Kashmiri wedding card matter
Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri wedding card often opens with Shri Ganeshaya Namah, invites guests with the blessings of the elders, names the groom (Chi.) and the bride (Sau. Kan.) with their parents, gives the date, the lagan and the venue, lists the maenziraat and the evenings of wanvun, and ends with the family's names. Six wordings below are ready to copy.
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How a Kashmiri wedding card reads, top to bottom
An opening blessing
Optional. Shri Ganeshaya Namah, or Om Namah Shivaya, at the very top.
Shubh Vivah
The heading: "auspicious wedding".
The invitation
With the blessings of the elders, the family invites you — with your whole family.
The bride and groom
Chi. before the groom's name, Sau. Kan. before the bride's, with whose son and daughter they are.
The date and the lagan
The day and date, and the lagan — the auspicious time for the wedding.
The venue
The hall, the lawns or the home, its area and the city — with a map, if you send it digitally.
The other ceremonies
Livun, the evenings of wanvun, the maenziraat, the devgon and the reception — each with its day, time and place.
The names at the foot
The family inviting, and the relatives who await you.
An opening line, if you wish
Many Kashmiri cards begin with Shri Ganeshaya Namah or Om Namah Shivaya above Shubh Vivah; others with Shubh Vivah alone. Every wording below works either way.
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To Shri Ganesh
|| Shri Ganeshaya Namah ||
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Om Namah Shivaya
|| Om Namah Shivaya ||
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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, and great joy, we invite you and your family to the wedding of our son Chi. [Vivaan] with Sau. Kan. [Ishani] daughter of Smt. [Neerja] and Shri [Sunil Raina], [Jammu] Lagan: [Saturday, 30 October 2027] at [11:15 am] Venue: [The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar] With love: Smt. [Asha] and Shri [Rajinder Kaul]
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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 Sau. Kan. [Ishani] with Chi. [Vivaan] son of Smt. [Asha] and Shri [Rajinder Kaul], [Rajbagh, Srinagar] Lagan: [Saturday, 30 October 2027] at [11:15 am] Venue: [The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar] The maenziraat is on [Thursday, 28 October], from [7 pm]. Lunch for everyone follows the lagan. With love: Smt. [Neerja] and Shri [Sunil Raina]
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In plain English
Mrs. [Asha] and Mr. [Rajinder Kaul] and Mrs. [Neerja] and Mr. [Sunil Raina] request the pleasure of your company at the wedding of [Vivaan] and [Ishani] on [Saturday, 30 October 2027], at [11:15 am] at [The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar] Lunch follows the wedding.
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From the couple
[Vivaan] and [Ishani] are getting married — in [Srinagar]! With the blessings of our families, we would love you to be with us for the maenziraat on [Thursday, 28 October] and the wedding on [Saturday, 30 October 2027]. Every ceremony, with its time, its place and how to get there, is in our invitation. With love, [Vivaan and Ishani]
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Short, for WhatsApp
Namaskar [Raina mama and family], With the blessings of our elders, our son [Vivaan] is getting married to [Ishani] on [Saturday, 30 October 2027] in [Srinagar]. Please come with your family and bless them. Every ceremony, with its time and a map, is here: [link] [Asha and Rajinder Kaul]
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For the reception
Smt. [Asha] and Shri [Rajinder Kaul] invite you to the reception of Chi. [Vivaan] and Smt. [Ishani] on [Sunday, 31 October 2027], from [7 pm] at [The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar] Dinner will be served.
A line for each ceremony
For the foot of the card, or a page of its own.
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Kasamdry
Kasamdry (engagement) · [Sunday, 6 June 2027] · [11 am] · [the Raina home, Jammu]
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Livun
Livun · [Sunday, 17 October 2027] · [9 am] · [the Kaul home, Rajbagh, Srinagar]
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Wanvun
Wanvun — evenings of song · from [Monday, 25 October 2027] · [7 pm] · [the Kaul home, Rajbagh]
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Maenziraat
Maenziraat (mehendi night) · [Thursday, 28 October 2027] · from [7 pm] · [the Raina home, Srinagar]
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Lagan
Lagan · [Saturday, 30 October 2027] · [11:15 am] — the posh puza follows · [The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar]
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Reception
Reception · [Sunday, 31 October 2027] · from [7 pm] · [The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar]
Every word on the card, explained
- Khandar
- The Kashmiri word for a wedding.
- Shubh Vivah
- "Auspicious wedding" — the heading of most cards.
- Chi. (Chiranjeev)
- "May he live long" — written before the groom's name.
- Sau. Kan. (Saubhagyakankshini)
- Written before the bride's name.
- Shri and Smt.
- Mr. and Mrs. On a reception card after the wedding, the bride is Smt.
- Swargiya
- "The late", for a grandparent who has passed away.
- Lagan
- The auspicious time for the wedding — and the wedding itself.
- Kasamdry
- The engagement: the two families exchange flowers and sweets.
- Livun
- The house is cleaned and readied, and the wedding days begin.
- Wanvun
- The evenings when the women of the family sing the wedding songs, often for days.
- Maenziraat
- The night of mehendi, before the wedding.
- Devgon
- The rites on the eve or morning of the wedding that make the bride a bride and the groom a groom.
- Posh puza
- At the end of the wedding, the couple sit under a cloth while the family showers them with flowers.
- Dejhoor
- The gold ornament a Kashmiri Pandit bride wears from her ears after the wedding.
- Wazwan
- The many-course Kashmiri feast.
Before you print or send
Give the lagan, and how to get there
Family flies in from Jammu, Delhi and abroad. Give the lagan's time, the venue's map, and where they can stay.
Put the wanvun evenings on the card
Relatives who come early want to join the singing — say which evenings, and where.
Take the lagan only from your family priest
Copy the time exactly as it is given — never guess it.
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.
Send it early to family who travel
Six weeks before at least — flights to Srinagar fill up in the wedding season.
A Kashmiri wedding card that opens
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Questions families ask
What is written on a Kashmiri wedding card?
Often: an optional Shri Ganeshaya Namah, Shubh Vivah, the groom (Chi.) and the bride (Sau. Kan.) with their parents, the date and the lagan, the venue, the maenziraat and the evenings of wanvun, and the family's names at the foot.
What are the wanvun and the maenziraat?
The wanvun are the evenings when the women of the family sing the wedding songs; the maenziraat is the night of mehendi before the wedding. Many cards list both, so relatives know when to come.
What is the posh puza?
At the end of the wedding, the couple sit under a cloth while the family showers them with flowers and blessings. It follows the lagan, so the card can say "the posh puza follows".
Should the card begin with Om Namah Shivaya?
Only if your family wishes. Many cards begin with Shri Ganeshaya Namah or Om Namah Shivaya; others with Shubh Vivah alone. Every wording here works either way.
Can we send the wedding card on WhatsApp?
Yes. With Invitetale it is a link where a gust sweeps the chinar leaves off Dal Lake and guests travel across Kashmir as they scroll, with each family's name, the lagan and every ceremony's map. Free to try; ₹1,999 once to send.
Sending it on WhatsApp? Wedding invitation messages, ready to copy.