Warm
Come get your hands dirty, with mehendi! 🌿 Before the big day, I’d love to celebrate with you at my mehendi. 📅 [Day, Date] 🕓 [Time] 📍 [Venue], [City] All the events and RSVP: [Link] Wear something bright, and be ready to dance. 💃 , [Bride]
Mehendi · invitation wording
Mehendi invitation messages and wording
The mehendi is the most relaxed of the wedding functions: music, colour, henna, and usually the first time both sides mingle. The invitation should sound like it: lighter than the wedding card, still clear about time and place, and specific about who is invited (mehendi guest lists are often shorter than the wedding’s).
These templates cover the bride’s own invite, the family’s version, a cousins-and-friends message, Hindi and Hinglish wording, and a line for the dress code. If the mehendi is one of several events, say so and link to the full schedule so guests can RSVP to each function separately.
10 templates · replace the [brackets] · tap Copy or WhatsApp on any card
From the bride
Short
My mehendi is on [Date] at [Time], [Venue]. It wouldn’t be the same without you, do come! Details and RSVP: [Link] 🌿
From the family
Traditional
We warmly invite you to the Mehendi ceremony of our daughter [Bride] [Day, Date] · [Time] [Venue], [City] Your presence will add colour to the celebration. Schedule and RSVP: [Link] , [Parents’ names]
Both sides, joint mehendi
The families of [Bride] and [Groom] invite you to a joint Mehendi celebration. [Day, Date] · [Time] onwards [Venue], [City] Music, mehendi artists and dinner: come as you are, leave with mehendi. Full programme and RSVP: [Link]
For friends and cousins
Fun
Mehendi laga ke rakhna 🎶 [Bride]’s mehendi, [Day, Date], [Time], [Venue]. Dhol, dance and cones for everyone. Dress code: yellows and greens. RSVP here so we book enough mehendi artists: [Link]
Girls’ side
Team Bride, assemble! 💚 Mehendi on [Date] at [Venue], from [Time]. Come early if you want a full-hand design, the artists start at [Time]. Everything else (and RSVP): [Link]
Hindi & Hinglish
Hindi
मेहंदी की शुभ रस्म 🌿 हमारी बेटी [नाम] की मेहंदी की रस्म में आप सपरिवार सादर आमंत्रित हैं। 📅 [दिनांक] 🕓 [समय] 📍 [स्थान] पूरा कार्यक्रम एवं RSVP: [Link]
Hinglish
Mehendi night! 🌿🎶 [Date], [Time] se, [Venue] pe. Dhol bhi hoga, dance bhi, aur mehendi toh hogi hi. Baaki events aur RSVP yahan: [Link]. Zaroor aana!
Make it personal
Send it as a personalised invite, with RSVP built in
Paste a template as-is, or do what these templates keep pointing at: create your free Shaadify wedding website, add every event with venue and map, and send each guest their own WhatsApp link. It greets them by name, shows only the events they’re invited to, and collects their RSVP (yes/no/maybe, plus-ones, meal preference), no app, no account for guests.
Tips for this message
- Say clearly who is invited to the mehendi: it is often a smaller, family-and-friends function, and guests appreciate knowing.
- Mention the dress code and the surface (lawn, terrace, hall): it changes what people wear and carry.
- If the mehendi is the evening before the wedding, put both dates in the message so out-of-town guests plan their arrival.
- Link to the full schedule: guests who can only make the mehendi can still RSVP to that one event on a Shaadify site.
Questions about mehendi invitation messages
Who is usually invited to the mehendi?
Traditionally close family and friends from the bride’s side, with the groom’s family joining for a joint mehendi. Many couples now invite the full wedding guest list: the invite should say which it is, so nobody is unsure.
What do you write on a mehendi invitation?
Whose mehendi it is, the date, start time, venue with a map link, any dress code (yellows/greens, florals), and how to RSVP. A light, cheerful tone works: it is the most informal of the functions.
Can the mehendi invite be different from the wedding invite?
Yes, and it usually should be: a separate, shorter message sent to the mehendi guest list. On Shaadify you can create an event-scoped invite that covers only the mehendi, and guests RSVP to just that event.
Can I send these invitations on WhatsApp with an RSVP?
Yes. Copy any template into WhatsApp as-is, or create a free Shaadify wedding website and send each guest a personalised link: it opens inside WhatsApp, shows every event with venue and timing, and lets guests RSVP per event (yes/no/maybe, plus-ones, meal preference) without installing anything.
Wording for other events
Wedding invitation messageFormal, casual, from-the-parents, Hindi and Hinglish wedding invitation messages ready to paste into WhatsApp.Haldi invitationShort, sunny haldi invites: from the family or the couple, with the “wear yellow, get messy” warning built in.Sangeet invitationSangeet night invites that set the mood, performances, dress code, both families, formal to fun, plus Hindi.Reception invitationReception-only and full-wedding reception invites, for colleagues, neighbours, extended family, formal to friendly, plus Hindi.Engagement invitationRing ceremony, roka and sagai invites, from the families or the couple, formal, friendly and in Hindi.Save the dateShort, early messages that lock the date, formal, fun, destination and Hindi, sent 2–3 months ahead of the invite.