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Stunning Indian Wedding - In Edinburgh's City Centre

Shra and Neilā€™s Scottish Indian wedding was an epic celebration. They had a board game cake, took the whole wedding party out for a curry, they created a new clan and had an epic ceilidh to finish the day.


Like two Carcassonne meeples, Shra & Neilā€™s Scottish Indian Wedding brought them together in a magical medieval city where they built something new, a new clan, the clan Senpatrick!

They mixed their Scottish and Indian cultures together with their love of gaming and ceilidh dancing to create a truly unique day. Shra merged her name ā€˜Senā€™, Neilā€™s, ā€˜Fitzpatrickā€™ to create a new clan name they could share.

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Wearing their gamer colours (Shra always plays red, Neil always plays green) they married in the City Chambers and then took their entire wedding party out for a curry and then back to the City Chambers for an epic ceilidh. For their first dance they did a Gay Gordons with everyone.

As super fun gamer geeks they had a cake fit for the Kingā€¦of Tokyo. The cake made by the phenomenal Sweet Unique Cake Boutique is the most impressive cake Iā€™ve ever seen, you had to look very closely to see that it wasnā€™t actually a stack of games.  

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It was important to Shra and Neil that the wedding was low waste so they didnā€™t have flowers and table arrangements and their favours were a cute meeple photo holder created by their fabulously talented friend Renae from the Yellow Door Studio.

Shra switched from her traditional red wedding sari in the evening and chose a floaty vintage white dress perfect for whirling around on the dance floor with her amazing group of friends who were all fantastic ceilidh dancers.

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The Wedding Team

Venue ā€“ Edinburgh City Chambers

Officiant ā€“ Carol Swan

Photographer ā€“ Ali Jay Photography

Hair stylist ā€“ Natasha Dalziel

Make-up artist ā€“ Renu Singh

Shraā€™s outfit ā€“ Vintage wedding dress from Those Were The Days

Neilā€™s outfit ā€“ Kilt outfit from Kinloch Anderson

Cake ā€“ Sweet Unique Cake Boutique

Musicians ā€“ Mark Neal, Fruin Ceilidh Band (previously Heeliegoleerie ceilidh band)

Meeple Photo Holders: Yellow Door Studio


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Wedding Venues Edinburgh - The City Chambers

Wedding photography highlights from one of the most beautiful wedding venues in Edinburgh, The City Chambers. A venue on the Royal Mile at the heart of the Edinburgh Old Town.


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Wedding Venues Edinburgh - The City Chambers

Built in 1761 the city chambers sits in an amazing location, right next to St. Giles Cathedral, on the Royal Mile in the heart of Edinburghā€™s Old Town. The Castle is a 5 minute walk away and the area is full of beautiful backdrops and atmosphere.

What I love about the city chambers is that one minute you can be in the midst of the Edinburgh crowds capturing some atmospheric shots surrounded by people but then a moment later I can take you to a quiet area where you can have some more intimate photographs taken and you can enjoy some precious moments alone together. If you have guests who are not from Edinburgh you can even plan for them to go out for a half hour explore of the city as part of the day.

Our famously unpredictable weather can be frustrating on your wedding day but the city chamber has lots of lovely areas to explore under the cover of arches or closes or inside the beautiful chambers. Shra & Neilā€™s beautiful Indian-Scottish wedding definitely had more of the Scottish weather than the Indian but we still got out to explore the city.

 
Weddingā€™s held by the registry office in the suite downstairs

The Modern or Historic Ceremony Rooms

The majority of weddings at the city chambers are held by the registry office in the suite on the bottom floor but you can also choose to hire out the grand European Room for a larger ceremonyā€™s.

Weddings can also be held in the European Room at the top of the building.


Attentive Staff - Registry Office Weddings

The city chambers is quite different from most wedding venues as it is a working council office during the week and the security is high especially if the provost is around. When Iā€™ve photographed weddings in the registry office suite their is a lovely lady, dressed impeccably in a tuxedo who attentively welcomes your guests and takes them to a special welcome room. You get married in the suite and then you can have formal photos in the courtyard area after the ceremony.

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The Historic Rooms - Large Weddings

For larger weddings you can hire the rooms upstairs, these rooms are full of history and the views are phenomenal. The weddings I have photographed at the city chambers have used the council chambers from the meal and the dancing. The European Room has been used for the ceremony or drinks reception and buffet and there are a number of other beautiful rooms which people use for various parts of the day. All the rooms are linked together by pretty corridors filled with stained glass windows and artifacts from the chambersā€™ history.

The city chambers is only 4 storeys tall on the Royal Mile side but from the Cockburn Street side it is 12 storeyā€™s high. Underneath the chambers lies the labyrinth of Mary Queens Close, a close closed off when they built the chambers and now open to tourists who want to re-visit 17th century Edinburgh.

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Views of Waverly, the River Forth, the Balmoral and the cranes for the St. James Development.
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