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Television actress Shveta Salve got married to her long-time boyfriend Harmeet Sethi on April 24 in Goa.
Harmeet runs an entertainment company. The couple was joined by friends and relatives for the festivities.
Harmeet proposed to girlfriend Shveta last year in Thailand, they had decided on an April wedding a year ago.
Spread over a couple of days, the wedding festivities included mehendi ceremony, among others.
The couple did not want to marry in Mumbai and were looking at Kerala and Thailand as potential wedding venues.
They finally zeroed in on Goa.
New bride Shveta has even bought a house in Goa!
The couple can now revisit their wedding vows at anniversaries too.
Married according to the Hindu rituals, the ceremony also included haldi and sangeet where the party revellers let their hair down along with the new couple.
After reaching Goa there was mehndi and sangeet ceremony.
Shveta looks absolutely radiant in her bridal attire.
There were two wedding ceremonies that took place -- a Maharashtrain wedding was followed by a Punjabi one.
While Shveta is Maharashtrian, hubby Harmeet is a Punjabi.
Shveta wore a gorgeous Navvari (nine yard sari) sari for the Maharashtrian wedding
There were also ardass (sikh prayer) in the evening after the sunset when vows were excahnged.
Shveta shows her Mehendi design to Harmeet.
The next day was a shack party on one of Goa's popular beaches.
Shveta and Harmeet dance at their wedding as gathered friends and family cheer on.
Shveta before her wedding at the Mehendi ceremony.
The actress/model looks vibrant in different colours as she gets ready.
Prateik and Amy Jackson pose with Harmeet
Television actress Narayani Shastri, one of the closest friends of the bride, hugs Shveta.
Shveta shares a light moment with husband Harmeet as he reads his vows aloud from his iPad.
Shveta, a former Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa runner up, shows off some of her mastered moves.