Wedding budget calculator
Put in what you plan to spend and how many guests are coming. The split below is how a North Indian wedding actually divides — venue and catering as one number, because most marriage palaces price per plate and do not allow an outside caterer.
That works out to roughly ₹1,500 per plate for 400 guests — the number every venue conversation starts with.
- Venue & catering₹6,00,000
Usually one number: most palaces price per plate and do not allow outside caterers.
Venues → - Jewellery & clothes₹3,00,000
Renting the lehenga or sherwani moves this a long way down.
Wear on Rent → - Decor₹1,50,000Decorators →
- Photography & video₹1,50,000
The only thing you keep afterwards.
- DJ, baraat & entertainment₹1,20,000DJs & Sound →
- Makeup & mehndi₹75,000Mehndi Artists →
- Vehicles & guest stay₹60,000Wedding Cars & Buses →
- Pandit, cards, gifts & the rest₹45,000Invitations →
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