A Stylish Hindu Wedding Reception

Introduction

While visiting the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site at the Old Royal Naval College, we saw this very stylish layout on the lawn beside the Painted Hall. It was a private event for a Hindu wedding reception at a most prestigious venue!

The set up was in progress with sound being checked for the music. However, it was the ornate parasols that first caught my eye, all very prettily set up with the high-backed sofas and soft cushions.

I even got to see the bride’s gorgeous wedding dress, but first, a little about what makes this a very special venue for a wedding reception.

Background

As a UNESCO World Heritage site, it includes the white stone building on the left of the main picture, part of the Old Royal Naval College, designed by architect Sir Christopher Wren in the late 1600s in English Baroque style.

The white stone house in the background on the right is the Queen’s House commissioned in 1616 for Anne of Denmark, consort to King James I and designed by the architect Inigo Jones.

Anne, sadly, died of tuberculosis before the house was finished. So, the building of the house was temporarily stopped until the son…