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Our wedding budget
Reception, poruwa, attire, photos and homecoming — and what to set aside each month
Couple: [BRIDE AND GROOM]
Wedding day: [DATE AND NAKATH TIME]
Venue: [HOTEL OR HALL, TOWN]
Budget
Item How many Price each Total
Reception — guests × price per plate (hotel or hall) [N] Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Drinks and bar 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Poruwa or thali ceremony — rituals, Ashtaka, drummers, dancers 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Bride's saree or osariya, dressing, groom's attire 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Rings and jewellery 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Photography and video 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Decorations, flowers and setty-back 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Invitation cards [N] Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Wedding cake and cake boxes 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Band or DJ 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Homecoming 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Marriage registration and registrar 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Wedding cars and transport 1 Rs. [AMOUNT] Rs. [AMOUNT]
Total Rs. [TOTAL]
We set aside: Rs. [AMOUNT] already; Rs. [AMOUNT] a month from [FIRST DATE] to [LAST DATE] — [N] deposits.
Monthly plan
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Wedding checklist
When What Done
12–9 months before Agree the budget and the guest list with both families; fix the date and the nakath (auspicious time). ☐
9–6 months before Book the hotel or hall and the photographer; pay advances only against a written receipt. ☐
6–4 months before Order the saree or osariya and the groom's attire; book the band, the Ashtaka and drummers, the decorator. ☐
3 months before Print and hand over invitations; buy or order the rings; book the wedding cars. ☐
At least 14 days before Hand the Notice of Marriage, in duplicate, to the Registrar of your division (birth certificates and NICs). Ask for the Registrar to attend the hotel or home if the wedding is outside the office. ☐
1 week before Confirm the final number of plates with the hotel; pack the cake boxes; brief the families on the nakath times. ☐
After the wedding Pay the balances, collect the photos, and keep the marriage certificate (third copy to the bride). ☐
Marriage registration
Hand the Notice of Marriage, in duplicate, to the Marriage Registrar of your division at least 14 days before the wedding, with copies of your birth certificates and NICs. Both of you must be 18 or over and have lived in the division for the 10 days before the notice. The marriage is registered in front of two witnesses; to register it at the hotel or at home you need the Registrar's permission and the fee for it.
Fee What for Amount
Notice of Marriage Entering the notice at the Registrar's office Rs. 120.00
Registrar's certificate Certificate on the notice of marriage Rs. 120.00
Solemnization At the office, or outside it under s 38(1)/(2) Rs. 900.00
Licence to register outside the office Home licence under s 38(2) Rs. 60.00
Special licence To marry before 14 days have passed Rs. 120.00
Our money rules
Agree the budget with both families before booking anything.
Advances only against a written receipt with the balance and the date it is due.
Confirm the plate count a week before — the hotel charges what you confirm.
Keep 5–10% aside for the things nobody planned.
All amounts are the couple's own: the examples are not market prices. Monthly amounts run from today to the month before the wedding, rounded up to the rupee; the last one evens out. Registration fees: Registrar General's Department, general marriages.