Garhwali & Kumaoni Wedding Card Matter in Hindi — गढ़वाली और कुमाऊँनी शादी कार्ड का मैटर (Copy & Paste)

A wedding card from the hills says where a family comes from before it says anything else — the ancestral village under the parents’ names, a line for Badri-Kedar or Maa Nanda at the top, and function names that only an Uttarakhandi reads without a second glance: haldi haath, maangal, dhol-damau. Below is ready-to-copy Garhwali and Kumaoni wedding card matter in Hindi: a formal Garhwali card from the groom’s side, a formal Kumaoni card format from the bride’s side, the function-by-function lines families actually print, friendly WhatsApp wording, and a short glossary of Garhwali and Kumaoni openers in Devanagari with their meaning. Any sample below becomes a free personalized card + video invitation on Ayozan — each guest gets their own name, in their own language.

On Ayozan you paste the matter once and every guest receives the card with their own name set in Devanagari automatically — the Pauri and Almora elders in Hindi, the Dehradun cousins in English — as a WhatsApp image, video or link, with an RSVP link.

What goes on an Uttarakhand wedding card

The order is the same in Garhwal and Kumaon: an invocation line (जय बद्री विशाल, ॐ नमः शिवाय, जय माँ नन्दा), the parents’ and grandparents’ names, the bride or groom with the other family’s name and village, the function list, and a दर्शनाभिलाषी or विनीत block that names the family and — the Pahari signature — their ग्राम, पट्टी and जिला, even when the wedding is in Dehradun, Haldwani or Noida. Keep the village line; relatives read it first.

Garhwali wedding card matter in Hindi (वर पक्ष)

॥ श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥
जय बद्री विशाल 🙏
बद्री-केदार की कृपा एवं पूज्य माता-पिता के आशीर्वाद से हमारे सुपुत्र चि. [वर का नाम] (सुपौत्र श्री [दादा का नाम]) का शुभ विवाह सौ.कां. [वधू का नाम], सुपुत्री श्री [वधू के पिता] एवं श्रीमती [वधू की माता] (ग्राम [गाँव], जिला [जिला]) के साथ निश्चित हुआ है। इस मंगल अवसर पर आप सपरिवार सादर आमंत्रित हैं।
बारात प्रस्थान: [तिथि], [समय], [स्थान] से
फेरे: [तिथि], [समय] | स्थान: [स्थान]
दर्शनाभिलाषी — [दादा-दादी के नाम] | [माता-पिता के नाम] | समस्त [परिवार] परिवार, ग्राम [गाँव], पट्टी [पट्टी], जिला [जिला]

Jai Badri Vishāl. Badri-Kedār kī kripā evam pūjya mātā-pitā ke āshīrvād se hamāre suputra Chi. [var] (supautra Shri [dādā]) kā shubh vivāh Sau. Kām. [vadhū], suputrī Shri [pitā] evam Shrīmatī [mātā] (grām [gāon], zilā [zilā]) ke sāth nishchit huā hai. Is mangal avasar par āp saparivār sādar āmantrit hain. Bārāt prasthān: [date], [time], [venue] se. Phere: [date], [time] | Sthān: [venue]. Darshanābhilāshī — [family], grām [village], pattī [patti], zilā [district].

Kumaoni wedding card format in Hindi (वधू पक्ष)

॥ ॐ नमः शिवाय ॥
जय माँ नन्दा देवी 🌸
बाबा केदार एवं माँ नन्दा की कृपा से हमारी सुपुत्री सौ.कां. [वधू का नाम] का शुभ विवाह चि. [वर का नाम], सुपुत्र श्री [वर के पिता] एवं श्रीमती [वर की माता] (ग्राम [गाँव], जिला [जिला]) के साथ तय हुआ है। इस शुभ अवसर पर आप सपरिवार पधारकर वर-वधू को आशीर्वाद दें, यही हमारी हार्दिक कामना है।
हल्दी हाथ: [तिथि] | मेहंदी: [तिथि] | विवाह: [तिथि], [समय] | स्थान: [स्थान]
विनीत — [माता-पिता के नाम] एवं समस्त [परिवार] परिवार, ग्राम [गाँव], जिला [जिला]

Om Namah Shivāya. Jai Mā Nandā Devī. Bābā Kedār evam Mā Nandā kī kripā se hamārī suputrī Sau. Kām. [vadhū] kā shubh vivāh Chi. [var], suputra Shri [pitā] evam Shrīmatī [mātā] (grām [gāon], zilā [zilā]) ke sāth tay huā hai. Is shubh avasar par āp saparivār padhārkar var-vadhū ko āshīrvād den, yahī hamārī hārdik kāmnā hai. Haldī hāth: [date] | Mehndī: [date] | Vivāh: [date], [time] | Sthān: [venue]. Vinīt — [family], grām [village], zilā [district].

Swap the two sides freely — only the invocation and the function names change by region. Both sit well on a card from Garhwali wedding invitation cards or the wider Pahari wedding invitation cards.

Function-by-function lines (कार्यक्रम)

These go on the inner leaf or the back of the card. Use the ones your family holds and drop the rest.

• गणेश पूजन एवं माँगल गीत: [तिथि], [समय] — निवास स्थान पर — Ganesh pūjan evam māngal gīt (Ganesh puja and the women’s maangal songs, at home).
• हल्दी हाथ: [तिथि], प्रातः [समय] — निवास स्थान पर — Haldī hāth (the haldi ceremony, as it is called across Uttarakhand).
• मेहंदी: [तिथि], सायं [समय] — [स्थान] — Mehndī.
• सुवाल पथाई (कुमाऊँ): [तिथि], सायं [समय] — निवास स्थान पर — Suwāl pathāi (the Kumaoni evening when the women roll out suwal from rice-flour dough).
• बारात प्रस्थान: [तिथि], [समय], [स्थान] से — ढोल-दमाऊँ एवं मशकबीन के साथ — Bārāt prasthān — dhol-damāu evam mashakbīn ke sāth (with the dhol-damau drums and the bagpipe).
• फेरे / विवाह: [तिथि], रात्रि [समय] — [स्थान] — Phere / vivāh.
• प्रीतिभोज: [तिथि], [समय] — [स्थान] — Prītibhoj (the feast; many Garhwali cards write ज्यूनार).
• विदाई: [तिथि], प्रातः [समय] — Vidāī.

Friendly WhatsApp lines (Hindi + Pahari)

For the cousins’ group and the status — shorter, warmer, with a hill word or two that tells everyone which family this is.

• घौर मा ब्यो छ! 🎉 [नाम] की शादी [तिथि] को, [स्थान] में — पूरे परिवार के साथ आना है। — Ghaur mā byo chh! [Name] kī shādī [date] ko, [venue] mein — pūre parivār ke sāth ānā hai. (Garhwali opener: there is a wedding at our home.)
• हमर घर ब्या छ! 🌸 [नाम] और [नाम] के फेरे [तिथि] को — आशीर्वाद देने ज़रूर आया। — Hamar ghar byā chh! [Name] aur [Name] ke phere [date] ko — āshīrvād dene zarūr āyā. (Kumaoni opener: there is a wedding at our home; do come.)
• हल्दी हाथ [तिथि] को घर पर 💛 पीला पहनकर आना, माँगल गीत भी गाने हैं! — Haldī hāth [date] ko ghar par — pīlā pehenkar ānā, māngal gīt bhī gāne hain!
• [तिथि] को फेरे, उसके बाद प्रीतिभोज 🙏 आपका इंतज़ार रहेगा — [परिवार] परिवार, ग्राम [गाँव]। — [Date] ko phere, uske bād prītibhoj — āpkā intezār rahegā — [family] parivār, grām [village].

Garhwali and Kumaoni openers for the card

Most Uttarakhand cards are printed in Hindi with one or two Pahari words that make them unmistakably ours. These are the safe ones — short and understood on both sides of the hills. Put one at the top of the card and let the Hindi carry the details.

Garhwali (गढ़वळि)

• न्यूतु — nyūtu — an invitation; “ब्यो कु न्यूतु” is the wedding invitation itself.
• ब्यो — byo — wedding.
• घौर आवा — ghaur āwā — come home, come to our house.
• तुमारु स्वागत छ — tumāru swāgat chh — you are welcome.
• ज्यूनार — jyunār — the wedding feast.
• माँगल — māngal — the auspicious songs the women sing through the wedding week.

Kumaoni (कुमाऊँनी)

• ब्या — byā — wedding.
• घर आया — ghar āyā — do come home.
• तुमर स्वागत छ — tumar swāgat chh — you are welcome.
• पिठ्या — pithyā — the rice-and-turmeric tika placed on a guest’s forehead at welcome.
• सुवाल पथाई — suwāl pathāi — the pre-wedding evening of rolling out suwal, with songs.

Two invocation lines open most cards in both regions: बद्री-केदार की कृपा से — Badri-Kedār kī kripā se (by the grace of Badri-Kedar) — and माँ नन्दा के आशीर्वाद से — Mā Nandā ke āshīrvād se (with the blessings of Maa Nanda). If you are not sure of a Pahari word, write the line in plain Hindi — elders forgive Hindi long before they forgive a wrong Garhwali or Kumaoni word.

What makes the card look Uttarakhandi

If you are choosing the design and not just the words, four things say Uttarakhand instantly: aipan (ऐपण) — white rice-paste lines on a red geru ground, drawn at thresholds and around the wedding chowki — makes the strongest border a Pahari card can have; the rangwali pichhora (रंगवाली पिछौड़ा), the saffron-and-red bridal veil, gives the palette; the nathuli (नथुली), the large gold nose ring, is the one jewel that belongs on the cover; and a line of deodar and hills under a Badri-Kedar or Nanda Devi invocation places the family without a word. Ayozan’s Garhwali wedding invitation cards and Pahari wedding invitation cards are built around exactly these motifs, with your Hindi matter set in clean Devanagari type; the Hindi wedding invitation cards carry the classic invocation-first layout.

How to use these in Ayozan

• Pick a design from Garhwali wedding invitation cards or Pahari wedding invitation cards in Ayozan Studio, and paste the matter above with your names, dates and village.
• Upload your guest list and every guest gets the card with their own name set in Devanagari automatically — Hindi for ताऊजी, English for the Bangalore colleague, 30+ languages in all — plus a unique RSVP link for the prītibhoj headcount.
• Send it as a WhatsApp image, video or link, and download a print-ready PDF for the cards you will carry up to the village.
• Need a different register — a short Hindi-only card or an English version for the office? The invitation wording generator drafts it from your names and dates.