For desi weddings, wherever family is
South Asian & desi wedding website
Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali — desi weddings share a shape Western builders miss: several ceremonies across days, family scattered across continents, and guests who live on WhatsApp. Duva builds a site for all of it, free.
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A South Asian wedding website is a multi-event site built for the way desi weddings actually run — several functions across multiple days, a guest list spread across countries, and different guests invited to different ceremonies. Duva works for Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Nepali celebrations and across faiths — Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, and Christian — letting you name each function what your community calls it (mehndi, mayun, gaye holud, sangeet, nikah, Anand Karaj, walima, poruwa, reception). It publishes a schedule and travel details per event, collects RSVPs per ceremony using browser links sent by SMS and WhatsApp, and offers an English, Hindi, or Gujarati site interface; your written content needs its own review. The website and RSVP tools are free.
What "desi wedding" means for a website builder
Desi weddings — across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the wider diaspora — are not single-ceremony affairs. They unfold over several days and several functions, blending regional custom, religion, and family tradition. The specific rituals differ, but the shape is shared: multiple events, a huge and far-flung guest list, and a real need for guests to know where to be, when, and what to wear.
A South Asian celebration may include a mayun, gaye holud, walima, or other functions with different invitations. Name the events your family is hosting, give each its own time and location, and check that the RSVP asks each guest about the appropriate functions. Duva supports these event-specific invitations from one roster.
- Every desi culture. Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Nepali weddings, plus the wider diaspora.
- Multi-event by default. Add as many functions as your celebration has — each with its own date, venue, and details.
- Your own words. Name each ceremony what your family calls it — mayun, gaye holud, sangeet, poruwa, walima.
Every faith and every ceremony, named correctly
South Asian weddings span faiths, and the ceremonies are not interchangeable. A Hindu wedding centers on the pheras under the mandap; a Sikh wedding is the Anand Karaj in the gurdwara; a Muslim wedding is built around the Nikah, often followed by a walima; a Sri Lankan Buddhist wedding may include a poruwa ceremony; and Christian South Asian families blend a church service with desi functions. Many families are interfaith and weave two traditions together.
Duva does not flatten any of this. You add each function with its real name, its own time, venue, and dress code, and the site and RSVP treat it as its own event. Guests see exactly what they are attending — "Nikah, head covering requested" or "Gaye Holud, wear yellow" — and show up prepared, whichever tradition the day belongs to.
- Hindu & Sikh. Mehndi, sangeet, and the pheras or the Anand Karaj, each scheduled as its own event.
- Muslim. Mayun, mehndi, Nikah, and walima — the functions Pakistani and Bangladeshi families plan around.
- Christian, Buddhist & interfaith. A church service, a poruwa, or a blend of two traditions — described in your own terms.
WhatsApp-first, because your family is everywhere
For a guest list spread across countries, check how each relative prefers to receive an invitation. Duva sends RSVP links by WhatsApp to supported numbers outside +1 and by SMS to +1 numbers. Confirm the destination number and keep an alternate contact method for guests who cannot receive the message.
Guests open the invitation link and submit a browser form with their event responses. Reminders can send the link again to non-responders. The form needs internet access, and a guest who cannot use it may need an authorized host to record their answer.
- WhatsApp outside +1. International guests get invites and RSVP links in the app they use daily.
- SMS for +1 numbers. Domestic guests get a personalized text — no app, no login.
- Chosen automatically. Duva picks SMS or WhatsApp per phone number, so you never think about it.
One master list, different guests per function
On a desi guest list of several hundred, not everyone is invited to everything. The dholki or mehndi might be close family and friends; the reception might be everyone your parents have ever known. Duva keeps a single master guest list and lets you assign each guest to the specific functions they belong to, tracking a separate headcount for each — so your caterer’s number for the walima is not diluted by guests who only came to the reception.
Guests RSVP per event, accepting some functions and declining others, and can respond for their whole household in one tap. The result is a clean, per-ceremony picture across a list that would be impossible to manage in a spreadsheet or a group chat.
- Per-event guest lists. Invite different people to the mehndi, the Nikah, and the reception from one master list.
- Per-event headcounts. Live attending / pending / declined counts for every function.
- Household RSVP. One person confirms their whole family across the functions they are attending.
A full site: schedule, travel, and your story
Duva gives you a multi-page website — Home, Schedule, Travel, Gallery, Registry, FAQ, and Our Story — with a custom withduva.com address you share once across every invitation and save-the-date. The schedule auto-builds from the functions you add, complete with per-ceremony dress codes, maps, and add-to-calendar buttons, so out-of-town and overseas family can plan the whole weekend.
Because so many desi guests travel, the Travel page earns its keep: hotel room blocks, the nearest airport, shuttle details, and directions to each venue, all in one place instead of scattered across twenty WhatsApp threads. And if you would rather the site stay private, an optional password keeps it to invited guests only.
- Auto-built schedule. Every function with its own time, venue, dress code, and add-to-calendar.
- Travel page. Hotels, airports, and shuttles collected for guests flying in from abroad.
- Optional password. Keep the whole site private with a passcode you share only with guests.
In the language your elders read
Duva supports English, Hindi, and Gujarati for the wedding-site interface. Preview the exact guest page and write your own event descriptions and travel notes in the languages your guests need. The standalone party RSVP link currently uses English.
The multilingual site, the master guest list, and per-function RSVPs are free — and every invitation and reminder Duva delivers over SMS and WhatsApp never uses credits once messaging is unlocked. Credits cover something different: the update you write and blast out yourself, like telling the whole walima list that the hall has moved. Such a blast spends a single credit per guest it reaches, on either channel and at any length. A one-time $10 unlock loads your first 100 credits; if you run low, buy a pack once and the balance carries over indefinitely — there is no monthly plan.
- Site interface languages. The full public site renders in English, Hindi, or Gujarati.
- Free to build. Invites and reminders never use credits on either channel; only self-written blasts draw them down.
Made for the desi wedding, wherever your people are
Multi-event, multi-faith, multi-country — the way South Asian weddings really run.
Every tradition
Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Nepali celebrations.
Multi-event schedule
A schedule that auto-builds from every function you add.
WhatsApp-first
Reach overseas family in the app they check every day.
Guests per function
One master list; different guests for different events.
Multilingual
Choose an English, Hindi, or Gujarati site interface and review your written content.
Travel & venues
Hotels, airports, and a map for every ceremony.
Frequently asked questions
Does Duva work for Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Sri Lankan weddings?
Yes. Duva is built for South Asian celebrations across cultures — Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, and Nepali — and across faiths. You name each function what your community calls it, from a mayun or gaye holud to a Nikah, walima, or poruwa, and the schedule and RSVP treat each one as its own event.
What does "desi wedding website" mean?
A desi wedding website is a site built for the multi-day, multi-ceremony structure common to South Asian weddings, rather than a single Western ceremony and reception. It handles several functions across several days, a guest list spread across countries, and different guests invited to different events.
Can overseas family RSVP over WhatsApp?
Yes. Duva sends invitations and RSVP links over WhatsApp to supported numbers outside +1 and by SMS to +1 numbers, choosing the channel automatically per guest. Relatives in Pakistan, Bangladesh, the UK, the Gulf, or anywhere abroad can respond from the app they already use, with no download and no account.
Can I use the ceremony names from my own culture and faith?
Yes. You add each function with its real name — mehndi, mayun, sangeet, gaye holud, Nikah, Anand Karaj, walima, poruwa, or reception — and the site, dress codes, and RSVP all use those names. Interfaith and fusion weddings can weave two traditions together in one schedule.
Can different guests be invited to different functions?
Yes. You keep one master guest list and assign each guest to the specific ceremonies they are invited to, with a separate headcount for each. The mehndi can stay close family while everyone is invited to the reception.
Can the website be shown in Hindi or Gujarati?
Duva supports English, Hindi, and Gujarati for the wedding-site interface. Preview the exact guest page and write your own event descriptions and travel notes in the languages your guests need. The standalone party RSVP link currently uses English.
Is the South Asian wedding website free?
Yes — the website, master list, and per-function RSVPs cost nothing, with no monthly plan. The invites and reminders Duva sends are covered by the one-time $10 messaging unlock and never use credits; credits (the unlock includes 100) only come into play when you blast an announcement of your own to a list, like a venue change for one function.
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Build your desi wedding website free
Add every function, invite your family across every time zone, and let Duva build a multi-event site with WhatsApp RSVP and travel details — free to build, with a one-time $10 unlock (100 credits banked) covering the messaging.
Last updated September 12, 2026