17. That looks extremely festive!

Isn't this your 2nd trip to India in as many months?



Glad you're back for the inaugeration!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. yes, i was in india thru thanksgiving as well~

[Inchworm]

18. Great pictures

and glad to see ya back. It looks like you had a lot of fun.

:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. its nice to see you too~

[Deep13]

20. Very cool. You all look lovely.

The henna looks like someone is applying a non-stick surface to your hand, like for rock climbing or something.

As a side note, I notice your ring finger is longer than your index finger. That's supposed to be an indicator or orientation. Hmm. Mine is like that. I must be a lesbian too! :shrug: :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. LOL!!!

:hi:

[Aristus]

23. Thanks for sharing, lioness. What beautiful photos...

You and all of your friends look marvelous!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. thanks aristus

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. Thanks for posting these. Good to see you back.

I love your picture threads from India. Gorgeous.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. thanks ta!

[meegbear]

25. Beautiful!!

Thanks for posting!!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. thank you hon!

[jonnyblitz]

26. aha, so you did go after all! I did notice you weren't around...

and nice pictures as always! :hug: :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. hugs to you too

:hug:

[ThomCat]

31. Congratulations to your best friend!

:toast:

I hope it was a wonderful wedding and I hope it is a very wonderful marriage. :)

You have been very busy recently. Wow. I hope you have a chance to relax at some point.
:hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. it was a lovely wedding. i am so tired, i literally cant thing

but have to be here for another few hours

[sarge43]

32. Beautiful, simply beautiful

Love, long life and laughter for the adorable couple.

(The dress material is to die for - ravishing)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. thank you

[crim son]

34. I see you condescended to the mehendi; beautiful pics, again, lioness.

The weddings you picture are so robust with color.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

35. well this time there was a mehendi occasion and wasnt during a formal dinner etc

it was just better organized to get mehendi done and she is after all my childhood best friend... i wanted to take part in all aspects of her wedding

[crim son]

37. Fair enough.

I think it's a lovely tradition and you probably did a good thing, taking part. :pals:

[applegrove]

38. Gorgeous wedding.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. thank you applegrove

[IndianaJones]

40. cool pics. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

41. thanks

[YellowRubberDuckie]

42. My goodness, those are so beautiful.

I love the fabrics used for the clothing. I can never remember what they're called. I have a friend at work who always wears these bright colors, and they are just gorgeous. I always wish I could wear stuff like that without people thinking I'm weird. It just looks so comfortable and beautiful.
Duckie

[La Lioness Priyanka]

43. do you mean sari's? they are very comfortable and graceful

:hi: