Bengali Bou Bhaat Invitation Wording.
Frequently a separate day, a separate venue, and a wider guest list.
- Who invites
- The elders invite. The Bou Bhaat is hosted by the groom’s family and carries its own invitation.
- How it opens
- An invocation to Durga or Narayan, with the Bengali calendar date alongside the Gregorian
- Register
- Literary. Bengali invitations often carry a line of verse, and the Bengali is set with as much care as the English.
Sample wording
Written as common practice, not prescription. Take whichever is closest and change the parts that are not you — that is what these are for.
Sri & Srimati Debashish Roy request the pleasure of your company at the Bou Bhaat of Rituparna & Soumya Sunday, 6 December 2026, from 7 pm Dinner will be served