A Sindhi wedding card you play
The Moksha Patam design is the old Indian board game behind snakes and ladders, painted on cloth with an ajrak border in indigo and madder red. It arrives folded in four and tied with a red-and-gold thread. The guest unties it and the board opens on a low wooden table.
Two wooden pawns stand on square 1: the groom in a saffron safa and the bride in a rani-pink chunri. The guest taps or flicks the brass die, and the pawns hop to the next chapter, sometimes up a ladder hung with marigolds, sometimes sliding down a painted snake. The chapter's card rises off the square. On the last square the two pawns meet, a garland pops up, and the pheras begin.
- Music: Mangal shehnai in Raag Desh, with game sounds: a clack on each roll, a whoosh on a snake and a dhol when the couple meet.
- The welcome opens with the old cheer आयो लाल, सभई चओ झूलेलाल and its meaning.
- Every ceremony on its own square, with what to wear and colour swatches, directions and add to calendar.
- A live countdown to the Lavan, photos and a film, notes for guests, and RSVP on WhatsApp.
The Sindhi wedding rasams, square by square
The sample is Tanvi Mirchandani and Kabir Lalwani of Ulhasnagar. Their board has these squares:
- Kachchi Misri: the first word, sealed with a coconut and a box of misri.
- Pakki Misri: the formal engagement, with a puja to Jhulelal and seven married women blessing the bride.
- Dev Bithana: the family deity is seated at home, and the women grind the first wheat on a chakki.
- Saanth: oil on the couple's heads, the groom breaks a clay diya, and his cousins tear his old kurta.
- Mehendi & Lada: henna and a night of teasing Sindhi wedding songs with dholak.
- Baraat & Lavan: the Hathialo ties their hands, then the pheras round the fire. This is the last square.
- Datar, after the board: the bride and groom pass salt from hand to hand three times in her new home.
Sindhi wedding card wording to copy
Ayo Lal, Sabhai Chao Jhulelal! With the blessings of Jhulelal and our elders, Mrs Neeta & Mr Jairam Mirchandani request the pleasure of your company at the wedding of their daughter Tanvi with Kabir, son of Mrs Kavita & Mr Haresh Lalwani.
॥ आयो लाल, सभई चओ झूलेलाल ॥ झूलेलाल साईं की कृपा से हमारी सुपुत्री तन्वी के शुभ विवाह में आप सपरिवार पधारकर आशीर्वाद दें।
Saanth at 1 PM on the Lalwani home terrace. Wear old whites you won't miss!
For the message you send with the link, see WhatsApp wedding invitation messages.
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 on its own square with its venue, your photos, and the RSVP to the number you choose.
- Open the live Moksha Patam sample and roll the die.
- 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 another playful card, the cartoon wedding invitation.