Indian wedding invitation templates

Most Indian wedding cards include an invocation or blessing, the names of the bride and groom with their parents and often grandparents, the wedding date and muhurtham, and each function with its time and venue. Many add the hosts’ names at the foot as “with best compliments from” and a contact number for family.

Send them six to eight weeks before the first function. For guests flying in from abroad, send a save the date three to six months earlier so they can plan leave and travel. Close relatives and elders are often invited first, in person or by phone, before the wider list receives the card.

Yes. Most guests now expect a wedding invitation on WhatsApp, and a digital card is easy to forward within the family. Many families still give printed cards or call close elders personally as a mark of respect, and send the digital invitation to everyone else. Doing both is common and well received.

Not usually. Most families list every function on one invitation with its own time and venue. A separate invitation makes sense when a function is smaller, such as a haldi for close family only, so that only those guests see it. Otherwise one invitation with a full schedule keeps things simple.

The muhurtham is the auspicious time chosen for the main wedding ritual, often fixed by a family priest from the couple’s horoscopes. South Indian invitations in particular print it precisely, sometimes to the minute. Guests are usually asked to arrive earlier, so a separate arrival or reception time is helpful.