Shubho Bibaho
Arko & Rupsha
Held up, and then lowered
Save the date
Draw the Alpona
It is drawn on the floor before dawn. Draw it, and the day is inside.
Rice paste, on a swept floor
Counting down
Until the Conch
Saturday, 4 December 2027 · Lagna at 6:40 PM
—Days
—Hours
—Minutes
—Seconds
What is drawn at dawn is gone by dusk, and the house remembers it anyway.
On alpona
The day
How the Day Runs
6:00 AMAlpona
The courtyard is swept and the floor is drawn
11:00 AMGaye Holud
Turmeric, and a great deal of laughing
5:30 PMBoron
The bride is welcomed at the door
6:40 PMShubho Drishti & Mala Bodol
The leaves are lowered, and the garlands exchanged
8:30 PMDinner
Bhat, shukto, and more fish than anyone can eat
Where
Rai Bari Courtyard
- When
- Saturday, 4 December 2027 · from 5:30 PM
- Where
- The Inner Courtyard
Shyambazar, Kolkata
Given by
With Both Our Families
Come in the afternoon if you can. The alpona is best before anyone has walked on it.
Arko's Family
- Mr. & Mrs. Debashish Sen — Parents
- Moumita Sen — Sister
- Thakuma Ila — Grandmother
Rupsha's Family
- Mr. & Mrs. Pranab Ghosh — Parents
- Arnab Ghosh — Brother
- Didima Renu — Grandmother
Please come
And stay for the fish
Arko & Rupsha
Tap the seal, then scroll inside the card
What your guests get
A link that opens on a sealed envelope. Breaking the seal reveals your names, and everything after it — the date to scratch for, the countdown, your story, the venues and both families — reads as they scroll.
- Opens on shubho drishti
- The alpona draws itself
- Live countdown
- Rice paste on terracotta
The design is fixed — layout, palette and artwork stay exactly as they were made. You supply the words.