Sangeet, haldi and mehndi invitation wording: 15 examples

The wedding card goes to everyone. The sangeet, the haldi and the mehndi go to different lists, at different times, with different dress codes, and each needs its own invitation. Here is what each one has to say, who it goes to, and fifteen examples you can copy onto an insert, a page or a WhatsApp message.

What every function invitation needs

• Which function it is. Guests dress for a haldi (yellow, washable) very differently from a sangeet (something to dance in).
• Whose it is. "Priya's mehndi" or "the sangeet for Priya and Arjun".
• Who is hosting. The bride's family for the mehndi and haldi, both families for a joint sangeet.
• Who is invited. Ladies only, close family, everyone. Say it plainly; it is the first question anyone asks.
• Date, start time, rough end time. Functions run late; guests want to know how late.
• Place, with a postcode. The house or the hall.
• Dress. The colour, and whether henna will be offered.
• Food. Dinner, snacks, breakfast after the haldi.
• How to reply. A reply-by date, or "let us know".

Sangeet invitation wording

The sangeet is the music night: performances from both sides, a dance floor, dinner. It is now often held with the mehndi as one evening, "Mehndi & Sangeet".

1. Formal, both families

Rajesh and Sunita Mehta, with Vikram and Anjali Sharma, invite you to the Sangeet to celebrate Priya and Arjun on Thursday, 12 August 2027 at 7pm Oakwood Manor, Oakwood Lane, Leicester LE9 9AA Dinner will be served · Festive, something you can dance in

2. Warm

Join both families for an evening of music, dancing and dinner to celebrate Priya and Arjun. Thursday, 12 August at 7pm, Oakwood Manor, Leicester. Bring your dancing shoes; the Sharma side has been rehearsing.

3. Mehndi & sangeet, one evening

Mehndi & Sangeet for Priya and Arjun Thursday, 12 August 2027 · Henna from 4pm · Performances and dinner from 7pm Oakwood Manor, Leicester Greens, yellows and bright colours · Everyone welcome

4. With a performance request

We are putting on a show. If you would like to perform at the sangeet on Thursday, 12 August, send Meena your song by 1 July so we can fit you into the running order.

5. Short, for a message

Sangeet for Priya and Arjun, Thursday 12 August, 7pm, Oakwood Manor, Leicester. Dinner and dancing. Reply on the link so we know numbers.

Haldi invitation wording

The haldi (pithi for Gujarati families, ubtan or mayun for Pakistani families) is turmeric paste applied by close family on the morning of the wedding or the day before. Small, at home, yellow, messy.

6. Formal

Rajesh and Sunita Mehta invite you to the Haldi ceremony of their daughter Priya on Saturday, 14 August 2027 at 10am at their home, 22 Linden Avenue, Leicester LE2 9AA Close family · Yellow · Breakfast to follow

7. Warm

Priya's haldi is at home on Saturday morning, 14 August, from 10am. Close family. Wear yellow, and nothing you mind turmeric on. Breakfast after, then everyone to the hall for the baraat.

8. Pithi, Gujarati

You are invited to Nisha's pithi and the mandvo on Friday, 13 August at 10am at the Patel home. Family and close friends. Yellow, please. Lunch will be served and the garba follows that evening at Oakwood Manor.

9. Groom's haldi

The Sharma family invite you to Arjun's haldi on Saturday, 14 August at 9am at home. Close family. Yellow. Breakfast, then we leave for the baraat at 12.

10. Short, for a message

Haldi for Priya, Saturday 14 August, 10am, at home. Close family. Wear yellow. Breakfast after.

Mehndi invitation wording

The mehndi: henna for the bride and her guests, singing, dholki, food. Ladies at the house in the traditional form; everyone at the hall in the modern one. Pakistani families' versions, with the dholki, are in mehndi invitation wording.

11. Ladies, at home

Sunita Mehta invites you to the Mehndi of her daughter Priya on Thursday, 12 August 2027 from 3pm at home, 22 Linden Avenue, Leicester Ladies and close family · Greens and bright colours Henna for all who want it · Dinner will be served

12. Joint mehndi at the hall

The Mehta and Sharma families invite you to the Mehndi of Priya and Arjun on Thursday, 12 August at 5pm at Oakwood Manor, Leicester. Henna, music and dinner. Greens, yellows and oranges. Everyone welcome.

13. Short, for a message

Priya's mehndi, Thursday 12 August, 3pm, at home. Ladies. Greens and bright colours. Henna and dinner. Let us know if you can come.

Lines that go on all three

14. Dress and practical

Traditional attire in bright colours. Parking on the street; please leave the drive clear. Children welcome at all three.

15. Reply

Please tell us which functions you are coming to by 1 July, so we know how many to feed at each.

Who gets which invitation

The simplest way to run this is one guest list, tagged by function, with a personalised link per household that says which functions they are invited to. Our guide to inviting guests to several wedding functions online walks through it.

Where the words go

On an Indian wedding invitation page the mehndi, sangeet, haldi, baraat and reception are cards, each with its own date, time, venue, dress note and a line about what happens, and the reply form can ask "Which functions will you be joining?" with the five as options. Guests see the week at a glance and reply once for the household. One payment of £40 covers any number of guests and functions.