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Wedding traditions of Udaipur

The lake city of palaces, one of the most popular settings for large destination weddings in India.

Udaipur is built around lakes and hills, and many palaces overlook the water. International and Indian couples choose it for multi-day weddings, and the local royal families still keep older customs.

Udaipur: City Palace (Udaipur)
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A wedding here

Palace weddings often include a welcome evening, a mehndi on a lawn, a sangeet on a terrace and a ceremony at dusk. A boat arrival over the lake is a common feature. Local Mewari wedding songs and music are sometimes added for guests.

Where weddings happen

Lake Pichola and the City Palace complex, as well as palace hotels on islands and hillsides, are the best known settings. Smaller families use gardens and havelis in the old town.

The season and the calendar

Winter is the season, with a rush in December and February. The monsoon, from July to September, brings green hills and fewer weddings. Rules about noise and venue closing times affect planning, so check local requirements.

Wedding customs of Udaipur

Hindu weddingThe fire ceremony with seven steps.MehndiThe henna ceremony.

Also part of it, and being written: Sangeet (The musical evening.), Destination wedding (A wedding held away from the couple's home town.), Mewar (The historic kingdom whose customs still shape local weddings.).

A wedding trail idea for Udaipur

  1. Lake Pichola The lake that frames many palace weddings.
  2. City Palace A palace complex whose terraces and courtyards are used for events.
  3. Bada Bazaar The market near the old city for clothes and silver.
  4. Hathi Pol Bazaar A market street known for handicrafts and wedding shopping.
About this page

Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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