Aditya & Ankita — 22 October 2027

The day

22 October 2027

Our ceremony and reception are at Swan Lake Overlook, on 225 acres of family land north of Atlanta where sika deer, swans and a few emus have the run of the place.

Times and your own schedule are on your invitation.

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Our story

Four years

September 2023

A family friend sent Ankita a WhatsApp message about “a boy.” Ankita asked for a LinkedIn before she would consider anything. The LinkedIn arrived three weeks later.

She messaged the number on the profile without expecting much, reached Aditya’s Google Voice line, and Aditya — fairly sure he was being contacted by a bot — decided to reply instead of deleting it.

2024 and 2025

In June 2024 Ankita moved to San Jose. That July, at the Odisha Society of the Americas convention in Nashville, she introduced Aditya to about thirty members of her extended family in one sitting. Ill-advised, and unnecessary, because she already knew.

In August 2025 Aditya proposed at the top of Haleakalā.

Ankita's hand resting in Aditya's, wearing her engagement ring

Aditya carrying Ankita, both laughing, above the clouds

Since then

We hike. We dance at each other in the morning instead of using an alarm. We eat the samples at Costco. We cook together, Ankita baking and plating, Aditya running the curries, both of us tasting. We talk about work far too much, which is fine, because so does the other one.

We are learning the butterfly stroke. We camp under the stars, and we bring a hammock on picnics, and when the cord will not reach around the tree we sit on the ground. We drink coconut-lime mocktails, which we are sharing with you at the reception.

Every walk around the block is a date.

Good to know

Before you come

What should I wear?

Anything you would wear to a formal evening — a suit, a cocktail dress, a saree, a kurta, a lehenga. All of it belongs. If you would like to wear Indian clothes and have no idea where to start, message us and we will send you places to look, or lend you something.

Two small things: white reads as mourning at an Indian wedding, and heavy red is the bride's. Everything else is open.

I have never been to an Indian wedding

Then you are in for a long, loud, very good day. Your invitation lists each event with what it is, what happens, what you actually do, and what to wear! Just come and have fun!

I am travelling in. Where should I stay?

Most of our guests drive in from around north Georgia, so there is no hotel block. If you are coming further, your invitation has a short list of places nearby we would pick ourselves, plus airport and driving notes.

Can I bring my children?

Yes. They get their own table at the reception with colouring supplies, Lego and someone keeping an eye on things. Your invitation names everyone we are expecting, and you can correct it there if we have it wrong.

Is there a registry?

Your presence is the greatest gift you can give us! If you would like to do something more, we have put together backpacking gear we will actually use, a few charities close to us, and a fund toward a down payment.

See the registry