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Akanksha & Robert’s Destination Wedding in Ras-al-Khaimah, UAE
14/05/2013 By  Ramit Batra With  13 Comments
In  Destination Weddings  /  Featured  /  Weddings

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The quote from ‘Forrest Gump’ describes accurately – how Akanksha & Robert came to be together.

Their story started on 9th April 2011 on one of those weekends ‘when you don’t feel like stepping out’. Akanksha would have probably just been lazy and not gone to the party, if it wasn’t for her friends. They met at the word ‘Mexico’ and challenged each other to a Dance-off! Robert (claims that he) floored her with his ‘spirit fingers’ move, although Akanksha disagrees with that – pointing out that she won the dance off without breaking sweat. And that is how the ‘sparks’ flew.

In Akanksha’s words ‘Robert made falling in love seem so easy’. While Robert was coming to terms with the feeling of having found ‘The One’. On 11th June 2012, in a room full of beautiful candles & rose petals; Robert – the adventurous, simple and funny globe trotter, went down on one knee & asked Akanksha – the ambitious, fashion loving girl, who; as her friends put it – ‘lacks any basic knowledge of World Geography’ — to be his wife.

Akanksha & Robert’s wedding celebrations started with their ‘Sangeet’ evening at a traditional arab Desert Camp. From the crazy jump-in entry on ‘Chammak Challo’, to Sing-along Music Performances and Stage-on-fire kind of Dance performances by their friends & family, and traditional folk dances like – Tanura & Raqs Sharqi by some of the best Dancers in UAE; coupled with a BBQ, Open Bar & Hookah – the evening was a perfect induction to the Arab world.

The Wedding Day started with the traditional welcome or ‘Tilak’ ceremony for the family by Akanksha’s mother followed by Haldi (vatna) for Akanksha. Before we knew it, it was late afternoon. And the Golden light from the evening Sun created a magical ambiance at the beautiful beach-side Rotana Cove Resort in Ras-al-Khaimah, UAE. Akanksha, accompanied by her Father and bridesmaids, reached the ‘Bridge’ – that separated her from the Wedding Party, the Mandap and of course, Robert. They exchanged Garlands across the wooden Bridge & went straight to the Mandap for their wedding ceremony & feras. Overlooking a breathtaking sunset by the beach, their Hindu Ceremony was truly a magnificent sight. The most emotional part of the evening was the time when Akanksha & Robert exchanged wedding rings & read out their vows to one another. An ‘I Do’ followed by some of the most touching speeches & toasts and a handful of never-heard-before secrets & nicknames.

The evening was full of endless dancing, drinking, chatting, eating, more drinking and a Bidai-in-the-buggy ceremony – which could not have been more fun & full of life! The Night ended in true Disney style – with a Shooting star brightening up the Night sky, and they ‘lived happily ever after…’

– Special Thanks to PingPing, Jinanda & Rucha – for helping me put this together <3

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Ramit Batra Destination Wedding Photographer based in India. Loves : Travel, Beer, Photography, Music, Books, Beaches & Pizza (*not necessarily in the same order)




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Jitendra
15/05/2013 at 11:13 pm
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Amazing photography Dude… Really, awesome man!!! U r simply the best R**ace…..



Tom
16/05/2013 at 1:30 pm
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Beautiful work man! I hope you are well and all is well! Hope your good man!



Navin
16/05/2013 at 11:08 pm
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Always inspiring.

Good to see the those tender moments you have captured.
🙂



weddingplannerindia
01/06/2014 at 3:29 pm
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Hiya. Very cool site!! Beautiful .. Amazing ..Awesome post and great work …the bride is looking beautiful…:-) I’ll bookmark your site and take the feeds also…Thanks for sharing.



shiv
03/07/2014 at 3:38 pm
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beautiful picture of every moment’s photography thanks to shearing



wedding photographers
09/07/2014 at 10:33 pm
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Nice photography, All photographs are clean.



Mr Sumit
19/09/2014 at 12:21 am
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Good to see this. Made my day thanks for sharing this, i love to marriage at that kind of place. By the way both of you looking so beautiful, Nice couple god bless you.



Tejas
23/01/2015 at 10:35 pm
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Your photography is great and your blog is mindblowing too…these are such a good photographs that i am in love with them…keep it up



VenueLook
20/06/2015 at 10:54 am
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Awesome photography! I enjoyed this one and got to learn many things.

Thanks



Kapil Yadav
10/09/2018 at 2:15 pm
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Really liked the angles and ideas behind these photographs. All look awesome and emotional at the same time.



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