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Pichwai wedding card that unrolls

By Nimantran · Updated 26 October 2026

A pichwai wedding card online, in the style of the painted temple cloths of Nathdwara. A rolled pichwai hangs from a brass rod in a lamp-lit haveli room; the guest pulls the tassel and the cloth unrolls panel by panel over a lotus pond, with gold cows, gopis and peacocks, to bansuri and pakhawaj. You send it as one link with your names in it.

The Pichwai Kamal invitation open on its first page
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A pichwai wedding card that unrolls

The Pichwai Kamal design starts in the dark with temple bells and ghee lamps. The guest taps or tugs the tassel: the bells ring, lotus petals burst, and the first panel of indigo cloth comes down from the rod. Each chapter is its own layer of cloth. Pull the tassel or swipe down and the next one unrolls over the last; swipe up or turn the brass knob on the bottom rod to roll it back. Numbered loops on the rod jump straight to any panel.

  • The art: details from 18th and 19th century Nathdwara pichwais in The Met's open-access collection, with gold flower dots, red lehariya borders and hand-drawn lotuses, cows, peacocks and chhatris.
  • Music: an original haveli sangeet piece in Raag Bhupali, with bansuri, tanpura, pakhawaj in Chautaal, manjira and temple bells.
  • Maps and calendar for each ceremony.
  • Countdown to the shubh lagna, in lotus-petal medallions.
  • Photos and a film in jharokha frames, with a warm gold grade.
  • RSVP on WhatsApp to the number you choose.

The panels and the ceremonies, in order

The sample is a Pushtimarg Vaishnav wedding: Radhika Kabra of Nathdwara and Devansh Mundra of Udaipur. The panels are Jai Shri Krishna (the shloka, the names and dates), The couple (with their parents and elders), Manorath (the ceremonies), The lagna (the phera time), Jhanki (photos), Padharo sa (stay, travel, food and your story), Will you come? (RSVP) and Aarti, where the guest taps a diya to offer aarti while petals fall. In the Manorath panel each ceremony is a scene:

  1. Ganesh Sthapana: the morning puja and the first mauli.
  2. Pithi Dastoor: haldi, besan and chandan, with banna-banni geet.
  3. Mehndi & Rasiya Sandhya: henna while the women sing Braj rasiya.
  4. Mayra (Bhaat): the bride's mamaji arrive with the chunari.
  5. Nikasi & Toran: the groom rides out with nagada and touches the toran.
  6. Phera: kanyadaan, granthi-bandhan and the seven phera at the shubh lagna.
  7. Reception & Aarti: an evening by Fateh Sagar in Udaipur.

Rename, remove or add any of them. Each can carry a dress code with colour swatches, like "Pila: yellow lehariya" or "Achkan, safa & lehariya".

Pichwai card wording to copy

Use these on the invitation or in the WhatsApp message you send with the link. Change the highlighted names.

Invitation from the bride's family
॥ श्री कृष्णः शरणं मम ॥ श्रीनाथजी की असीम कृपा एवं बड़ों के आशीर्वाद से श्रीमती मंजू एवं श्री गोविंद काबरा अपनी सुपुत्री सौ. कां. राधिका का शुभ विवाह चि. देवांश (सुपुत्र श्रीमती सुनीता एवं श्री राजेन्द्र मूंदड़ा) के साथ नाथद्वारा में करने जा रहे हैं। आप सपरिवार पधारकर वर-वधू को आशीर्वाद दें।
In English
|| Shri Krishnah Sharanam Mama || With the blessings of Shri Nathji and our elders, the Kabra and Mundra families invite you to Nathdwara to bless the marriage of Radhika and Devansh.
Rajasthani welcome
पधारो सा! आपकी उपस्थिति ही हमारा सम्मान है।

For more Hindi lines, shlokas and the विनीत block, see wedding card matter in Hindi. For more Rajasthani designs, see the Rajasthani wedding card.

Get Pichwai Kamal made for your wedding

Pichwai Kamal is one of our More designs: our studio builds it for you, with your names, your families, every ceremony and venue, your photos and the languages you want. You check it and ask for changes before you send it.

  1. Message us on WhatsApp with the design's name and your wedding dates.
  2. Send the names, families and each ceremony with its date, time and venue.
  3. We send you your invitation link to check. Then you share it on WhatsApp.

Before you write, unroll the live Pichwai Kamal sample. If you would rather make your invitation yourself today, Royal Heritage Palace and Rajputana Pothi are in the builder.

Questions

How much does the pichwai wedding card cost?

Pichwai Kamal is made to order by our studio, with your names, ceremonies and venues. Message us on WhatsApp with your dates for a quote.

Is there a painting of Shrinathji on the card?

No. The pichwai shows the things around the deity, not the deity: lotuses, cows, gopis under a kadamba tree, peacocks, banana trees and lamps. The opening line is your own shloka, like श्री कृष्णः शरणं मम.

Can the pichwai card be in Hindi?

Yes. It can show up to three languages, like Hindi, English and Gujarati, and guests switch with one tap. In Hindi the panel tabs on the rod count in Devanagari numerals.

Can we add Mayra, Pithi and Nikasi as separate ceremonies?

Yes. Every ceremony is its own scene with its date, time, venue, Google Maps link, dress code and a note for guests, like "Satvik food, without onion or garlic".

Is there a pichwai design we can make ourselves?

Royal Heritage Palace has pichwai lotuses in a Rajasthani palace, and Rajputana Pothi is a painted family book in Hindi. Both are in our builder, where you can make them yourself and see them before you pay.