Wording guide
Marathi wedding invitation wording: the lagna patrika and its lines
By the Wishly team · Updated
A Marathi wedding invitation, the lagna patrika, opens with Shri Ganesh Prasanna and the kuldevata, names the bride with the honorific Chi. Sau. Ka. and the groom with Chi., and gives the muhurta to the minute, the moment the antarpat is lowered after the mangalashtak. It closes by asking you to come sahakutumb sahaparivar, with your whole family, and bless the couple.
Below: the order of a traditional patrika, samples in Marathi transliteration and in English, and the etiquette Marathi families keep, including the akshata.
The order of lines on a lagna patrika
A Marathi patrika is compact, and older relatives read it for two things above all: the names with their honorifics, and the muhurta. The rest follows an order every family recognises.
- Shri Ganesh Prasanna or Shri Gajanan Prasanna, with the kuldevata, the family deity, beside it.
- Shubh Vivah as the heading.
- The parents of each: Sau. before a married woman's name and Shri. before a man's.
- Chi. Sau. Ka. for the bride; Chi. for the groom.
- The muhurta: weekday, dinank (date), time and sthal (venue).
- Other functions: the sakharpuda if it is held the same day, haldi, simant pujan, the wedding and the reception.
- The request to attend, then the hosts and the relatives who look forward to seeing you.
Formal Marathi wording from the parents
This is the traditional wording from the bride's parents, in Marathi written in Latin letters. For the groom's side, name his parents first and write yancha shubh vivah after his name.
Shri Ganesh Prasanna
Shubh Vivah
Sau. Sunita va Shri. Vijay Deshpande yanchi kanya
Chi. Sau. Ka. Gauri
hicha shubh vivah
Sau. Madhuri va Shri. Anil Kulkarni yanche chiranjeev
Chi. Aniket
yanchyashi karnyache yojile aahe.
Shubh muhurta: Ravivar, dinank 21 February 2027, dupari 12.35 vajta
Sthal: [mangal karyalay], Pune
Tari ya mangal prasangi aapan sahakutumb sahaparivar upasthit rahun vadhu-varans shubhashirvad dyave, hi vinanti.
Aaple namra: Deshpande kutumbiya
What it says: With the grace of Lord Ganesha. Auspicious wedding. The wedding of Gauri, daughter of Mrs Sunita and Mr Vijay Deshpande, with Aniket, son of Mrs Madhuri and Mr Anil Kulkarni, has been arranged. Auspicious time: Sunday, 21 February 2027, at 12.35 in the afternoon. Venue: the wedding hall, Pune. We request that you attend this auspicious occasion with your whole family and bless the bride and groom. Yours humbly, the Deshpande family.
Which functions to list
Before the wedding come the devdevak, when the family deity is invited to the house, the kelvan meals and the haldi. On the eve, the bride's family receives the groom at the simant pujan, and on the day the bride worships at the gaurihar before the mangalashtak, the kanyadaan and the saptapadi. Print the ones guests attend, usually the haldi, the simant pujan, the muhurta and the reception, and leave the rest to the family's own list.
Couple-hosted and English wording for a Marathi wedding
Couples in Mumbai, Pune or abroad often send an English invitation alongside the family's patrika. Keep the muhurta exactly as the family priest gave it, and mention the mangalashtak, which guests do not want to miss.
With the blessings of our kuldevata and our families,
Gauri and Aniket
invite you to celebrate our lagna with us
Sunday, 21 February 2027
Muhurta at 12.35 pm, [mangal karyalay], Pune
Haldi on Saturday morning; reception on Sunday evening
Come early for the mangalashtak.
WhatsApp and the haldi
Relatives who receive the patrika by hand still find the link useful on the day, for the map and the muhurta. The haldi and the kelvan, the meals relatives host for the bride or groom before the wedding, get short messages of their own.
Namaskar! Gauri and Aniket's wedding is on Sunday, 21 February 2027, in Pune. Muhurta 12.35 pm.
Patrika, map and reply: [link]
Lagnala nakki yaa!
What it says: Namaskar is the greeting; the last line means: do come to the wedding!
Haldi Samarambh
Saturday, 20 February 2027, 10 am
At the Deshpande home, [address], Pune
Wear yellow, and clothes that can take a stain.
What it says: Haldi samarambh means the haldi ceremony.
Etiquette for a Marathi invitation
The first patrika is offered to Ganpati and to the kuldevata before anyone else is invited, and close relatives receive theirs in person, with the hosts visiting each household. Late grandparents are remembered at the top, with Kai., for kailasvasi, before their names.
At the wedding, guests are handed akshata, rice grains coloured with turmeric or kumkum, to shower on the couple as the mangalashtak are sung. Tell out-of-town guests to be seated before the singing begins.
- Print the muhurta to the minute; Marathi weddings keep time for the mangalashtak.
- Use Sau. only for married women; an unmarried sister on the card is Ku., for kumari.
- If some guests are invited only to the reception, send them a reception message, not the full patrika.
Questions families ask
- What does Chi. Sau. Ka. mean?
- It is short for chiranjeev saubhagyakankshini: a wish for long life for a young woman looking forward to married life. It is written before the bride's name on a Marathi patrika.
- What is shubh mangal savdhan?
- It is the call made during the mangalashtak, the verses sung at a Marathi wedding, asking everyone to be attentive. After the last verse the antarpat, the cloth held between the bride and groom, is lowered and guests shower akshata on them.
- Should the patrika be in Marathi or English?
- Families in Maharashtra usually print it in Marathi, often with an English insert for colleagues and friends. A link can carry both.
