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Riya & Sameer — Above the Clouds
Riya & Sameer

Location

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

Venue

JW Marriott Walnut Grove

Guests

150 guests

Investment

₹1.4 Cr

Duration

2 days · October 2024

The Couple

Childhood sweethearts from Dehradun, Riya and Sameer wanted to marry within sight of the mountains they grew up beneath — a small, warm, two-day celebration wrapped in deodar forest and mountain mist.

Riya & Sameer celebration
Riya & Sameer celebration
The Challenge

Mountain weather that can turn in minutes, a remote location with limited supplier access, and the logistics of moving 150 guests and a full production up winding hill roads to 6,500 feet.

The Design Concept

We leaned into the elements rather than fighting them. A fireside sangeet in heavy wool and amber light; a ceremony on a forest ridge with the Himalayan range as the only backdrop we needed; copper, pine, dried botanicals and the warmth of a hundred candles against the cool air.

Riya & Sameer celebration
Riya & Sameer celebration
The Outcome

The mist broke at exactly the right moment, revealing snow peaks behind the couple as they took their vows — a photograph now framed in three family homes. An intimate wedding that proved scale and meaning have nothing to do with one another.

Defining Moments

  • 01Forest-ridge ceremony at 6,500 ft
  • 02Fireside wool-and-amber sangeet
  • 03Snow-peak reveal at the vows
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