Baby shower invitation
Seemantham, godh bharai, valaikappu, dohale jevan or shaadh, worded for whoever is hosting.
Free forever: the image for WhatsApp and the PDF for printing, with a small purohit.app line at the foot. To remove the line, pay a small fee of ₹10: it helps us keep Purohit.app running.
1. Card language
English for now. Hindi, Kannada and Marathi cards come once a native reader has checked the wording.
2. Choose a design
3. Who is inviting?
Her husband's family and her own family often each hold a function; each card is its own.
4. Fill the details
The mother-to-be
This is the title of the card and the word used in its sentences.
Printed under the title in a gold ring. Choose it from your gallery.
The photo stays on this phone. It is never uploaded.
Who is inviting (names)
Just the name. The card adds Mrs. itself.
Date and muhurat
Enter the date, the muhurat time and the town: we work out the date line for you.
The time your purohit gave.
Not printed. The panchang uses this town, not where you live: a Tirupati mundan uses Tirupati.
Venue and programme
Functions print in date and time order.
Top and bottom of the card
Clear it if you want no line at the top.
Printed as "|| Shree ... Prasanna ||".
Leave it empty to sign with the names above. Add uncles, aunts or children here.
Anything else to print at the foot of the card, as you want it to read.
More options
Card wording
The words the maker starts from, filled with example names. Change the names, the date line and the programme before you make your card.
In English
|| Shree Ganeshaya Namah ||
Seemantham
and Valaikappu
Mr. Raghavan and Mrs. Lalitha Iyer
solicit your gracious presence & blessings on the auspicious occasion of the Seemantham and Valaikappu of their daughter-in-law
Divya
wife of Chi. Arjun
Sunday, 14 March 2027
Muhurtam : 9.30 a.m.
Parabhava samvatsara · Phalguna Shukla Shashthi · Krittika nakshatra · Mesha lagna
Valaikappu (ladies) : 11.00 a.m.
Venue
Our home, 45 Temple Street
Malleshwaram, Bengaluru
Lunch to follow
With best compliments from
Mr. Raghavan and Mrs. Lalitha Iyer
Message to send with the card
When you share the card on WhatsApp, a message like one of these can go with it.
Cards for other ceremonies
Annaprashan invitation · Mundan invitation · Upanayanam invitation · Shashtipoorthi invitation · Half saree function invitation
Questions people ask
Seemantham, godh bharai, valaikappu, dohale jevan: what is the difference?
They are regional names for blessing a mother-to-be in the later months of pregnancy. Seemantham is the South Indian form, with a puja by a purohit, and is often combined on the same day with the valaikappu, the Tamil bangle ceremony. Godh bharai is the North Indian "filling of the lap" with fruit, sweets and gifts. Dohale jevan is the Marathi name and shaadh the Bengali one. Choose the name your family uses; the card's title and sentences use it.
In which month is it held?
Most communities hold it in the seventh or eighth month, many preferring an odd month; the Bengali shaadh is a ninth-month observance. Your purohit picks the day, and the card never needs to say the month.
Who sends the invitation, her husband's parents or her parents?
Either, and often each family holds a function of its own. Choose who is inviting and the wording follows ("their daughter-in-law" or "their daughter"). If both families hold a function, make one card for each.
Can the card show a separate ladies' function time?
Yes. Add it as a row in the programme, for example "Valaikappu (ladies)" with its time, and it prints under the muhurat.
What does it cost, and can I change it later?
Nothing: making the card and downloading the WhatsApp image and the print PDF are always free, with no sign-up. The card carries a small purohit.app line at the foot; removing it is a small fee of ₹10, paid once for this card by UPI, card or netbanking, which helps us keep Purohit.app running.