Dandiya Invitation Card in Hindi: 9 Wordings by Event Type

Dandiya Invitation Card in Hindi: 9 Wordings by Event Type

A dandiya invitation card in Hindi needs six lines in a fixed order: शीर्षक (heading), आयोजक (host), तिथि (date), समय (start and end time), स्थान (venue) and ड्रेस कोड, closing with an RSVP line. The wording changes with the guest list, so here are nine original Hindi wordings for a society or club night, a dandiya at home, and a one-to-one "be my dandiya partner" ask, each in Devanagari, romanised Hindi and English.

From SubhSandesh's own data, 48.3% of shared pages are opened on a phone, so a card has to read on a small screen. And in the nearest festival we have measured, Raksha Bandhan 2026 (n=89), 49.4% of pages were built on the festival day itself. Sent that late, an invitation loses guests, so plan the society formats three days ahead.

What goes on a dandiya invitation card in Hindi?

A dandiya invitation card is a short notice, printed or sent as an image, telling guests which Navratri night the dandiya raas is, where, and what to wear. In Hindi it follows a wedding card's order: blessing or heading, then the facts, then the request to reply.

The line people forget is the end time. Under India's Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, a loudspeaker cannot be used between 10 pm and 6 am outside closed premises such as a community hall.

A State Government can allow it until midnight on festive occasions, for no more than 15 days in a calendar year, and names those days in advance. So print "रात 10 बजे तक" (raat 10 baje tak, till 10 pm) unless your society or club has confirmed the extension for that night.

Romanised, the labels read shirshak, aayojak, tithi, samay, sthaan, dress code and kripya soochit karein (please let us know). Hindi cards keep "dress code" in English.

Should the card be in Devanagari or romanised Hindi?

Use both: Devanagari on the card image, romanised Hindi in the WhatsApp text you send with it. Informal Hindi online is mostly typed in the Roman alphabet.

In a 2014 study of English–Hindi code-mixing on Facebook, Bali and colleagues collected 6,983 posts and comments from Hindi–English bilinguals. The largest share was written in Roman script, not Devanagari, and 17.2% of all posts mixed English into Hindi or Hindi into English.

A 2023 paper by Nielsen, Kirov and Roark describes Hindi as "widely informally romanized" (abstract read only). A guest who reads Devanagari slowly will still reply to "Aap sab aamantrit hain".

9 Hindi dandiya invitation wordings, by event type

Every wording is original: change the bracketed parts and keep the line order. Each gives the Devanagari card text, then the romanised line for WhatsApp, then an English gloss.

1. Society or RWA dandiya night, every flat (full card)

शीर्षक: ॥ जय अम्बे ॥ डांडिया रास संध्या

माँ अम्बे के आशीर्वाद से [सोसाइटी का नाम] परिवार आपको डांडिया की एक रंगीन शाम में सपरिवार आमंत्रित करता है।

तिथि: शनिवार, 17 अक्टूबर 2026 · समय: शाम 7:30 से रात 10 बजे तक

स्थान: क्लब हाउस लॉन · ड्रेस कोड: पारंपरिक

कृपया सूचित करें: 15 अक्टूबर तक, [नाम], [फ़ोन]

• Maa Ambe ke aashirvaad se [society] parivaar aapko dandiya ki ek rangeen shaam mein saparivaar aamantrit karta hai.
• With Maa Ambe's blessing, the [society] family invites you and your family to a colourful evening of dandiya.

2. Club or ticketed dandiya night (entry by pass)

डांडिया की ताल पर नौ रातें, और उनमें से एक हमारे नाम। [क्लब का नाम] की डांडिया नाइट में आपका स्वागत है। प्रवेश केवल पास से।

• Dandiya ki taal par nau raatein, aur unmein se ek hamare naam. [Club] ki dandiya night mein aapka swagat hai. Pravesh keval pass se.
• Nine nights to the dandiya beat, and one of them is ours. Welcome to [club]'s dandiya night. Entry by pass only.

3. Family dandiya with children and grandparents

बच्चों की छोटी डांडिया, बड़ों का गरबा, और सबके लिए प्रसाद। शाम 7 बजे बच्चों का राउंड, 8 बजे से सबका।

• Bachchon ki chhoti dandiya, badon ka garba, aur sabke liye prasad. Shaam 7 baje bachchon ka round, 8 baje se sabka.
• Small dandiya for the children, garba for the grown-ups, prasad for everyone. Children's round at 7 pm, everyone from 8.

4. Dandiya at home for 15 to 40 relatives

इस नवरात्रि हमारे घर की छत पर डांडिया है। माँ की आरती के बाद ढोल बजेगा। आप ज़रूर आइए, डांडिया हम देंगे।

• Is Navratri hamare ghar ki chhat par dandiya hai. Maa ki aarti ke baad dhol bajega. Aap zaroor aaiye, dandiya hum denge.
• This Navratri there is dandiya on our terrace. After the aarti the dhol starts. Do come; we have sticks.

5. Friends' or colleagues' dandiya night at home

स्टिक्स तैयार हैं, प्लेलिस्ट भी। शनिवार रात हमारे यहाँ डांडिया है, और कोई "मुझे स्टेप्स नहीं आते" वाला बहाना नहीं चलेगा।

• Sticks taiyaar hain, playlist bhi. Shanivaar raat hamare yahan dandiya hai, aur koi "mujhe steps nahin aate" wala bahana nahin chalega.
• The sticks are ready, so is the playlist. Dandiya at ours on Saturday night, and "I don't know the steps" is not an accepted excuse.

6. Two-line WhatsApp message to go with any card

डांडिया नाइट का कार्ड भेज रहे हैं। आप आएँगे तो रौनक़ दोगुनी होगी, बस एक "हाँ" भेज दीजिए।

• Dandiya night ka card bhej rahe hain. Aap aayenge to raunaq doguni hogi, bas ek "haan" bhej dijiye.
• Here is the dandiya night card. You coming doubles the fun; just send a "yes".

7. Be my dandiya partner (crush or partner, one person)

नौ रातें हैं, पर मुझे एक ही साथी चाहिए। क्या तुम इस नवरात्रि मेरे डांडिया पार्टनर बनोगे/बनोगी?

• Nau raatein hain, par mujhe ek hi saathi chahiye. Kya tum is Navratri mere dandiya partner banoge/banogi?
• There are nine nights, but I only want one partner. Will you be my dandiya partner this Navratri?

8. Garba buddy (best friend, no romance implied)

पिछले साल तुमने मेरे पैर पर डांडिया मारी थी, फिर भी इस साल भी तुम ही चाहिए। गरबा बडी बनोगे, नौ की नौ रातें?

• Pichhle saal tumne mere pair par dandiya maari thi, phir bhi is saal bhi tum hi chahiye. Garba buddy banoge, nau ki nau raatein?
• Last year you hit my foot with a stick; I still want you. Garba buddy, all nine nights?

9. Husband or wife, as an overdue date night

शादी को इतने साल हो गए, पर तुम्हारे साथ डांडिया की जोड़ी अब भी सबसे अच्छी लगती है। इस शनिवार, बस हम दोनों?

• Shaadi ko itne saal ho gaye, par tumhare saath dandiya ki jodi ab bhi sabse achchhi lagti hai. Is Shanivaar, bas hum dono?
• Years married, and you are still my favourite dandiya pair. This Saturday, just the two of us?

Society card, home card or one-to-one invite: which format fits?

The three groups differ in delivery, lead time and the right tool. Group cards depend on logistics; the one-to-one ask depends on the question.

Where the Be My Dandiya Partner page fits, and where it does not

Wordings 7 to 9 are a question to one person, and that is the only case where a SubhSandesh page beats a card image. The Be My Dandiya Partner invitation lets you add both names, nine short lines (one for each night of Navratri), a note, up to six photos and the night's date, time, venue and dress code.

The recipient clashes dandiya sticks to open an envelope, lights nine diyas round a garbo and reaches the question. The No button twirls away, and after five tries turns into a second Yes.

A yes produces a 1080×1920 Dandiya Pass, Instagram Story size, and you get an email. A password is optional at publish; across SubhSandesh, 38.5% of creators set one.

The page's interface is in English, and the lines are text you write yourself, so type one Devanagari line and check it in preview before you publish. It is a one-to-one invitation, the wrong tool for a society, club or office invite, and it does not sell garba passes or find anyone a partner.

If the plan is bigger than dandiya, say dinner first and then the garba ground, The Invitation page suits better. A yes there turns into a countdown, and on the day the plan unlocks one stop at a time.

When a Hindi dandiya card is the wrong choice

Three cases call for something else: a Gujarati-speaking society, an office, and guests over 70 who do not use WhatsApp. In Ahmedabad or Surat a Gujarati card reads as the host's own voice, and for an office dandiya English is safer because the guest list spans languages.

For older guests the 48.3% phone figure cuts the other way. A printed card or a call reaches them where an image does not.

Sharad Navratri runs from 11 to 19 October in 2026, with Dussehra on 20 October (21 October in Bengal and Mysuru); in 2027 it runs from 30 September to 8 October. Send a society card in the first days of Navratri, and do not leave a one-to-one ask for the night itself: 49.4% of Raksha Bandhan pages were built on the day, and by then your partner may have other plans.

Sources

• Bali et al. "I am borrowing ya mixing?" An Analysis of English-Hindi Code Mixing in Facebook. ACL CodeSwitch workshop, October 2014.
• Nielsen, Kirov and Roark. Distinguishing Romanized Hindi from Romanized Urdu. ACL CAWL workshop, 2023. Abstract only.
• Central Pollution Control Board. The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, as amended.
• Dandiya Raas, Wikipedia.
• SubhSandesh first-party data, measured 2026-09-09 and 2026-09-24.