Two years ago, I was lucky enough to help plan my cousin wedding. It was very nerve wrecking and happy experience because Indian traditional wedding can be very hard to plan. Indian wedding celebration can be longer than 2 weeks and carries out many fun activities to engage in. I, also, remember my uncle’s wedding which took place in India when I was 9 years old which was a bit different from my cousin wedding because in america we are not able to get the permit we might need to carry one of the main event of the wedding which is barat (the groom rides up on the horse with bunch of people from the groom side dancing and marching till they reach destination of the wedding). But in India, it is common to do everything that indian wedding needs without getting any permission or permit. So I wanted to share my experience of planning and attending a indian traditional wedding.
Khushboo, this is a great topic!
There have been a number of articles in the New York Times about the difficulties of planning Indian weddings in the United States. They may be useful:
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/hindu-wedding-planners-thrive-in-the-united-states/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/national/23india.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1360870026-IJbKCbW38cZVNt+mhEyjZw