She also donned fresh jasmine flowers in her hair, a tradition for south Indian brides, and henna tattoos of the Ohm symbol on one wrist and the Star of David on the other. “I liked that it was a little bit more detailed than a classic white dress,” she says. The dress: Emily picked a Justin Alexander ball gown with tulle, lace and a chapel-length train from Ellie’s Bridal Boutique in Alexandria, Virginia. Some customs lent themselves well to both cultures, such as a wedding canopy, which took inspiration from the chuppah in the Jewish faith and the mandap in the Hindu faith.
“It was predictably challenging at times to figure out the right balance to strike,” Srikanth says of their effort to create “a union of the two ceremonies, because it’s the union of the two of us.” Among the traditions included throughout the day were the signing of the Ketubah, the Jewish wedding contract the presentation of the mangalsutra necklace to the bride, a Hindu custom that signifies marriage and a baraat, an Indian ritual where the groom travels to the wedding on horseback. The cultures: When the couple embarked on the wedding planning process, it was a given that their respective cultures-Emily is Jewish, Srikanth is Hindu-would be front and center. “Some guests joked that clearly we needed both the Hindu gods and the Jewish gods to bring about such a miracle of weather,” Emily says. Emily’s high school friend Ashwin Shandilya officiated the ceremony, and the couple recited their own vows on the beautiful, sunny day. Dinner was a tented affair off the house, and dancing was in the mansion’s foyer. The ceremony took place outside in an area called the Grove. My ideal would be an old historic house or structure,” Emily says. “Sri’s ideal was to get married in the middle of the woods. The ceremony: Srikanth and Emily tied the knot on June 19, 2022, at Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion in Chevy Chase with about 150 guests present. “He knew that I would think it would be on my birthday, so he punked me and did it the day before,” says Emily. During the meal, Srikanth turned to her and popped the question.
The proposal: On April 17, 2021, on Emily’s dad’s birthday and the day before Emily’s, she and Srikanth went to a family lunch at Emily’s sister’s house in Reston, Virginia. If you’ve been on dating apps, sometimes it’s very one-sided,” Emily says.
Soon after, they went on their first date at Service Bar in D.C., and the conversation flowed. “I was like, ‘Hey, he got it!’ ” she says. Srikanth messaged her, “Is it just me or are those hills alive?” Emily was impressed. The introduction: In January 2018, Emily and Srikanth matched on a dating app called The League, where one of Emily’s profile photos was a shot of her twirling in the Swiss mountains, a reference to The Sound of Music.
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