Kashmiri wedding invitation
Your wedding, a journey across Kashmir
A gust sweeps away the fallen chinar leaves, and guests glide from Dal Lake to the peaks as they scroll.
Chinar is a digital Kashmiri wedding invitation sent as a link on WhatsApp: a gust sweeps the chinar leaves off Dal Lake, and guests travel across Kashmir as they scroll. Each family is greeted by name, and every ceremony has its time, place and map. Free to try; ₹1,999 once to send.
Free to try · ₹1,999 when you’re ready to send
The season of the chinar
The chinar is Kashmir's own tree, its leaves turning red and gold each autumn. This invitation opens with them: Dal Lake lies under fallen leaves until guests tap, and a gust sweeps them away.
Then guests travel as they scroll — a shikara at dawn, the chinars, a carved walnut hall, a terraced garden, the peaks at sunset, lanterns on the lake — each painting dissolving into the next.
Sent as a link, it reaches the family in Srinagar, Jammu, Delhi and abroad on the same evening.
How Chinar opens
A gust sweeps away the fallen chinar leaves, and guests glide across Kashmir as they scroll.
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A gust of chinar leaves
Dal Lake lies under fallen leaves. One tap, a few santoor notes and a gust, and the leaves whirl away.
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A journey as you scroll
Six paintings, each dissolving into the next, carry your names, your families' words, your story, your ceremonies, the days left and your closing words.
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Every ceremony in papier-mâché
Each ceremony has its own painting in a papier-mâché frame: henna and kahwa, the bride's taranga and dejhoor, a copper trami of wazwan, a tumbaknari and a santoor.
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Your story in the walnut hall
Your words in a carved walnut hall, and your photos in papier-mâché frames.
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The peaks at sunset
The days left, counted over the snow peaks as the sun goes down.
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A chinar leaf for every wish
Lanterns on the lake carry your closing words, and every wish is a chinar leaf that rustles when tapped.
Kashmiri wedding card wording, in English
A simple way to put it — your invitation starts with words like these filled in.
With the blessings of our elders, and great joy
Mrs. Asha & Mr. Rajinder Kaul
invite you to the wedding of their son
Vivaan
with
Ishani
daughter of Mrs. Neerja & Mr. Sunil Raina
Saturday, 30 October 2027 · lagan 11:15 am
The Chinar Lawns, Boulevard Road, Srinagar
Lunch for everyone follows
The engagement, the mehendi and the reception each get their own card on the journey, with their time and place.
To every family, by name
Send the Rainas their link and the journey begins with their name on it. Each family gets its own link on WhatsApp, and you can see who has opened it.
₹1,999once, for your whole wedding
- Free to try and change
- Every ceremony in one invitation
- Every family by name, no limit
Questions families ask
Can we name the ceremonies as we do at home?
Yes. Start from Engagement, Mehendi, Wedding and Reception and rename any of them — Kasamdry, Maenziraat, Posh Puza, Lagan — or add a ceremony of your own.
Can guests skip the journey?
Yes. A "Skip to the celebrations" link stays on screen all through it, for anyone in a hurry to find the times and places.
Is it only for an autumn wedding?
No. The chinar belongs to Kashmir, not to one season; it suits a Kashmiri wedding in any month.
How do we send it to relatives abroad?
Add each family once with its WhatsApp number. Each gets its own link that greets them by name, wherever they live now, and opens on any phone.
What does it cost?
You can make it and try it for free. It's ₹1,999 once to send it, however many families you invite.
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