A Wedding at Amita Rasa and Mulberry Shades, Built Around Sukoon, Playfulness, and Divinity
It is not often that an idea gives you goosebumps right away.
Creative goosebumps, especially, are rare.
But that is exactly what happened when Margi first told us about her relationship with Radha and Krishna. From a very young age, she had felt deeply connected to their love story. The tenderness of it. The devotion. The playfulness. The feeling of finding home in another person.
And then, years later, when she met Nikhil in New York, she felt that same sense of home again.
In him, she found her Kanha.
Once Margi and Nikhil chose Amita Rasa, Bangalore as their wedding venue, there was one feeling we could not shake. We had to bring to life the feeling of those beautiful paintings of Radha and Krishna sitting under the trees of Vrindavan.
Not as a theme.
As a world.
The mandap was imagined as four trees coming together to form a canopy over the couple, almost like nature itself was gathering around them similar to how you see Radha and Krishna in Vrindavan depicted in paintings.
Their wedding was built around three feelings: sukoon, playfulness, and divinity. From there, the entire celebration unfolded as a deeply personal, story-led wedding experience across Mulberry Shades and Amita Rasa, two spaces that allowed us to move between intimacy, nature, nostalgia, and celebration.
The Baithak at Mulberry Shades
The wedding weekend began with a baithak at Mulberry Shades, Bangalore, and it set the tone for everything that followed.
We wanted the evening to feel warm, rooted, textured, and full of memory. Since Margi has a deep love for textiles, and the evening’s headliner was the incredibly talented Ismail Langa of India’s Got Talent fame, who flew in from Jodhpur, the space naturally took shape as a little folk village.
There was floor seating that invited people to sink in and stay a while. Ajrakh throws sourced from Bhuj, Kutch paid homage to Margi and Nikhil’s Gujarati roots. A nostalgic dukaan filled with childhood snacks brought in that instant feeling of familiarity, the kind that makes people smile before they even realise why.
At Mulberry Shades, the evening did not feel like a performance that guests were simply watching. It felt like a gathering. The kind where people listen, linger, eat, remember, and slowly ease into the wedding weekend.
For the baithak, we sourced ajrakh throws from Kutch, Gujarat and styled the space with floor seating so the evening felt like a little folk village rather than a formal pre-wedding event.
It was also one of those weekends where every creative collaborator brought their own magic. Romil Shah flew in from Surat to capture the wedding, while celebrity makeup artist Tanvi Marathe came in from Mumbai to bring Margi’s dream bridal looks to life.
The baithak was not just the beginning of the celebration.
It was the beginning of a world.
Building Vrindavan at Amita Rasa
The wedding itself took place at Amita Rasa, one of the most beautiful wedding venues near Nandi Hills and a favourite for couples planning a destination-style wedding in Bangalore.
If Mulberry Shades held the warmth of gathering, Amita Rasa held the divinity of the promise to come.
Its iconic stone mandap became the canvas on which we built Margi and Nikhil’s little Vrindavan.
The vision was never to make it feel theatrical. It had to feel poetic. Soft. Sacred. Alive.
Hand-painted depictions of Radha and Krishna were created on flowing georgette fabrics that moved gently with the wind. The mandap was built to feel like four trees coming together to form a canopy over the couple, as if nature itself was gathering around them. The floral arches drew inspiration from the temples of Vrindavan, bringing in a quiet sense of reverence.
The air smelled of sandalwood.
Flute players filled the space with soft melodies.
And for a moment, Amita Rasa did not feel like a wedding venue in Bangalore. It felt like a sacred grove.
We hand-painted Radha and Krishna on georgette fabrics so the artwork would not sit still. It moved with the wind, almost like the paintings had become part of the trees.
Each guest seat held details that added to the experience: parasols, custom lotus hand fans, and ritual cards. These were not just pretty additions. They were part of the storytelling, part of how the wedding held together, part of how guests were invited into the feeling of the ceremony.
Every guest seat had a lotus hand fan, a parasol, and a ritual card, so the ceremony details felt useful, beautiful, and tied back to the world we were building.
The Bride’s Walk
Months before the wedding, Margi had visited Bangalore for a vendor trip and had practised her walk down the aisle.
There was something so moving about seeing that imagined moment turn real.
When the day finally arrived, she walked down the aisle with her parents by her side, while her sister sang her in. Nikhil waited for her at the mandap, and for a few seconds, everything felt suspended.
The music.
The emotion.
The setting.
The people who loved them.
All of it came together in a way that felt almost cinematic.
But more than cinematic, it felt true.
Because the most beautiful weddings are not the ones that only look good. They are the ones where the emotion reaches you before anything else does.
A Quiet Moment After the Vows
One of the loveliest moments of the day happened after the wedding itself.
Margi and Nikhil stayed back at the mandap, just the two of them, and spent some time jamming to their favourite song, We Are Getting Married by Peter Cat Recording Co.
After all the celebration, all the guests, all the rituals and movement, there was something so intimate about that little pocket of time.
No audience.
No rush.
No production.
Just the two of them, dancing inside the world that had been built for their love story.
An Evening at the Amphitheatre
As day turned into evening, the mood shifted again.
The amphitheatre at Amita Rasa was used to create a post-wedding experience that felt soft, glowing, and almost dreamlike. Candles lit up the space. Cozy seating invited guests to settle in. Instrumental music played live, wrapping the evening in a sense of calm after the heightened emotion of the ceremony.
It was mesmerising in the quietest way.
This is one of the things we love most about weddings at Amita Rasa, Bangalore. The venue allows each event to feel distinct, even within the same wedding. The ceremony can feel sacred and rooted, and then the same property can move into something intimate, atmospheric, and almost otherworldly by evening.
For the amphitheatre, we moved away from the ceremony’s Vrindavan language and built a softer evening experience with candlelight, cozy seating, and live instrumental music.
A New York After Party at Mulberry Shades
And then, because this wedding belonged equally to Vrindavan and New York, the celebrations took one final turn.
Guests made their way back to Mulberry Shades for an after party inspired by the city where Margi and Nikhil’s love story unfolded.
The brief was simple: New York, but make it personal.
Guests changed into custom pyjama sets by Sweet Dreams, Margi’s family company, which instantly made the night feel playful and unexpected. The after party featured an NYC skyline-inspired DJ booth, bedazzled Diet Coke cans, and custom coasters marked with the exact coordinates of where Nikhil proposed to Margi.
It was fun, a little cheeky, and completely them.
Not New York in a generic way.
Their New York.
Their references.
Their proposal.
Their humour.
Their people.
The after party was built around their New York story, with an NYC skyline DJ booth, bedazzled Diet Coke cans, custom coasters with their proposal coordinates, and pyjama sets from Margi’s family company.
A Wedding That Felt Like a World of Its Own
What made Margi and Nikhil’s wedding so special was not that it followed one mood from beginning to end. It moved, just like their story had moved.
From a folk-inspired baithak at Mulberry Shades to a Vrindavan-inspired wedding at Amita Rasa. From sandalwood and flute players to a New York-themed after party. From hand-painted georgette curtains and lotus hand fans to ajrakh throws from Bhuj and custom proposal-coordinate coasters, every part of the wedding was intentionally built around something personal.
Every celebration felt different, but nothing felt disconnected.
That was the heart of it.
The wedding was not built around just one aesthetic. It was built around memory, devotion, mischief, nostalgia, and the very specific world Margi and Nikhil had created together. It held where they came from, what they loved, the city that shaped their relationship, and the feeling Margi had carried with her since she was young.
For couples looking at an Amita Rasa wedding or considering Mulberry Shades Bangalore for their wedding celebrations, this is what these venues can hold when the experience is planned with intention. They can become more than beautiful spaces. They can become chapters in a story.
And for Margi and Nikhil, that story was one of sukoon, playfulness, divinity, and finding home in each other.
For Margi & Nikhil 💛
A heartfelt thank you to every vendor who helped bring Margi and Nikhil’s world to life.
Wedding Planning & Decor
Phool & Pheras | @phoolandpheras
Photography & Videography
At the beautiful venue
Makeup Artist
Tanvi Marathe | @tanvismarathe
Bride’s Outfit
Raw Mango | @raw_mango
Catering
The Creative Kitchen | @thecreativekitchenofficial
Hospitality Partners
Blvck Moon Events | @blvckmoonevents
DJ
DJ Xirex | @djxirex BTS Video Filming & Editing
The Candid Express | @thecandidexpress
