{"id":19046,"date":"2026-11-12T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khushwedding.com\/inspiration\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:46:48","slug":"this-mumbai-couple-had-just-8-guests-at-their-wedding-with-the-bride-in-sabyasachi-sari-the-sea-as-the-backdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khushwedding.com\/inspiration\/2026\/11\/12\/this-mumbai-couple-had-just-8-guests-at-their-wedding-with-the-bride-in-sabyasachi-sari-the-sea-as-the-backdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"This Mumbai Couple Had Just 8 Guests At Their Wedding, With The Bride In Sabyasachi Sari & The Sea As The Backdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As is often the case with South Asian families, Krisha Kothari<\/strong>\u2019s parents had spent years saving for her wedding that would welcome hundreds of loved ones. Instead, in December 2025, their daughter married Varil Shah<\/strong> in the presence of just eight people, all immediate blood relatives, on the terrace of his family home in Mumbai. \u201cThis was not a financial decision. Our parents had lovingly planned for a much larger wedding, but we felt strongly that meaning mattered more to us than magnitude,\u201d Krisha explains. The one-hour ceremony had no larger-than-life mandap, no receiving line and no sprawling guest list to navigate. It was a conscious departure from the conventional big fat Indian wedding, allowing the couple to be fully present in the moment. \u201cWe could look around and see every single person clearly, notice our parents\u2019 expressions, hear little comments and reactions, and actually absorb everything that was happening around us,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A swipe into love <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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