Marigold Haldi invitation video

What does the Marigold Haldi design look like in motion?

The background is a warm sunny glow: pale butter yellow in the centre, deepening to marigold orange at the edges, with a faint white mandala in it. In the middle sits a cream panel with a rounded arch top, like a card propped against a wall, and two gold lines trace its edge in the first couple of seconds.

Across the top hangs a toran: mango leaves on a string of orange and yellow marigolds, with garland swags between them. It sways a little, as if the fan is on. Four long marigold strings hang down the sides and sway too. White kolam patterns sit in the two bottom corners, one marigold crowns the arch, and orange and yellow petals keep falling and tumbling through the frame. A soft glow at the top brightens and dims slowly, like morning sun coming through the courtyard.

The text is a deep rust brown, not gold, so it stays easy to read on the cream panel even on a cheap phone screen in daylight. Hindi headings use a bold display Devanagari that looks hand-lettered. Your first photo sits in a round-topped arch. The default music is a festive veena duet, which suits a morning full of dholak and aunties.

Should the haldi get its own invite?

Often, yes. The haldi is usually at home, in the morning, with family, neighbours and the closest friends. The 600-person reception list does not need to know about it. Here is how families usually split it:

Each invite is a separate ₹499 purchase, so two videos cost ₹998. If one video with all functions works for your guest list, that is simpler and cheaper. Our haldi invitation video page goes deeper into who to invite and when.

Which turmeric ceremonies does it suit?

Turmeric before the wedding is common across India, under different names. You can keep "Haldi" or rename the function to what your family calls it:

• Haldi in most of North India, from Lucknow to Patna to Delhi.
• Pithi in Gujarati and Rajasthani families.
• Maiyan or vatna in Punjabi families.
• Halad in Maharashtrian weddings.
• Mangala snanam in parts of South India, where the turmeric bath is part of the wedding morning.

It also suits other daytime family functions: the mehendi, a Satyanarayan Puja before the wedding, a Tilak, or the Bhaat. Add those with "Something else" and type the name.

What should a haldi invite tell guests?

1. The time, honestly. If the haldi starts when the pandit ji arrives, put that time. Guests will add their usual 45 minutes anyway.
2. What to wear. Yellow, and nothing you will cry over. Turmeric does not come out of a white chikan kurta. Ask anyone.
3. Where. "Ghar pe" is not an address for the cousin coming from Pune. Put the full address; on the invite website each venue opens in Google Maps.
4. Who it is for. If it is family only, say so gently in the message, not in the video.

Use the closing line for the dress code. It is the last thing guests see, and it takes up to 90 characters: "Wear yellow. Wear something you won't miss." fits easily.

Haldi wording ideas for this design

Closing lines that fit:

• पीले रंग में रंगने ज़रूर आइए
• हल्दी, ढोलक और ढेर सारी हँसी, बस आप आ जाइए
• Kapde purane, josh naya
• Wear yellow. Wear something you won't miss.

For the sangeet and mehendi lines too, see our haldi, mehendi and sangeet wording guide.

What can you change in Marigold Haldi?

Switch design any time and your details stay. Making and previewing is free; ₹499 gets the HD video without the watermark plus an e-card image of all functions.

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