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Naina & Aryan — A Cliffside Sanctuary
Naina & Aryan

Location

Uluwatu, Bali

Venue

Alila Villas Uluwatu

Guests

180 guests

Investment

₹2.3 Cr

Duration

3 days · May 2024

The Couple

Naina and Aryan, both wellness entrepreneurs, wanted their wedding to feel less like a production and more like a retreat — a small, soulful gathering of the people who mattered most, somewhere that felt sacred.

Naina & Aryan celebration
Naina & Aryan celebration
The Challenge

Honouring full Hindu ceremonial tradition in a non-Hindu country, on a clifftop with no margin for error, while keeping the entire experience calm, unhurried and deeply personal for an intentionally small guest list.

The Design Concept

We worked with Balinese artisans whose craft in stone, flower and offering is itself a form of prayer. Frangipani and tuberose framed an open-air mandap on the cliff edge; mornings began with guided meditation; the ceremony was timed to the exact minute the sun met the Indian Ocean horizon.

Naina & Aryan celebration
Naina & Aryan celebration
The Outcome

A wedding guests described as the most peaceful they had ever attended. Indian priest and Balinese artisans collaborated seamlessly; the sunset pheras have become one of the most requested concepts in our atelier. Small, by design — and unforgettable, by every account.

Defining Moments

  • 01Clifftop sunset-timed pheras
  • 02Indo-Balinese artisan collaboration
  • 03Daily guest meditation & wellness
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