Shop online for your wedding, save time

Jan 03, 2011 - Saumya Bhatia(The Asian Age)

It’s no child’s play to organise a wedding, but with a website dedicated exclusively to Indian weddings, it may just seem like one. Bigindianwedding.com not only has a discount section, but you can also find a vendor, jewellery, trousseau, caterers, wedding destination, photographers, DJs, wedding trends, the list is endless. The site endeavours to make your wedding hassle-free.
Ashish Abrol, MBA and founder of bigindianwedding.com shares, “The online wedding industry is yet to expand in India. In the US, it’s huge. Here, weddings are intertwined with our culture, but surprisingly, there wasn’t a site which addressed this need. Catering to the modern bride and groom, who may or may not have ample time to run around scouting for people, this site offers more than 1,600 names in 26 categories across four cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Jaipur.”
Jewellery designer Sonia Malhotra of Soranam is pleased with the response so far. “Just few days back, I got a call from Gwalior from this girl, who was unable to find jewellery to go with her trousseau. She contacted me through the website and told me about her budget. I sent her some designs and she loved it. She has bought the jewellery,” she says.
Sonia says shopping online is catching up fast, and people are aware and have no qualms buying online.
Homemaker Rachna Ahluwalia chanced upon the website and ended up purchasing trousseau for her sister’s wedding. “Well, the stuff is really good and we also got a good discount. I would recommend this to anyone who is short on time to check this out.”
However, there’s nothing that can replace the fun of running around making arrangements for a wedding.
Agrees Priya Jain, professional, she says, “It is an interesting concept, but it takes away the fun if you get all the things in one place. Just the thought of getting a particular mithai from a sweet shop or getting the wedding dress altered from your family tailor, I’d want this in my marriage. If there’s no chaos, marriage to me would be incomplete.”

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