01 · Dubai Marina · New Year's Eve
The Proposal
Rohan chartered a 60-metre superyacht, covered the deck in twelve thousand white roses and proposed at midnight as the Burj Khalifa lit up the sky. The ring: a 7-carat oval diamond from Graff.
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The $2 Million Wedding
Rohan & Anjali Patel
Proposed in Dubai · Married at The City Palace & Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India
$2M
Total celebration
100
Guests flown in
3
Days of events
12,000
White roses at the proposal
5
Rolls-Royce Phantoms
4
White Marwari horses
Rohan and Anjali met at a friend's Diwali party in Manhattan and argued for an hour about the best street food in Ahmedabad. Three years later he proposed on a superyacht in Dubai, and they flew one hundred of their closest people to Udaipur for three days of palaces, royal carriages and fireworks over Lake Pichola.
02 · Night one · Palace gardens
The Sangeet
Two hundred lanterns, a twelve-piece live band from Mumbai and a choreographed family dance-off that lasted until 3am.
03 · Day two · City Palace
The Royal Arrival
The couple arrived in a hand-gilded royal carriage drawn by four white Marwari horses, followed by trumpeters and a shower of rose petals.
04 · Getting there in style
The Fleet
A fleet of five Rolls-Royce Phantoms carried the families between the palace, the lake and the ceremony terrace all weekend.
05 · Sunset · Lake Pichola
The Ceremony
Vows under a four-storey mandap of white roses, orchids and marigolds, with crystal chandeliers and the Lake Palace glowing across the water.
06 · Durbar Hall
The Family
Three generations of the Patel and Kapadia families together for the first time in a decade.
07 · Night two · Palace courtyard
The Reception
Floating chandeliers, ten thousand candles, a live orchestra and a first dance that stopped the room. Dinner was a nine-course tasting by a Michelin-starred chef.
08 · Seven tiers of gold
The Cake
Hand-painted 24-karat gold leaf, sugar orchids and pearl details, made over four days by the palace pastry team.
09 · Fireworks over the lake
The Finale
The weekend closed with a twelve-minute fireworks show over Lake Pichola, watched from a private boat.
Our people
The wedding party
best man
Maya Shah
Anjali's best friend since they were seven. Planned the surprise bachelorette in Santorini.
groomsman
Neel Desai
Rohan's college roommate at Wharton. Gave the toast that made the whole palace cry.
groomsman
Kavya Mehra
Anjali's cousin and the choreographer behind the sangeet show-stopper.
groomsman
Riya Joshi
Flew in from London with forty kilos of flowers in her luggage.
groomsman
Dev Malhotra
Kept the baraat on schedule. Mostly.
groomsman
Kabir Sethi
Official keeper of the rings and the family's best dancer.
parent
Harish Patel
Father of the groom. Founder of Patel Hospitality Group.
parent
Meera Patel
Mother of the groom. Wore her grandmother's emeralds.
officiant
Pandit Ramesh Sharma
Has married three generations of the Patel family.
Every guest had their flights, villas, outfits and day-by-day schedule in one place. A hundred people, three days, not one lost guest.
Harish & Meera PatelParents of the groomI planned a palace wedding from New York and never once felt lost. The live feed meant our grandparents in Ahmedabad watched every moment.
Anjali PatelBrideYour story is next
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