Kunja Village Homestay

The founders'

Manohar & Roma

Nov 2009 · Kumaon × Garhwal

All the weddings
Story still being gathered What each rite means

Not two families but two regions. A Kumaoni groom and a Garhwali bride — Roma, of Jwalapur in Haridwar, her roots in Pauri — the lines of Kumaon and Garhwal joined in one wedding. Hosted in Haridwar, the functions at Kunja the Kumaoni way, and her mama and mami in place of brothers.

How long

2 days · Mix

Where it was held

Haridwar · Family

The family married into

Bisht

Native of

Jwalapur · Haridwar

Its full story is being gathered

The photographs, the films and the rite-by-rite telling of this wedding are still being put together. In the meantime, the canonical wedding shows how its rites unfold.

The rites, explained