Namaste · 2026 wedding season
Planning a Hindu wedding
The largest and least uniform of the seven. "Hindu wedding" covers practice that differs completely between a Punjabi family and a Tamil one, between a Marathi wedding and a Bengali one. What is consistent is the structure — several functions across several days, a muhurat that fixes the timing of the central ceremony, and a guest list that grows until the week of the event.
- vendor briefs
- 6 vendor briefs
- checkable requirements
- 19 checkable requirements
- functions named
- 6 functions named
- vendors confirmed so far
- 0 vendors confirmed so far
The functions, in order
If a vendor cannot name these without being told, they have not worked this wedding before. That is not a disqualification — it is a thing to know before you sign.
- 1 Mehendi
- 2 Haldi
- 3 Sangeet
- 4 Baraat
- 5 Pheras
- 6 Reception
Guests are greeted with नमस्ते (Namaste) , and addressed with ji. The celebration itself is a shaadi.
What each vendor has to get right
- Wedding caterers Ask the family what they observe — vegetarian-only, no onion and garlic, or unrestricted. It varies completely and assuming is the error 4 requirements · 2 questions to ask →
- Wedding photographers Know where the pheras happen and where to stand without blocking the priest or the parents 3 requirements · 2 questions to ask →
- Wedding planners and event managers Build the schedule around the muhurat, which is fixed and non-negotiable, and let everything else move 3 requirements · 2 questions to ask →
- Wedding venues and party plots Permits an open flame for the havan — confirm in writing, many hotels do not 3 requirements · 2 questions to ask →
- Wedding decorators and tent houses A structurally sound mandap that meets the family’s and the pandit’s requirements, not just a photogenic one 3 requirements · 2 questions to ask →
- Wedding invitation and card makers Ganesh invocation at the top 3 requirements · 2 questions to ask →
And then the guest list
The count moves right up to the day. The useful question is not "how many are coming" but "how many are coming to which function", because guests attend some and skip others and the caterer is billed per function.
That is the part AI Shaadi does. Launching for the 2026 wedding season — no wedding has run for a paying customer yet, and we would rather say so here than let you find out later.
We may have some of this wrong
Practice varies by region, by sect and by family, and these briefs were written from general knowledge rather than from inside the community. If something here is wrong for how your family does it, tell us and we will fix the page — that correction is worth more to us than the page as it stands.