Article published in South Asia Times, Melboune - May 2009 Rupali’s Mandaps becomes Australia’s Indian wedding powerhouse Melbourne: It was a big surprise to see a wedding Mandap as one entered the celebration of Ghangaur Mela 2009 at the Hawthorn Town Hall recently.This beautiful wedding Mandap looked like the real one we used to see back home. With its corporate head offi ce and major warehousing facility established in Brisbane since 2003, Rupali’s Mandaps has expanded its operations with a showroom and offi ce in Melbourne. Rupali’s Mandaps has mesmerized the Indian & Asian community in Brisbane with spectacular stage decorations, hall settings and wonderful Mandaps. Managing Directors of the company, Rupali & Deepesh are cognizant of the fact that Indian décor and Bollywood style of theming has become an integral part of the Australian culture. Talking to South Asia Times , Rupali said: “ large corporate companies are now adopting Indian décor for their major events andfunctions and the demand is ever increasing. In view of this they have now developed a corporate arm of the company an adjunct to their traditional Indian wedding Mandap supplies.” “ Despite the global economic crisis, her vision is to expand the company further and start manufacturing wedding products in Australia using imported Indian artifacts and local labour force, she said. Rupali now has in excess of 15 Mandaps to suit any taste and meet Melbourne and Brisbane’s culturally diverse community expectations and requirements. |

