Readers of this blog who don't follow me on Facebook or Twitter might be wondering about the increasing presence of a certain Yuki Taniguchi in my life. Well wonder no more - we got married this year! We didn't get married just once, though. We had three ceremonies in three countries, a veritable tihai of weddings.
Jan 6: Gold Coast, Australia
My lovely bride
Taro and my student Sanjey welcomed everyone with beautiful bansuri and tabla
Waiting for my bride to arrive
Our friends played mbira for the wedding procession
Tashi Lhunpo Monks blessed our union
What a beautiful place for a wedding
You may kiss the bride :-)
Happy times with Spankinhide
Blissfully in love
My best men: Tenzin, Taro and Elliott
We had a great party during which Yuki and I performed kirtan "Sita-Ram".
Feb 27: Varanasi, India
We had a Bengali Hindu style ceremony, which includes funny hats.
Yuki's Dhrupad guru, Pt Ritwik Sanyal, took the role of the bride's father, a great honour for us.
Exchanging malas
Binding lives together
Offering to the sacred fire
Applying sindur for the first time
It was a powerful and magical ceremony
We went to Egara-Tenjin Shrine by jinriksha, wearing traditional hakama and shiromuki
Arrival at Egara-Tenjin Shrine with Mama, Uncle Bob, Auntie Zydre and Kamakura jinriksha legend Aoki-san
The Shinto ceremony was absolutely sublime. My favourite part was this dance by the priestess, warding off evil spirits with a ceremonial short sword.
Triply wed. Thanks to TC for this beautiful photo.
Yuki wore a beautiful wig which didn't get seen until the end.
We had the reception at an Indian restaurant.
Thanks to my student Bhavik's mother Neelam for Yuki's beautiful sari.
Thanks to my student Bhavik's mother Neelam for Yuki's beautiful sari.
We performed "Sita-Ram" once more
Thanks so much to all our friends and family for all your support. And praise to all the gods and goddesses for giving us so many blessings.
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