Marigold and traditional
Orange and yellow marigold strings, banana stems, brass and earthy colours for a classic Maharashtrian look.
Marigold, floral, hanging and minimal mandaps designed around your venue and your rituals. We take the drawing, the build and the flowers, and hand the mandap over before the priest sits down.
The mandap is where the wedding actually happens, and it is the frame every ceremony photograph is taken inside. So it has two jobs at once. It has to hold the rituals properly, with room for the fire, the priest, both families and the couple, and it has to look right from the back of the hall and through a camera on a long lens.
We design the mandap around your venue rather than around a catalogue picture. A banquet hall in Kothrud with a fixed ceiling gives you a hanging mandap and controlled lighting. A lawn in Wagholi gives you height and daylight, but also wind, which changes how the structure is anchored and which flowers survive till the pheras. We measure, draw the layout, agree the flowers and colours with you, and build on the day.
One team stays with it from the drawing to the clear-up, so you are not chasing three numbers on the morning of the wedding. If you want the sangeet, haldi, reception and stage handled with the same hands, see our wedding decorators page.
Orange and yellow marigold strings, banana stems, brass and earthy colours for a classic Maharashtrian look.
Fresh roses, orchids and foliage in soft pinks, whites and peach, built for daylight photographs.
Flowers and drapes hung from the ceiling with no side pillars, so nothing blocks the guests' view.
A round floral frame behind the couple that photographs well from every angle in the hall.
Clean lines, few flowers and strong lighting, for couples who want the focus on the ritual.
Anchored structures and wind-tolerant flowers for open lawns and resort weddings around Pune.
Compact mandaps for a terrace or a society hall in Baner, built in sections that fit through a lift.
A matching reception stage, sofa and backdrop so the evening carries the same design as the morning.
Every mandap is quoted piece by piece, so you can see what the structure costs against what the flowers cost.
A drawing of the mandap on your venue's floor plan, with sightlines, seating and camera positions marked.
Frame, pillars, canopy and platform sized to the space and anchored for indoor or open-air use.
Marigold strings, fresh floral work, drapes and hangings in the colours you pick for the day.
Warm lighting on the couple and the pheras area, set so photographs are not lost in shadow.
Couple seats, family seating, aisle and entry styling so the whole ceremony area reads as one design.
On-site build to the muhurat time, a walk-through with you, and full removal after the ceremony.
Every photo here is from an event our team planned and ran.
Decide the venue and the muhurat first, then the mandap. Almost every problem with mandap decoration traces back to a design chosen before anyone measured the hall or checked what time the fire has to be lit. Once those two facts are fixed, the rest of the decisions fall into a sensible order.
Style is not only taste; it is a response to the venue. A marigold mandap looks its best in daylight or under warm light, and it sits naturally in a home or a temple hall. A pastel floral mandap needs even light, so it works in a lawn ceremony in the morning or a hall with good lighting control. A hanging mandap needs a ceiling that can take load, which rules out some older halls and most terraces. Ask what the venue allows before you choose.
| Mandap style | Suits | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Marigold and traditional | Homes, temple halls, daytime | Flowers are bought fresh on the day; colours are fixed, not custom |
| Floral pastel | Lawns, well-lit banquet halls | Heat and direct sun shorten the life of soft flowers |
| Hanging mandap | Halls with load-bearing ceilings | Best sightlines, because there are no side pillars |
| Ring or circle | Reception-style ceremonies | Photographs well from any angle; needs height behind |
| Minimal | Small guest lists, home pheras | Lighting does the work, so plan it early |
| Outdoor lawn | Resorts, farmhouses, open venues | Anchoring and a wind plan matter more than the flowers |
The ceremony decides the dimensions, not the design. Five things have to fit inside the mandap and they are always the same. The couple need seats that face the priest with room to stand and walk the pheras without stepping on a drape. The agni needs clear space around it, with nothing flammable overhead and no hanging strings within reach of the flame; the platform under it should be non-combustible and stable. The priest needs a low seat, a surface for the samagri and room to reach the fire without leaning across anyone. Both sets of parents need seating inside or immediately beside the mandap, because they are part of several rituals. And the photographer needs a working angle from the front and one from the side, which is the thing that gets forgotten until the day.
Guest sightlines follow from the same layout. If your guests are seated on a flat floor in a hall in Kondhwa, a raised mandap platform is what lets the back rows see anything at all. If the seating is on a slope or in a lawn, a lower platform with open sides usually reads better. Either way, keep the front pillars narrow or lose them altogether, because a fat pillar in the wrong place blocks half the room and every photograph taken from it.
A mandap goes up in a fixed order and each stage has to finish before the next starts. The structure comes first, usually early morning or the night before if the venue allows access. Then drapes and fabric, then the platform and flooring, then lighting, and only then fresh flowers, because flowers cut and strung too early will wilt before the ceremony. Seating and side décor go in last. A venue in Katraj that gives access from six in the morning is a comfortable build; a hall in Bavdhan that hands over at ten for a noon muhurat needs a bigger team and a tighter plan, and you should tell your decorator the access time before you book, not after.
Fix the handover time as an hour before the muhurat, then count backwards. That hour is the buffer that absorbs late flower deliveries, a generator that trips, or a hall that was still being cleaned at eight. Book your decorator once the date and venue are confirmed, which for a wedding season date usually means several months ahead, because good dates go early. Confirm the flower colours about a week before and the final guest seating a few days before, since both change the layout. And if the wedding runs across ceremonies at different venues, say a morning mandap in Dhanori and a reception in Kharadi that evening, agree which team is where and when, so nobody is travelling during the pheras.
For the full wedding, not just the ceremony, our wedding planners run dates, vendors and the day itself. See wedding decoration for haldi, mehendi, sangeet and reception, engagement decoration for the ceremony before this one, or talk to us through contact with your date and venue.
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Mandap decorators design and build the structure the wedding ceremony happens inside. That covers the layout drawing, the frame and pillars, the canopy, the platform, drapes, fresh flowers, lighting, couple and family seating, and the clear-up afterwards. We also check the practical things, such as fire clearance around the agni, guest sightlines and the angles your photographer will need.
Book as soon as the date and venue are confirmed, which for a wedding season date usually means a few months ahead. Popular muhurat dates fill first, and the design work needs time before it needs flowers. If your date is close, tell us the venue and access time first, because that decides whether the build is possible before the muhurat.
A marigold mandap uses strung marigold, banana stems and earthy tones for a traditional look, and it holds up well in daylight and heat. A floral mandap uses roses, orchids and foliage in softer pastel shades, which photograph beautifully but suffer in direct sun. Marigold suits home and temple ceremonies; pastels suit lawns and well-lit halls.
A mandap is built in stages, and the total depends on size and venue access. Structure goes up first, then drapes, platform, lighting and finally fresh flowers, which are always last so they do not wilt. A venue that opens early makes for a comfortable build; a hall handed over a few hours before the muhurat needs a bigger team and a tighter plan.
Yes, home and terrace mandaps are common for smaller ceremonies, including in tighter layouts around Undri and similar residential pockets. We build in sections that fit through a lift or staircase, keep the footprint to what the floor allows, and anchor for wind on an open terrace. A site visit or clear photos and measurements come first.
Mandap decoration cost depends on the size of the structure, the style you choose, the quantity and type of flowers, the lighting, the venue's access and labour rules, and how many ceremonies share the same setup. Marigold and fresh pastel flowers price very differently. Send your date, venue and guest count, and we will send an itemised quote.
Yes, and it is usually cheaper to plan both together. The reception stage, backdrop, sofa and entry can carry the same colours and flowers as the mandap, and some elements are reset rather than rebuilt. Tell us both ceremonies when you enquire so the turnaround time between them is built into the plan.
Yes, we work across the city and the PCMC belt, including newer residential areas such as Moshi, and travel to venues outside Pune for destination weddings. Distance affects the quote and the build schedule rather than whether we take the booking, because the team and material have to reach the venue well before the muhurat.
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