Top 10 Gujarati Wedding Gifts.
Gujarati weddings are long, colourful and heavily community-based, and gifting reflects that — textiles, gold and things that will be worn during the garba nights.
What not to give
Read this before the list below. These are not preferences — several are genuine offences, and they are the part most gift guides leave out.
- Even amounts Always add the rupee.
- Leather goods Many Gujarati families are strictly vegetarian, and Jain families more so.
- Anything containing onion or garlic For Jain and some Vaishnav households, food hampers need checking.
The ten
- 01
Patola silk saree
The double-ikat weave from Patan. Among the most prestigious gifts in Gujarat.
- 02
Bandhani (tie-dye) dupatta
The classic Gujarati textile, worn at every function.
- 03
Gold jewellery
Standard from close family.
- 04
Silver puja thali set
Auspicious and used at every subsequent occasion.
- 05
Rogan art or Kutch embroidery
GI-recognised Kutchi crafts. Distinctive and increasingly collected.
- 06
Garba outfit or chaniya choli
For the bride, in the colours of the nights.
- 07
Copper water vessel set
Traditional and practical for a new home.
- 08
Dry fruit and mithai hamper
Standard alongside shagun cash.
- 09
Brass or panchdhatu idol
For the home shrine.
- 10
Sankheda furniture piece
The lacquered turned-wood craft from Vadodara.
If you are giving money
Shagun in an envelope, odd amounts ending in 1 — ₹501, ₹1,101, ₹5,101. Gujarati families often give at the Gol Dhana as well as the wedding.
Written as common practice. Regional and family variation is enormous — if you are close enough to the couple to ask, ask. Nobody has ever been offended by the question.