As for the wedding that we were actually invited to, it was nothing short of storybook spectacular. A plethora of ceremonies take place leading up to the big day itself, first of which was the Mehndi Ceremony, an integral pre-wedding ritual organized by the family of the bride and is usually a private affair which takes place in the presence of friends, relatives and family members. During the ceremony, the Bride and the women participate by having Mehndi applied to their hands in floral and paisley motifs.