Despite the fact that Sylvia Santhilakshmi Charles grew up in the United States, she felt a pull to honor her Indian heritage on her wedding day. And she and her now-husband Aaron Ellis Royston did so in epic fashion—and fashion, if you catch our drift. The couple invited their guests for a December wedding weekend at the Kumarakom Lake Resort, where they tied the knot on a boat—and Sylvia stunned in a blue and embroidered Claire Pettibone gown that will make you swoon. Sylvia's parents recently relocated to India, where the bride often traveled as a young girl. "I have incredibly fond memories of going to India every summer to my mother's village in South India," she says. "It's like going back in time." For their three-day wedding, it wasn't possible for the couple to host their 150 American guests—and another 100 Indian attendees—in such a rural locale. "So I searched for a location that could luxuriously host our guests, but still feel like the rural and magical South Indian village that my mother grew up in," says Sylvia, who ultimately fell for the Kumarakom Lake Resort in Kerala. "My husband is white and Jewish, but an incredibly adventurous![]()
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