If you are designing your card or hiring a calligrapher, here are some standard and poetic Charoli templates you can use.
A 12”x9” bifold handmade paper card. Outer cover: Deep maroon with a hand-painted Ganesha. A border of gold foil squares alternating with red-dyed charoli seeds. Inner left panel: Invitation text in Marathi Modi script (or Devanagari) with the couple’s horoscope (Lagna Kundali). Inner right panel: List of ceremonies (Muhurta, Haldi, Mehendi, Swayamvar, Griha Shuddhi). Charoli placement: marathi lagna patrika charoli work
Intricate Charoli work might depict the eight auspicious symbols of Hinduism, such as the Swastika , Shankha (conch), or Padma (lotus), using hundreds of tiny seeds. If you are designing your card or hiring
तोच जुळवितो नाती-गोती, वधू-वरास द्यावे आशीर्वादाची हीच विनंती || (First we worship Ganesha, blessed is Indian culture; He is the one who joins souls, we request your blessings for the couple) . A border of gold foil squares alternating with