Pearl Banquets & Conference Center

Jaggo/Mehndi/Sagan -  Ishq Da Rang

Mehndi 

Shagan

Haldi/Grah Shanti/Sainth/Janoi - Yellow Mellow Rang Rasiya

Sangeet/Garba - To the tunes of love!

Cocktail hour

Dance perfromances

Dinner Served

Garba & Dandiya - open floor

Bhangra/free style  - Open dance floor

Wedding Day - Happily Ever After.......

Baraat (Groom Arrival)

Ceremony

Phera (Bride Arrives)

Lunch

Bidaai

Reception - To the moon and back!

Cocktail Hour

Reception Dinner & Program

Our Wedding

A Delhi boy and a Gujarati girl who incidentally lived 15 minutes away from each other but never crossed paths. God knows how many times they were part of the same groups or parties yet never crossed paths. In the story of How I met my Bhavika, there are many life lessons and character development. I wholeheartedly believe, she wouldn’t have liked the 2015 version of me - he was too arrogant (yup even more than now). She wouldn’t have fallen in love with 2016 version of me - I only impressed Bernie Sanders that year. And, she definitely wouldn’t have married the 2017, 18, 19 Or 2020 version of me - that guy was doing a lot of growing up. This Ahmedabadi born and Chicago suburbs raised girl never imagined falling in love with a Delhi boy out of nowhere but he came and rocked her world over night. After dating and meeting so many wrong frogs whether online or through family I had finally found my Mr. Right. The day I first came into contact with Sourabh another friend had gotten engaged, seeing them so happy and excited to start the future, I was finally taking a full interest in dating again after giving up for close to 3 years. The same day I matched with Sourabh on Hinge and initiated the first conversation, later that same day even called him up to directly speak to him. Our first conversation although over the phone had no awkwardness but instead it felt an easy connection. From that day on we started to talk and text on the daily, four days into the conversation Sourabh asked me on our first date. I was immediately impressed when he offered to pick me up at the door like a gentleman. However, afraid to have him come to my house and never having experienced a boy picking me up at the door for first date I had respectfully declined. But fate had different plans, turned out I did not have my car that day so I told my mom about the date and asked him to pick me up. Sourabh was nothing but a gentleman and opened the door for me and made sure I safely got into the car. This was a very new experience for me as he was the first guy ever to do such thing, but he did create an impression. From then on not a day has gone by where he did not open the car door for me, or stayed away from me. We both had to go through our own roads, learn our own lessons, fight our own battles just so we can find each other at the right time and help each other in the most unique ways possible. There is no love at first sight on hinge but when you spend 10+ hours together on your first date, it’s safe to say we sure as hell had chemistry. On date two they were cooking together, and by they we mean Bhavika was doing the cooking (well mans gotta eat). Add another 20 meetings in less than 4 weeks and you’ll have this tingling feeling of “she’s the one” and “he’s the one”that’s the feeling they had when she went away for the first time. They couldn’t get each other out of their minds. After years of heartaches and disappointments, Sharma Ji was finally feeling what he thought was not possible - love. After years of heart breaks and wrong frogs she had found her Prince Charming. Punjabi Munda wasted no time, after staying away for week he proposed family meetings while admitting his solid feelings for the Gujju girl. The meeting of the Thakkar’s and Sharma’s is a story in itself. Fun fact Bhavika’s dad and Sourabh’s mom share the same name, “Mukesh” that was one of the many things we laughed about when the families came together. Their blessings only grew our relationship stronger and we wasted no time to get ROKAFIED. In the short time of knowing each other, we’ve done it all. We have cooked together, danced together, attended weddings together across cities and countries, laughed and cried together. We have shared and continue to share our bollywood obsession together. We have travelled together, lost and found each other in chandani chawk, eaten gol gappe together, ridden auto-rikhshas together and now planning a life together. “Dil le gayi kudi gujraat di”, well this tune will be playing at the wedding and in the back of our heads for the rest of our lives.

Two States 

Our Story

Travel :&nbsp;For those planning to use hotel accommodations we have fixed up a rate and room block with holiday Inn located adjacent to the venue.&nbsp;Please use the below link to book your room.&nbsp;If you run into any issues or have a question please directly reach out to the bride or the groom.&nbsp; Steps to book hotel: (please read through instructions before booking) - Click on the link at the end to access the website- Scroll down and input the dates for hotel requirement (the room booking for wedding will only show after populating wedding dates)- Once the search happens choose the room of your choice across from the room it will say Sharma Thakkar wedding block above the price- Select a room of your choice<a href="https://www.hiexpress.com/redirect?path=hd&amp;brandCode=EX&amp;localeCode=en&amp;regionCode=1&amp;hotelCode=RLSES&amp;_PMID=99801505&amp;GPC=THW&amp;cn=no&amp;viewfullsite=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sharma Thakkar Wedding</a> OR- call the hotel directly and book for sharma thakkar wedding in August - phone number 630-351-0101 If you would like to stay at a different location below are additional options in the area. We do not have a room block at these locations but they are close to the venue. Courtyard by Marriott :275 Knollwood Dr, Bloomingdale, IL 60108, United States•+1 630-529-9200 Residence Inn by Marriott:295 Knollwood Dr, Bloomingdale, IL 60108, United States•+1 630-893-9200 Airport and transportation :The closest airport to the venue - O'hare International Airport- If you do not plan to travel around then a car rental is not required and Uber can be used. The venue and Hotel are adjacent to each other to avoid car rental.

Sourabh & Bhavika

Sourabh & Bhavika

Registry