Malayalee Wedding Ceremony at Thean Hou Temple: Manika + Divya

16 April 2013/in Wedding Day Photography, Indian Wedding Photography/by Andy Lim

The Malayalee Hindu wedding of Manika and Capt Dr Divya was held at the Thean Hou Temple. Despite the countless Hindu weddings I have photographed, this is my first time as a wedding photographer at a Hindu wedding held at a Chinese temple! Capt Dr Divya is a military doctor who preferred an unconventional wedding, as the pictures below show.

View the same-day slideshow for more pictures of the wedding ceremony:

Malayalee Wedding Ceremony at Thean Hou Temple

Wedding Reception at Seri Pacific Hotel

Before the wedding ceremony, there was the Ponnurukku ceremony (gold melting ceremony) and the Sangeet (dinner party).

Ponnurukku

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