{"id":5806,"date":"2015-07-08T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T20:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2015-07-08T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T21:31:32","slug":"traditional-hindu-wedding-in-ashland-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/traditional-hindu-wedding-in-ashland-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Hindu Wedding in Ashland, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ascending the long driveway which leads to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srilakshmi.org\/\">Sri Lakshmi Temple in Ashland, MA,<\/a> one is instantly transported to another world. On the auspicious day of Prashanth and Stefanie&#8217;s Hindu wedding, the sky was a rich sapphire blue, creating a stunning backdrop for the intricate, white architecture of the temple&#8217;s exterior. The temple&#8217;s namesake is the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi. The name Lakshmi is derived from &#8216;laksya&#8217; in sanskrit which means &#8216;aim&#8217; or &#8216;goal&#8217;. Lakshmi is the Goddess of material and spiritual wealth and prosperity. What a fitting place for PV and Stefanie to be wed in the traditional Hindu manner. Surrounded by an intimate gathering of family and friends, they became husband and wife through a richly beautiful and sacred Hindu ceremony; honoring PV&#8217;s family heritage. Enjoy highlights from this magical occasion!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pp-slideshow-1436388233\" class=\"pp-slideshow-placeholder pp-gallery-placeholder slideshow-1436388233 mceItem\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p4\/placeholders\/slideshow-placeholder-1436388233.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascending the long driveway which leads to the Sri Lakshmi Temple in Ashland, MA, one is instantly transported to another world. On the auspicious day of Prashanth and Stefanie&#8217;s Hindu wedding, the sky was a rich sapphire blue, creating a stunning backdrop for the intricate, white architecture of the temple&#8217;s exterior. The temple&#8217;s namesake is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5873,"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions\/5873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dtuckerphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}