Rajasthani & Marwari
A Rajasthani wedding invitation is bright, generous and full of family. Expect deep red, saffron and pink, Lord Ganesh at the top, peacocks and palace arches, and a long list of every function from Vinayak puja to the reception. Below we explain the colours, motifs and Marwari card conventions, and show two designs, Sheesh Mahal and Haveli Darwaza, that you can try with your own names in a minute.
By the Gulabi Card team · Published 6 October 2026
Rajasthan dresses in colour because so much of the land is sand and stone. Wedding invitations follow the same instinct. Red (lal) is the colour of the bride and of suhaag, so it almost always appears. Saffron and turmeric yellow are the colours of auspicious beginnings; you see them in the pithi ceremony and in the marigold torans over every door. Pink belongs to Jaipur, the Pink City, and to the safas of the groom's side. Deep indigo and royal blue come from block-printed textiles and the blue houses of Jodhpur, and they make warm colours glow.
Two textile patterns turn up again and again on Rajasthani cards: leheriya, the diagonal wave stripes tie-dyed for the monsoon, and bandhej (bandhani), the tiny dots of tie-dye worn by brides and mothers. A card with a leheriya border or a bandhej background reads as Rajasthani at a glance, even before anyone reads a word.
Marwari families have a recognisable way of writing a wedding card, often called a kumkum patrika. The details vary from family to family and between Marwari, Maheshwari, Agarwal, Oswal and other communities, but most cards follow a familiar order:
A wedding website keeps this structure but removes the space problem. The invocation and the main invitation go on the first screen, each function gets its own page, and the full family list fits without shrinking the type. If you need Hindi wording, our free wedding card matter generator gives you a starting point you can edit.
Outstation friends and younger cousins often don't know what each function means. A line of explanation on each function page helps them know when to come and what to expect.
Every Gulabi Card design is a full invitation website for ₹2,000, with a page for every function, Google Maps, RSVP, music, a countdown and an optional voice message from your parents. These two were painted with Rajasthan in mind.
Rajasthani palace night scene with mirror work · ₹2,000
A night wedding in a palace of mirrors: a white marble aisle lined with diyas, mirror-inlaid walls and the bride walking under a canopy of jasmine. The most royal of our designs, made for evening pheras, winter weddings and Udaipur or Jaipur destination weddings.
Rajasthani haveli illustration · ₹2,000
The family haveli opens its doors: pink sandstone, jharokhas, marigold torans and an indigo block-printed carpet to the mandap. Warmer and more homely than Sheesh Mahal, with arched inner pages that comfortably hold a long darshanabhilashi list.
Illustrated North Indian baraat procession · ₹2,000
If the groom's family is inviting, Baraat puts guests on the procession itself: a band in bright safas, the groom on a white mare and fireworks over the old city. Give the nikasi its own page with a meeting point and a map.
Many Marwari families still print a small number of cards for the mandir, elders and close relatives, and send a website link to everyone else on WhatsApp. That keeps the tradition of the first card while saving on printing and courier for hundreds of guests, and the website can be updated if a time or venue changes. Our guide to wedding invitation costs in India works through the numbers, and the invite cost estimator does it for your own guest list.
