Join My Wedding allows tourists to purchase tickets to Indian weddings. Some say it’s resulted in meaningful cultural exchange. Others believe selling the experience can be cultural fetishism.

This late-summer Indian wedding and ceremony at the Sheraton Valley Forge, photographed by Brent Deitrich at Live View Studios, is vivacious yet subtle and beautifully showcases the culture.

When I think about weddings I’d love to experience, Indian weddings are the first that come to mind. If you ask around, going to a wedding in India seems to be on a lot of people’s travel ...