A wedding card sewn like a phulkari
The Phulkari Vyah design is one bagh cloth on indigo khaddar, made of square patches. It opens with a needle stitching the couple's names letter by letter. The guest taps to pull the thread, the kaleere jingle, and the cloth is drawn up like a curtain.
Guests swipe the cloth left and right. Each patch is a chapter, and as it comes into view a needle sews its motif in darning stitch, row by row, before the words appear. A thread of knots along the top is the index: tap a knot to jump to any patch.
- Music: an original folk tune in Raag Pahadi colours, with algoza, sarangi, dholak, giddha claps and harmonium. No bhangra dhol.
- Every ceremony on its own patch, with its motif: the chunni lattice, the jaggo gagar, chooda and kaleere, the laavan ring.
- Dress codes with colour swatches, and a note for guests, like covering heads at the Gurdwara.
- Directions and add to calendar for each venue, and a live countdown on the Anand Karaj patch.
- Photos and a film, travel and stay notes, and RSVP on WhatsApp.
The Punjabi and Sikh wedding rasams, in order
The sample couple, Simran and Harman, marry in Ludhiana. Their card has these patches:
- Roka & Chunni Chadhai: the groom's mother drapes the bride in a red phulkari chunni, and the first boliyan are sung.
- Mehndi & Jaggo: henna in the winter sun, then the mamis carry a lit gagar through the lanes.
- Maiyan & Chooda: vatna at dawn, the chooda from the mama and the golden kaleere.
- Anand Karaj: the Milni of the two families, then the four Laavan before Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ardas and Karah Parshad.
- Reception: giddha, a folk band and dinner in Patiala.
Rename them, drop one or add your own, like a Sangeet or the Doli.
Anand Karaj card wording to copy
Ik Onkar Satgur Prasad With the blessings of Waheguru and our elders, Sardarni Manjeet Kaur & S. Balwinder Singh Gill request the pleasure of your company at the Anand Karaj of their daughter Simranjeet Kaur with Harmanpreet Singh, son of Sardarni Jaswinder Kaur & S. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫ਼ਤਿਹ ॥ ਏਕ ਜੋਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਮੂਰਤੀ ਧਨ ਪਿਰੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਸੋਇ ॥
Milni at 9:30 AM, Anand Karaj at 10:30 AM. Please cover your head and leave your shoes at the door. Langar follows the Ardas.
For lines to send with the link, see WhatsApp wedding invitation messages, and for the Mehndi and Jaggo, haldi, mehendi and sangeet invitations.
Get it made with your names
This design is not in the five-minute builder. Our studio makes it for you: your names, both families, every rasam with its venue and dress code, your photos, and the RSVP to the number you choose.
- Open the live Phulkari Vyah sample and swipe through the cloth.
- Message us on WhatsApp with the design name and your wedding dates.
- We build it with your details and send you the link to share.
See the other made-to-order designs in More designs, or, for a Hindi card, the shadi card in Hindi.