Kankotri Design Gujarati

Pompous and grand are essentially what define Indian wedding. Indian weddings are a week long line of customs and ceremonies. There are a host of people invited as well to celebrate the wedding ceremony. The wedding cards serve as the primary tool to invite people to the marriage ceremonies.
 
Although, the weddings from different cultures of India, differs in certain ways, the central theme is unaltered all through India. One of the most intricately designed is the Gujarati wedding cards, also called Kankotri. Kankotri Design Gujarati cards bear a design that is exclusive to all other wedding cards.
 

Gujarati community of India are a prosperous group of people. Their wealth is reflected in their weddings and the grand nature of the whole affair. Their cards may bear a different design, but the order of wordings is usually same. Here are the common contents of a Gujarati Kankotri designed card:

Name of the host: The Card has the name of the host at its top. The host are the people in whose name the invites are forwarded. Gujarati wedding cards usually bear the name of the eldest person in the family or the name of the head of the family.

Holy Text: Gujarati community in India has their beliefs highly vested in religion. Hence, they usually keep holy verses from the Hindu holy book or other quotes related to religion. It is considered a good omen for the wedding to have religious texts in the wedding card.

Request of presence: The holy texts are followed by a quote that can be personally provided by the wedding party or can be a template. Either way this area contains text requesting the presence of the invited people.

Name of the bride and groom: The name of the bride and groom are written in bold letters and are highlighted. The goal is to make the names of bride and groom the most striking text that is on the card. The usual custom is to write the name of the groom before the bride.

Date and Time: The date and the time of commencement of the ceremony are all mentioned in the card as well. If there is a host of events organised, then the detailed breakup of the time slots is also provided.

Location: The location, often with the help of a miniature map, is explained in the detail along with the full address. This helps the invited people to locate the place of ceremony easily.