Hindu Wedding Cards & Invitations (UK)
Hindu wedding cards are used to invite guests to a hindu wedding. The way invitations to a hindu wedding are made have evolved over time. A long time ago, hindu wedding invitations were made through personal visits with mithai boxes handed out to close family and friends. However over time hindu wedding families seemed to want a concrete invite to give to their guests, with details of all the functions taking place. Well what better way to do that then to put it down on pen and paper. Since hindu weddings are a lavish and well presented events, this needed to be translated onto the cards. Thus emerged the traditional jazzed up shaadi cards.
Lord ganesh is worshipped when ever beginning any journey. As a hindu marriage is seen as the meeting of two souls commencing a journey of life together it was seen fit to have an image of ganesh placed on the card. Nowadays all shaadi cards have to have lord ganesh on either the hindu cards themselves or the inserts. The image of lord ganesh on these hindu wedding invitations have also evolved over time. Nowadays one can see many modern and contemporary images of lord ganesh on the hindu cards.
The other image that is also quite popular on shaadi cards is that of Aum. Aum is placed at the beginning of most hindu wedding card text as it is considered to be sacred. It gives the hindu invitations a feel of calmness and traquility, denoting that the wedding itself may take place in a very serene environment. One may also opt to have other god symbols that they believe in, on their hindu wedding invitations.
Lately shaadi cards have evolved to be contemporary and elegant with designs being very subtle and colours though vibrant but pleasing. The size of these kankotris are preferred to be smaller and the phrase "less is more" being utlised more and more. |
