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400-Person Indian Wedding Baraat Turns Wall Street Into a Dance Floor

Organizers secured 28 permits at up to $60,000 per block to close off Lower Manhattan’s Financial District for the elaborate dance procession.

New York Goes More Desi: 400 Person Indian Baraat Shuts Down Wall Street in Viral Video | Image: Instagram
Inside the desi Wall Street wedding that shut down New York's financial district
Baraat takes over Wall Street as Indian wedding party dances through New York.

Overview

  • Nearly 400 guests in traditional attire paraded down Wall Street on May 24, dancing to Bollywood and pop mixes spun by DJ AJ.
  • Varun Navani, CEO of enterprise AI platform Rolai, and Amanda Soll, a director of legal compliance at Mastercard, hail from Boston and chose New York for their multi-day wedding festivities.
  • The couple filed 28 city permits and reportedly paid between $25,000 and $60,000 per block to shut down sections of the Financial District for the baraat.
  • Event planners from True Events and Radz Events coordinated dhol players and an open-back DJ vehicle to choreograph the vibrant procession through the heart of Lower Manhattan.
  • Viral videos have drawn widespread acclaim for celebrating Indian heritage on a global stage while prompting debate over traffic disruptions and earning praise from industrialist Harsh Goenka.