Invocation

मङ्गलं भगवान् विष्णुःमङ्गलं गरुडध्वजः।मङ्गलं पुण्डरीकाक्षःमङ्गलायतनो हरिः॥

maṅgalaṁ bhagavān viṣṇuḥ · maṅgalaṁ garuḍadhvajaḥmaṅgalaṁ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ · maṅgalāyatano hariḥ

A single lit clay diya in the dark.

You are invited to the sagai of

Anshika Singh and Arjit Singh Parihar

Anshika Singh अंशिका सिंह

Daughter of Shri Subash Singh & Smt. Sanju Singh

Arjit Singh Parihar अर्जित सिंह परिहार

Son of Shri Rakesh Singh & Smt. Deepti Singh

How we got here

Two empty chairs at a café table. Anshika and Arjit walk in from either side, sit down across from each other, and lean in to talk.

Two families decided we should meet.

5 March 2026 We talked past the point where either of us had anything left to prove.

Arjit and Anshika at two lit windows across a sleeping city at 2 a.m., laughing at their phones as chat bubbles cross the night sky between them.

Then it was every night, and then it was 2 a.m.

Arjit and Anshika on a café bench as a neon heart reading मोहब्बत ज़िंदाबाद lights up above them.

6 June · 22 August 2026 Cafés, elevators, neon signs. We kept finding reasons.

Arjit and Anshika on a bench beneath a flowering kachnar tree as afternoon turns to dusk and they move close together.

It took a year. Not to fall — to be sure.

A small stone temple at dusk; its carved doors open, golden light spills down the steps and the lamps are lit.

Three acceptances

A sagai is not one ritual. It is three, and each one is a family saying yes.

  1. Tilak तिलक

    Anshika’s family marks Arjit’s forehead and receives him as their own son.

  2. Godh Bharai गोद भराई

    The women of Arjit’s family fill Anshika’s lap with sweets, cloth and sagun, and receive her as their own daughter.

  3. The rings अँगूठी

    And then, having been given to each other by both houses, they choose each other themselves.

The banquet lawn at blue hour; clay diyas along the path light one by one toward the glowing marquee.

When

Sunday 1 November 2026

Guests arrive at 7:00 PM · the evening runs to 11:00 PM

The evening

  1. 7:00 PM Guests arrive
  2. Tilak
  3. Godh Bharai
  4. The rings
  5. Cake
  6. Dinner
  7. 11:00 PM The evening ends

All evening — the photo booth and selfie points.

Formals, or what you would wear to an engagement — suits, jodhpuris, ethnic.

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Where

Royal Greens Banquet and Lawns

4B/Com-5, Vrindavan Yojna · Raebareli Road

Lucknow 226025

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Parking is assisted by security at the gate.

Arjit 98860 91105 Venue 75186 02901

Will you be there?

Are you coming?
Whose side?

मोहब्बत ज़िंदाबाद

Long live love

हिन्दी