Sanjay Garg Festive 2018 recalls the shared culture
of pre-partition Punjab through Heer’s bridal festivities.
Set against Patiala’s Baradari Palace, Heer partakes
in her wedding without the fuss for today’s finery and
acknowledges tradition while making some her own.
Knee length Kurtas, floor grazing Sharara’s and draped
silk satin odhani’s are worn by family and friends, who
revel in the present through times past. Textiles draw
from vintage archival Varanasi silk brocades featuring
motifs that gain meaning through history, culture
and context. Leaves of the neem tree, geometric lattices
and floral trellises add weightless ornamentation and are
embedded in the richness of mustard yellow, rani pink,
magenta, red, pale pink and rama green.
Photographed by: Ashish Shah
ALL OVER GOLD ODHANI
KISHAVI SHARARA, SUDHA KURTA, ALL OVER GOLD ODHANI (L), POPPY SARI (R)
KAISHAVI SHARARA, SUDHA KURTA, ALL OVER GOLD ODHANI
MARIGOLD SARI, RUHI BLOUSE (L) NEER SARI (R)
CHITRA KURTA, DAMAN SHARARA (L), RED COLOUR DRAUPADI DUPATTA (R)
POPPY SARI, RUHI BLOUSE
NEER SARI
SANDHYA KURTA, NITYA SHARARA
MUZH SARI (L) NEER SARI (R)
ABHARNA KURTA, SUBHA PANT
CHITRA KURTA, DAMAN SHARARA, DRAUPADI ODHANI
CHITRA KURTA, DAMAN SHARARA,DRAUPADI ODHANI
DRAUPADI ODHANI (L) NAZNEEN SARI, LEDA BLOUSE (R)
NAZNEEN LEHENGA, LATIKA DUPATTA
SAAHI LEHENGA, LATIKA ODHANI
NIZAKAT SARI, NAGHMA BLOUSE
BALYANI LEHENGA, RRIDHA BLOUSE, SAANGH ODHANI
DARKSHAN SARI
DARKSHAN SARI
DAMAN SHARARA, SAGANA DUPATTA
IMARTI KURTA, DAMAN SHARARA, SAGANA ODHANI
ARSHI SARI, GAYATRI BLOUSE
MUZH SARI
AABHARNA LEHENGA, GAYATRI BLOUSE
NAZNEEN LEHENGA, GAYATRI BLOUSE, NAZNEEN ODHANI
AADITRI KURTA, AARAL PAJAMA
ANAR BUTA SARI
ARSHI SARI, GAYATRI BLOUSE
ARSHI SARI, RIDHA BLOUSE (L), MUZH SARI (R)
REVA KURTA, VIMOHA SHARARA, MUZH ODHANI
REVA KURTA, VIMOHA SHARARA, MUZH ODHANI
POPPY SARI, RUHI BLOUSE
REVA KURTA, AARAL PANT (L) NAZNEEN SARI (R)
BALYANI LEHENGA, LEDA BLOUSE, RAJSHRI ODHANI
KAMESI KURTA, KISORI SHARARA, ADHIRA ODHANI (L) RADHIKA KURTA, NITI SHARARA (R)
ARSHI SARI, PALI BLOUSE
NEER SARI (L) GOYLI LEHENGA (R)
NEER SARI, GAYATRI BLOUSE
AADITRI KURTA, AARAL PANT
RADHIKA KURTA, AARAL PANT
KUMKUM LEHENGA
KUMKUM LEHENGA, NAGHMA BLOUSE, ALL OVER GOLD ODHANI
MUZH SARI, GAYATRI BLOUSE
ARIA SARI
ARIA SARI, RUHI BLOUSE
BHAVIKA KURTA, SUHANA PAJAMA
PARVATI KURTA
SAUMYA LEHENGA, RUHI BLOUSE
KANGURI SARI (L) BHAVIKA KURTA (R)
SANDHIYA KURTA, NITYA SHARARA, KANGURI DUPATTA
KAMESI KURTA, DAMAN SHARARA
MARIGOLD SARI, SHYAMLI BLOUSE
ARIA SARI
