Just like the right lehengas and sherwanis that can make you look photogenic and perfect, pretty and designer mandap or fancy mandap décor can put an icing on the cake to your wedding celebration. And why not? After all, the mandap is where the marriage culminates with pheras or rounds around the pyre? So, the mandap too needs to be decorated like a Dulhan.
Here are some coolest ideas that can make your mandap look beautiful!
1. Lights & Florals For The Fairy-tale Look
Mandap is a central element of a wedding decoration in Indian weddings. The bride, groom and the officiating priest sits here. So let the place have a mix of traditional and modern style with pretty flowers and lights. You may have the entire mandap drenched in red roses for that dreamy and paradisiacal vibe. Simple or elaborate- the choice is yours to make the mandap look auspicious and appealing. A Wall of flowers, pillars with decorated T-lights, and an aesthetically pleasing archway to the mandap will create a romantic aura for the bride and groom. And we already know the significance of lights and flowers at a wedding.
2. Dome-Shaped Mandap
You can experiment with different shapes for your mandap. Dome-shaped mandap is very popular in various venues of big bat Delhi and Mumbai weddings. Dome-ceiling decorated with exotic flowers, chandeliers, strings of crystal or stones and glamorous light effects can make the mandap design look traditional yet rich and magnificent. Varieties of ferns and flowers can offer you a refreshing stage or ceiling in the shape of a dome.
3. Go Quirky & Cool
Kites, bangles, pinwheels, jhulas and inverted umbrellas can give a touch of mela theme to your mandap. The charming and cool theme can have the guests, priests, and the couple in smiles for innovation and creativity. To match the aesthetic sensibilities at the same time, you can definitely add the flavor of flowers and diyas.
4. Let Serenity Take Over With Humble Drapes
The mandap is the place, the holy fire of which is the witness to the sacred marriage. So, a place as auspicious as a mandap that marks the beginning of a new life should look as blissful as it can. You can have a dreamy and ethereal set up created alongside a pool or a beach if it’s a destination wedding with beautiful pink, light yellow or mint green drape canopy. One can get innovative with a pretty roof, decorated pillars, fairy lights, flower chandeliers, and more. Cool drapes can have flowers or leaves twined along. One can have suspended drapes too for the unique adornment.
5. The Indian Way- All Rustic
Let the mandap scream regal with earthy, rustic as well as trending or. If it’s a palace or fort wedding, one can choose happy colorful flowers, old temple bells, clay pots, lanterns, Rajasthani umbrellas and matkas to make it look natural and innately desi. The genda phool canopy or hangings are a must for that royalty, elegance, and grandeur.
You can sync your mandap design with the kind of wedding you have planned. If it’s a beach side wedding, the couple can opt for a lush green theme for the surreal affair. If it’s an indoor banquet wedding, the mandap can stand larger-than-life with drape or flower-chandelier detailing. Overall, the mandap design should be a memory to cherish.
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