Hindu wedding card matter
Hindu wedding card wording, in English
What to write on your wedding card — whole wordings to copy, a line for every ceremony, and each word on the card explained.
A Hindu wedding card opens with Shubh Vivah, invites guests with the blessings of the elders, names the groom (Chi.) and the bride (Ayu.) with their parents, gives the date, the muhurat and the venue, lists the baraat, phere and preetibhoj, and ends with the family's names. Seven wordings below are ready to copy.
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How a Hindu wedding card reads, top to bottom
An opening blessing
Optional. A line to Shri Ganesh at the very top — Shri Ganeshaya Namah, or the Vakratunda shloka.
Shubh Vivah
The heading: "auspicious wedding".
The invitation
With the blessings of the elders, the family invites you — saparivar, with your whole family.
The bride and groom
Chi. before the groom's name, Ayu. before the bride's, with whose son and daughter they are — and grandchildren, if you wish.
The date and the muhurat
The day and date, and the time of the phere — often late at night, as the family priest sets it.
The venue
The name of the place, its area and the city — with a map, if you send it digitally.
The programme
Sagai, tilak, haldi, mehendi, sangeet, baraat, phere and preetibhoj — each with its day, time and place.
The names at the foot
Vineet — the family inviting, humbly — and the Darshanabhilashi longing to see you.
A baal manuhar
Optional. A line from the children of the family, asking you to come.
An opening line, if you wish
Many cards begin with a line to Shri Ganesh above Shubh Vivah; some begin with Shubh Vivah alone. Every wording below works either way.
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To Shri Ganesh
|| Shri Ganeshaya Namah ||
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The Vakratunda shloka
|| Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva Karyeshu Sarvada ||
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Without a deity's name
|| Shubh Vivah ||
Wordings to copy
Change the words in brackets to yours.
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From the groom's parents
Shubh Vivah With the blessings of our elders, we request the pleasure of your presence, with your family, at the wedding of our son Chi. [Aarav] with Ayu. [Meera] daughter of Smt. [Anjali] and Shri [Vikram Malhotra], [Delhi] on [Friday, 12 February 2027] Baraat: [6:00 pm] · Jaimala: [7:30 pm] · Phere: [11:20 pm] at [Shubh Vatika, Fateh Sagar Road, Udaipur] Vineet: Smt. [Neelam] and Shri [Rajesh Sharma]
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From the bride's parents
Shubh Vivah With the blessings of our elders, we invite you and your family to the wedding of our daughter Ayu. [Meera] with Chi. [Aarav] son of Smt. [Neelam] and Shri [Rajesh Sharma], [Jaipur] on [Friday, 12 February 2027] Baraat welcome: [7:00 pm] · Phere: [11:20 pm] at [Shubh Vatika, Fateh Sagar Road, Udaipur] Please come, saparivar, and bless the couple. Vineet: Smt. [Anjali] and Shri [Vikram Malhotra] Darshanabhilashi: [Dadi ji, Nana ji and all the Malhotra family]
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In plain English
Mrs. [Neelam] and Mr. [Rajesh Sharma] and Mrs. [Anjali] and Mr. [Vikram Malhotra] request the pleasure of your company at the wedding of [Aarav] and [Meera] on [Friday, 12 February 2027], from [7:00 pm] at [Shubh Vatika, Fateh Sagar Road, Udaipur] The phere are at [11:20 pm]. Dinner will be served.
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From the couple
[Aarav] and [Meera] are getting married! With the blessings of our families, we would love you to be with us in [Udaipur] — the mehendi and sangeet on [Thursday, 11 February], and the wedding on [Friday, 12 February 2027]. Every ceremony, with its time and place, is in our invitation. With love, [Aarav and Meera]
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Short, for WhatsApp
Namaste [Gupta uncle and family], With the blessings of our elders, our son [Aarav] is getting married to [Meera] on [Friday, 12 February 2027] in [Udaipur]. Please come with your family and bless them. Every ceremony, with its time and a map, is here: [link] [Neelam and Rajesh Sharma]
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For the preetibhoj
Smt. [Neelam] and Shri [Rajesh Sharma] invite you to the preetibhoj (reception) of Chi. [Aarav] and Sau. [Meera] on [Sunday, 14 February 2027], from [7:30 pm] at [Kesar Bagh, Civil Lines, Jaipur] Your blessings are our gift.
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Baal manuhar
Baal manuhar Mere [bhaiya] ki shaadi mein zaroor zaroor aana! [Kavya, Ishaan and Myra]
A line for each ceremony
For the foot of the card, or a page of its own.
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Sagai
Sagai (engagement) · [Sunday, 6 December 2026] · [12 noon] · [the Malhotra home, Rajouri Garden, Delhi]
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Tilak
Tilak · [Wednesday, 10 February 2027] · [11 am] · [the Sharma home, C-Scheme, Jaipur]
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Haldi
Haldi · [Thursday, 11 February 2027] · [10 am] · [Shubh Vatika, Udaipur] — wear yellow
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Mehendi
Mehendi · [Thursday, 11 February 2027] · from [3 pm] · [Shubh Vatika, Udaipur]
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Sangeet
Sangeet · [Thursday, 11 February 2027] · from [8 pm] · [Shubh Vatika, Udaipur]
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Baraat
Baraat departs · [Friday, 12 February 2027] · [6:00 pm] · from [the hotel gate]
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Phere
Phere — shubh muhurat · [Friday, 12 February 2027] · [11:20 pm] · [the lakeside mandap]
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Preetibhoj
Preetibhoj (reception) · [Sunday, 14 February 2027] · from [7:30 pm] · [Kesar Bagh, Civil Lines, Jaipur]
Every word on the card, explained
- Shubh Vivah
- "Auspicious wedding" — the heading of most cards.
- Chi. (Chiranjeev)
- "May he live long" — written before the groom's name.
- Ayu. (Ayushmati)
- "May she live long" — written before the bride's name. Some families write Sau. Kan. (Saubhagyakankshini) instead.
- Shri and Smt.
- Mr. and Mrs. Smt. is Shrimati.
- Sau. (Saubhagyavati)
- For a married woman — so on a reception card after the wedding, the bride is Sau.
- Swa. (Swargiya)
- "The late", for a grandparent who has passed away: "grandson of Swa. Shri [Ram Prasad Sharma]".
- Saparivar
- "With your whole family" — as in "please come, saparivar".
- Shubh muhurat
- The auspicious time the family priest sets. For the phere it is often late at night.
- Roka and Sagai
- The roka is the families' first "yes", often small and at home; the sagai is the engagement.
- Tilak
- The bride's family visits the groom's home and puts a tilak on his forehead, with blessings and gifts.
- Baraat
- The groom's procession to the wedding, with music and dancing all the way.
- Jaimala
- The bride and groom put garlands on each other. Also called varmala.
- Phere
- The seven rounds of the sacred fire — the marriage itself.
- Vidaai
- The bride's farewell from her parents' home.
- Preetibhoj
- The wedding feast, or the reception.
- Vineet
- "Humbly" — the family inviting, at the foot of the card.
- Darshanabhilashi
- "Longing to see you" — often the elders and close relatives.
- Baal manuhar
- A line from the children of the family: "Mere bhaiya ki shaadi mein zaroor aana".
Before you print or send
Give the baraat and phere times
Guests plan the evening around the baraat. If the phere are late at night, say so — families with elders and small children will thank you.
Check every name with both families
The spellings, the titles, and who is named at the foot. Ask the eldest in each family before you print.
Name the elders in the order your family expects
Grandparents first, late and living. If you are unsure, ask — it matters more to them than anything else on the card.
Keep the card itself to the wedding
The sagai, haldi, mehendi and sangeet can each have a line, or a page of their own.
Let the children write the baal manuhar
In their words, with their names. It is the line most guests read first.
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Questions families ask
What is written on a Hindu wedding card in English?
From the top: an optional line to Shri Ganesh, Shubh Vivah, the invitation with the elders' blessings, the groom (Chi.) and the bride (Ayu.) with their parents, the date and the muhurat, the venue, the programme — baraat, phere, preetibhoj — and the family's names at the foot.
How do you write the bride's and groom's names?
Chi. (Chiranjeev) before the groom's name and Ayu. (Ayushmati) before the bride's, with their parents as Shri and Smt. On a reception card after the wedding, the bride is Sau.
What is a baal manuhar?
A short line from the children of the family, asking guests to come — "Mere bhaiya ki shaadi mein zaroor aana" — signed with their names. It sits near the foot of the card.
Should the card begin with Shri Ganeshaya Namah?
Only if your family wishes. Many cards begin with "|| Shri Ganeshaya Namah ||" or the Vakratunda shloka; others begin with Shubh Vivah alone. Every wording here works either way.
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