Mandap Themes For A Grand Wedding!

Wedding arrangement requires a lot of skills and patience. You have to start collecting contacts of wedding planners. If you have seen wedding related movies like Band Baaja Baraat, you know how exactly you need to work hard so as to make your day a special and memorable one.

If you have assigned the whole wedding task to the planner, you do not need to worry at all. But, the main problem is that wedding planners might at times do something that you will not like. So, before letting your wedding planner decide and implement his/her ideas, you can choose your wedding theme.

In wedding theme, mandap plays a very significant role. It is a small decked up space where the pheras and other rituals are performed. Mandap is the most precious and highly viewed space of an Indian wedding. It is this small place where the bride enters as a member of her family but leaves as a member of a new (groom's) family.

Indoor mandaps require a lot of planning as they get restricted to space, wall colours and theme of the banquet hall. If you are organising your marriage in the lawn or farmhouse, you can go creative by trying a variety of colours and lights. But, in indoor weddings, you have to be selective as all designs and ideas might not click well!

Mandap decorations can be done with flowers, curtains or net drapes. Depending on personal choice and wedding theme, you can pick up a mandap design. Do not go after the theme that you have seen in most of the marriages. Always prefer a theme decor that goes well with your traditions, space, wedding theme and the over all concept. Lets take a look at few Indian wedding mandap decoration themes.

Floral mandap

Floral mandap

The four pillar mandap has been beautifully decorated with colourful flowers.

Open mandap

Open mandap

This mandap theme makes it easy for the guests to view the ongoing function.

The stage mandap

The stage mandap

As mandap is one of the most attractive and looked out space in weddings, you can try this spacious idea.

Outdoor mandap

Outdoor mandap

This mandap gives enough space for the couple to sit and perform their rituals while the priest reads out the mantras.

Under God's grace

Under God's grace

This is a South-Indian style wedding mandap. The floral decorations and the background theme looks perfect.

The matki pillar mandap

The matki pillar mandap

In most of the wedding mandap decorations, matki of brass or other metals are used as pillars. Decorate with flowers to get the traditional look.

Story first published: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 9:59 [IST]
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