"It is the most special day of your life, your wedding, and you want to make it a memorable moment. You have an invaluable countdown checklist, guidance on budget planning, guests; etiquette, ceremonies, mandap, music, DJ, mehendi, and you want an expert to handle it. Enter Shobha Shastry, of Alankar who steps in and offers you all this with a personalized touch. - A job she declares, she enjoys passionately mainly because it fulfills a valuable community need. An active community supporter, Shobha organizes around 200 weddings in a year besides other small celebration events. The demand is so high that now clients from as far as Chicago and New Jersey call her for a consultation. With unusual requests of elephants and horses from clients to innovative ways of performing the havan without breaking in on tradition, Shobha, works hard to translate a couple's dream into reality" - Lokvani.com