Tamil · Nichayathartham

Tamil Nichayathartham Invitation Wording.

The formal betrothal, where the families commit and often fix the date.

Who invites
The elders invite. Both sets of parents are named, and the invitation frequently mentions the grandparents and the family’s native place.
How it opens
An invocation to the family deity or to Vinayagar, with the Tamil month, paksham and nakshatra named alongside the date
Register
Formal and unhurried, often bilingual with the Tamil set above the English rather than beside it.

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.

Traditional
We request your presence at the
Nichayathartham of

Meenakshi & Karthik

Sunday, 10 January 2027, 10 am
followed by lunch
Sri Kalyana Mandapam, Chennai