For the welcome dinner, Mantena wore a custom Tarun Tahiliani lehenga echoing the evening’s theme, “Welcome to Rajasthan.” The embroidery intertwined jaalis and jharokas with unmistakable New York icons like the Empire State Building and yellow taxis, a nod to where the couple travelled from. Jadao jewellery tied the look together. Anaita Shroff Adajania, who styled the couple, said, “Raj’s only brief to me, as the father of the bride, was, ‘My daughter has to look incredible—never seen before, no holding back.’ And honestly, that felt like music to my ears”

The after-party that night, headlined by Tiësto, was its own chapter entirely. “I came across this incredible metal plate at a Falguni Shane Peacock couture show, featuring the Taj Mahal and a peacock. From that spark, they created a beautifully structured, corseted silk dress that held its form while still allowing Netra to move freely,” shared Shroff Adajania.

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For the haldi, the mood shifted into something more poetic. Leaning into the narrative behind the groom’s name—Vamsi, a reference to Krishna’s flute—the team built an entire world with delicate 3D flowers, sacred lotuses symbolic of Radha and Krishna and figures of people dancing, all coming together in a romantic ensemble created by Rahul Mishra.