Focused on the Anand Karaj ceremony at the Gurdwara
Anand Karaj invitation cards online
Sikh wedding invitations centred on the Anand Karaj — kirtan the evening before, langar after, reception in the evening.
Anand Karaj is the Sikh wedding ceremony itself — performed at the Gurdwara, centred on the four Lavan recited from the Guru Granth Sahib. On Zawaaj, the Sikh preset places Anand Karaj as the central event, with kirtan the evening before and langar served immediately after. The reception sits as a separate evening event, typically at a banquet hall outside the Gurdwara. The Anand Karaj event defaults to dryEvent=true (alcohol is prohibited on Gurdwara premises); hosts override this on the reception event. The default opening is the first Lavan: ਹਰਿ ਪਹਿਲੜੀ ਲਾਵ ਪਰਵਿਰਤੀ ਕਰਮ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ਬਲਿ ਰਾਮ ਜੀਉ — the spiritual journey of marriage as joined service.
How the preset is shaped
Sikh preset event types: rokhna (engagement blessing), kirtan, anand_karaj (default), langar (default), reception_sikh (default), mehndi (shared). Default template: Storytelling Journey — five-act narrative pairs well with the multi-day Sikh wedding shape. Recommended also: Geometric Manuscript (typographic) and Marigold Mandala (ornamental).
Templates that fit
Three that pair well
Storytelling Journey
Hybrid five-act narrative with scroll-snap pacing. Photo beats interleaved with typographic beats, botanical illustrations, sage and dusty rose on warm cream.
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Geometric Manuscript
Photo-free typographic template. Mihrab arch hero, rosette-cradled initial monogram, manuscript-leaf event cards. Emerald, gold, cream.
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Marigold Mandala
Crimson and saffron on warm cream. Lotus mandala motifs, paisley dividers.
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Questions
What people ask
- Can I send only the Anand Karaj invitation to family and the reception separately?
- Yes. Per-event visibility is built in. Close family invited to the Anand Karaj + langar + reception sees all three; extended family invited only to the reception sees the reception alone.
- Does the invitation handle the dress-code / head-covering note?
- Yes. Each event has a dressCode field. For Anand Karaj it commonly reads 'Traditional, head covered' — surfaced on the event card on the public invitation.
- Is the Granthi field on the Anand Karaj event?
- Yes. Each event's culturalAttributes.officiantName is the Granthi's name (the Sikh preset's terminology.officiant label is 'Granthi').
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