Chinese and Indian fusion wedding in London - A Love Story Told in Two Languages

When Jessica and Markand asked me to photograph their wedding in London, I said yes before the question had even finished forming. She, with roots in China. He, with roots in India. Two entire histories braided together—not in theory, but in practice. A wedding not just about love, but about cultural fluency. About saying yes to more than one way of doing things.

Indian weddings and Chinese weddings don’t follow the same script. And this one didn’t try to make them match. It let both voices speak.

The Night Before

The celebration began quietly—well, as quietly as you can begin when there’s a room full of people and fruity cocktails involved. La Porte des Indes was the setting: a London restaurant that serves Indian dishes with a French colonial accent. Spices. Laughter. A few nerves, too. It was one of those rare evenings where everyone’s just loose enough to be themselves. Families meeting not as strangers, but as future storytellers.

The next day, guests were picked up from Marble Arch and Hyde Park—two postcards of London that lent their own texture to the day. A sense of place, of something familiar amid the newness.

The Ceremony

Jessica and Markand chose the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple in Watford for the wedding. A deeply spiritual space, where the ceremony unfolded with the rhythm and color of a traditional Hindu wedding. Jessica wore a saree. Gold, red, grace. She looked like she belonged to a thousand years of tradition—and also, unmistakably, like herself.

But the wedding didn’t stop there. Later that evening, dinner was served at Seventeen, a Chinese restaurant tucked into Notting Hill. That’s not how most Hindu weddings end. But this wasn’t most weddings. This was their wedding. One where heritage didn’t have to compete—it could dance.

The Feeling

What I remember most isn’t the locations (though they were beautiful), or the food (though it was excellent), or even the ceremonies (though they were rich with meaning). What I remember most is the way these two looked at each other when no one was talking. Like they’d already said everything that mattered.

And maybe that’s the point. This wedding wasn’t a compromise. It was an expansion. A celebration where nothing had to be left behind, and everything was invited in.

The wedding was very successful and everyone involved enjoyed the day greatly, including myself. The beautiful location of the ceremony and the kindness and affection that could be seen between Jessica & Markand and their respective friends and families really helped their love to shine through on this special day.