Went to a church wedding on Saturday. It was my first time. It was so different from the other weddings I have been to - Indian weddings with a lot of noise and of course, a lot of people.

This one was quiet, peaceful and with about 150 people. Indian weddings would have 150 people just in the family on one side! :-)

The ceremony was over relatively quickly, about 40 minutes, and it was quite nice to see that the groom (my buddy from USC) was quite composed and did not show any nerves. The lady who sang a couple of songs had an incredible voice, and the readings that the bride and the groom chose, were quite good too.

After the wedding, we headed out to the hotel where the reception was hosted. The sit-down dinner and dancing, I have seen before. It is now quite common to see such receptions at Indian weddings in the US. Not that I have been to many such weddings, but I have heard and its similar.

Met up with some good friends from USC, and had a good time chatting with them. Two of my friends (one was my roommate) were groomsmen, so they were busy with the ushering and stuff during the ceremony as well as the reception. Of course, when it was time for dinner, they sat at their assigned tables.

The wedding was at 5pm, and we were asked to be there by 4.30pm. I am not sure if the Americans go by ‘auspiscious time’ and stuff (mahurat) but everything started promptly on time, and got over as per the program given to us. The reception went on till at least 11pm, when we left.

We decided to meet with some of the friends the next day, for brunch near our house, at Hobee’s.