An Indian bride dressed up for her Hindu wedding ceremony surrounded by her bridesmaids wearing red saris.

Indian Wedding Bridesmaid Photoshoot Poses

Updated July 2020

This article features a vast collection of Indian wedding bridesmaid photoshoot poses for inspiration and ideas for your own wedding. Notice that many photos, required planning ahead with props and matching clothes beyond wedding ceremony saris. That may mean planning months ahead for things like matching robes, personalized accessories and other items that take time to source and personalize.

This is one of the most fun aspects of planning an Indian wedding so we hope this gives you some good ideas!

The wedding day scene: everything’s perfect – the venue, the bride, the decor, the bridesmaids – all that’s left is to organize poses for a photoshoot. Make the most of your wedding venue by doing photoshoots throughout the interesting areas throughout the property. We compiled some popular, easy to organize shots. Whether you’re on a time crunch, have a handful to many bridesmaids.

{Hands on Hip}

arms look skinny
accentuates female figure
3/4 profile view is considered a woman’s ‘best’ angle

Indian bride with her bridesmaids wearing lehega designed and made by the bride in Mumbai.
My bridesmaids wore lehengas designed by Riddhi. Beautiful how the colors contrast with her lehenga and match the decor for the ceremony. Photo: Lin & Jirsa Photography
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Even when bridesmaids vary in height, a hand on a hip never fails photo: Greycard Photography

{Holding Hands}

It’s sweet, cute, and so girly! 🙂

{Flying Kisses}

What bride doesn’t want her besties love on her special day?!

{How Long You’ve Known The Bride}

Sometimes people do a variation of this, on How You Know The Bride/Where You Met.
This pose adds a nice accessory and dimension to the photo. While it looks simple this shot took a bit of coordination
to make the signs, arrange the seating, and ensure no one holds the sign too high/low/covers their face.

{Huddle Around the Bride}

Straightforward, fun, and sweet photo to have in your wedding album. And there are lots of ways to set this up.

Sanika had the bridesmaids lehengas made in India. With the help of dear friends in India and technology (Whats App) they found the lehengas, got them made and brought to the US. Best of all, only ONE person needed additional alterations after the lehengas arrived.
Photo: Geeta Randery Photography
An Indian bride ready for her Christian wedding ceremony with her bridesmaids.
Photo: Wedding Documentary Photo + Cinema

{Stand in a Line Pose}

With beautiful bridesmaids wearing beautiful outfits, of course these shots will be great!

With everyone wearing identical outfits these shots are beautiful and look great!

{Interlocked Arms}

Passed 3rd grade when else are you ever going to do this with your besties?

{Robe Photos}

These haven’t been as popular amongst South Asians in the past – probably due to our conservative culture.
But we’re seeing them more because they’re cute. And matching robes make a great gift!

{Sitting Poses}

An Indian bride dressed up for her Hindu wedding ceremony surrounded by her bridesmaids wearing red saris.
Looks like it could be on the cover of a magazine! Photo: VEK Photo
Indian bride with her bridesmaids on the garba night of her Indian, Gujarati, Hindu wedding
Photo: Lin and Jirsa Photography

{Bouquet Pose}

Why not show them off? They’re gorgeous and add flare to photos!

With the Groom

Love these shots of the bride’s friends messing with grooms

{Cheers!}

Photo: Lin and Jirsa Photography

{Bridesmaids Accessory Shots}

gifts for the bridesmaids
Parsaols and personalized pouches. Photo: Global Photography
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Bridesmaids Bouquets. Photo: Greycard Photography


{Fun/Goofy Shots}

These are often one of the best memories of the wedding. What better time to be a total goof ball than at your besties wedding, wearing your most formal attire. Love it!

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Indian wedding bridesmaid photoshoot poses in a collection of photos that we curated to provide ideas and inspiration for your wedding. Some of the poses will be organized by your photography team. Some may require props and other items that require planning ahead. Regardless have fun with this. We hope this article is fun and helpful!

Cover Photo: Geeta Randery Photography

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