TGTG GRAPHICS / 62 event guides
Explore 62 Gujarati invitation types across eight categories, from wedding ceremonies and family celebrations to religious programmes, business openings and memorial gatherings. Every event has a detailed guide and an original Gujarati sample card you can enlarge and download.
Choose an occasion, not just a visual style. Related ceremonies can have different hosts, wording and guest arrangements. These guides help you prepare the right information for your own invitation. All sample event details are fictional; the samples demonstrate a design and are not announcements of real events.
18 event guides
From the first family gathering to the reception, a Gujarati wedding can bring together several occasions with different hosts, venues and guest lists. Explore invitations for the main wedding and its related ceremonies, with Gujarati wording and an individual sample for every event.
Wedding ceremonies
A Lagna Kankotri announces the marriage and invites loved ones to witness the occasion. It usually brings the couple’s names, the hosting families and the wedding schedule into one formal invitation, with an opening chosen by the family.
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Wedding ceremonies
An engagement invitation brings two families together to celebrate the couple’s commitment. Some families describe the occasion as Sagai or a ring ceremony; use the name that matches the actual programme rather than assuming every engagement follows the same ritual.
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Wedding ceremonies
Chandlo Vidhi is a named family ceremony associated with marriage arrangements in some Gujarati traditions. Its meaning and programme depend on the family, so the invitation should use the hosts’ approved name and describe the gathering clearly.
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Celebrate a new arrival, a family ceremony or a birthday with a card that gives guests a warm welcome and a clear plan. This collection covers baby showers, naming ceremonies, childhood rites and birthdays, with Gujarati sample wording for each occasion.
Baby & childhood
A Simant invitation welcomes family and friends to a celebration for an expectant mother. Families may use related names such as Shrimant or describe it as a baby shower. Use the mother’s preferred name and the ceremony title agreed by the hosts.
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Baby & childhood
A Chhathi invitation announces the family’s chosen celebration for a newborn. The term is associated with an early-life observance, but the card should use the actual date and programme confirmed by the family rather than calculating it from a sample.
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Baby & childhood
A naming ceremony card invites loved ones to the occasion when the family celebrates a child’s name. The invitation can reveal the name or preserve it for the gathering, depending on the hosts’ preference and the planned announcement.
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Invite family and friends into a new home with clear directions, welcoming wording and an accurate schedule. Find separate guides for a housewarming gathering and Vastu Pujan, so guests know whether the invitation includes a ceremony, a meal or both.
Home & housewarming
A housewarming invitation welcomes relatives and friends to a new home. It may include a family ceremony, a meal or a simple visit. Describe what guests are invited to attend rather than assuming that every Griha Pravesh follows the same programme.
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Home & housewarming
A Vastu Pujan invitation announces the prayer ceremony arranged for a home or premises. It is related to housewarming but focuses on the confirmed puja programme; a casual new-home gathering can have a different time or invitation.
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Prepare respectful Gujarati invitations for prayer, devotional music, katha, yagna and temple events. Each event has its own wording, information checklist and sample, with space to describe the programme confirmed by the hosts.
Religious ceremonies
A Satyanarayan Katha invitation welcomes guests to a family or community devotional programme. It should identify the hosts, the katha session and the actual venue, with any aarti or prasad arrangements shown only when confirmed.
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Religious ceremonies
A Bhagwat Saptah invitation announces a multi-day Bhagwat katha programme. It needs more scheduling space than a single-session card, with opening and closing dates, daily session times and the confirmed speaker or organising institution.
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Religious ceremonies
A Sundarkand invitation identifies a planned recitation gathering. Gujarati invitations can name the path clearly and give the start time, hosts and venue without requiring guests to infer the programme from a general religious heading.
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Explore invitations for Jain ceremonies, Nikah and Walima, and Parsi Navjote. These occasions have distinct traditions; use the event’s own name, appropriate visual style and wording approved by the organising family or institution.
Community ceremonies
A Jain Diksha invitation announces a renunciation and initiation occasion within the organising community. Its names, titles and programme require particular care. The invitation should follow the institution’s approved wording instead of reusing a festive wedding message.
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Community ceremonies
A Jain Tapasya invitation recognises an observance and welcomes guests to its announced celebration or anumodana. Tapasya is a broad category: the specific practice and its completion should be described using the organiser’s own confirmed terminology.
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Community ceremonies
A Siddhi Tap invitation names a specific Jain observance and its associated gathering. It should not be treated as a generic fasting card: ask the organisers for the exact title, participants and programme they want to announce.
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Announce a new shop, office or business milestone with an invitation that puts the business name, location and purpose first. Find ceremony and professional gathering formats with Gujarati wording and clean, readable sample cards.
Business & openings
A shop-opening invitation introduces a new retail location and welcomes guests to its opening event. The shop name, what the business does and the full address should be immediately recognisable, even when guests receive the card without an accompanying message.
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Business & openings
A Dukaan Muhurat invitation centres on the ceremonial opening arranged for a shop. It can be part of a wider inauguration, but its card should identify the confirmed muhurat and the guests expected for that particular ceremony.
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Business & openings
An office-opening invitation welcomes clients, colleagues and friends to a new workplace. It should distinguish a new office address from a company launch, and explain whether guests are attending a ceremony, an open house or a short professional gathering.
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Bring people together for anniversaries, community meals, reunions and festival celebrations. An invitation should explain the gathering, not merely send a greeting. Explore Gujarati cards with event-specific wording, timings and helpful guest information.
Family & festivals
An anniversary invitation celebrates a couple’s shared years and invites loved ones to a new gathering. It should make the anniversary occasion clear rather than looking like a fresh wedding announcement, especially when a photograph or wedding-style decoration is used.
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Family & festivals
Sneh Milan is a gathering for reconnecting with family, friends, a society or a community. The invitation should identify which group is meeting and why, with enough programme information to distinguish it from a general seasonal greeting.
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Family & festivals
A community meal invitation welcomes a defined group to share food and time together. It differs from a wedding meal because the hosts and purpose are community-led rather than centred on a couple’s marriage celebrations.
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Prepare clear, dignified notices for Besnu, remembrance gatherings, prayer meetings and memorial observances. Use restrained artwork and family-approved Gujarati wording, giving the date, visiting hours and location the prominence they need.
Memorial & prayer meetings
A Besnu notice tells relatives and acquaintances when they can attend a condolence gathering. Its tone should be quiet and precise, giving the person’s name, the hosting family and the meeting details without festive invitation language.
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Memorial & prayer meetings
A Shradhanjali card can be a tribute message or an invitation to a remembrance gathering. This page’s sample is for a scheduled meeting, so it includes attendance information as well as respectful words of remembrance.
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Memorial & prayer meetings
A memorial prayer meeting invitation welcomes people to a scheduled gathering of remembrance and support. It may be preferred by families who want a simple programme rather than a notice framed around a particular ritual name.
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