Temple wedding in Bengaluru: what it costs and who arranges what
A temple wedding is booked with the temple itself, and everything around it is three or four people you hire. So we read what Tirumala, the temples and the courts publish, set Bengaluru caterers', decorators' and photographers' own prices against them, and read what families asked us when they planned one. What 50 guests cost, which temples will marry you, and how to make it legal afterwards.
What does a temple wedding for about 50 guests cost in Bengaluru?
For 50 guests at a small Bengaluru temple, the bare minimum is about ₹25,500 to ₹38,000. Add a flower mandap, photos and video and a banana-leaf lunch, and it's about ₹86,000 to ₹91,000. A temple-hall package with two priests and nadaswaram players takes it to about ₹3 lakh. None of these include the thali, your clothes or the priest's dakshina. They're our sums, with GST where the business states it.
About ₹25,500 to ₹38,000, our estimate
A small Bengaluru temple, the bare minimum
The temple's fee and its small hall, ₹5,500 to ₹10,000. Two garlands, ₹2,500 to ₹5,000. Photos for up to 6 hours, ₹5,000 (Cygnus Photography). A muhurtham breakfast for 50 at ₹200 to ₹300 a plate, ₹12,500 to ₹17,750 with GST and transport (Bhandary's Kitchen)
About ₹47,000 to ₹67,000, our estimate
Free at Tirumala, taking 50 people
The wedding is free. The money is two tempo travellers there and back, before tolls, darshan tickets for the 44 beyond the free six, and one TTD room for each family if any are left (question 8)
About ₹86,000 to ₹91,000, our sum
The small temple, with a flower mandap, video and lunch
The temple and its hall, a basic fresh-flower mandap from ₹40,000, half a day of photos and video, and a banana-leaf lunch, each at a Bengaluru business's own price. Without the mandap, about ₹46,000 to ₹51,000 (question 2)
About ₹3 lakh, plus the package's GST
A temple-hall package with two priests and nadaswaram
The package in a covered hall beside a temple, a fuller floral mandap, candid photos and video, and a bigger lunch (question 2)
Why does one temple wedding for 50 cost ₹86,000 and another ₹3 lakh?
More than half of the ₹2.1 lakh difference is the temple and the priests. At a small temple they cost ₹5,500 to ₹10,000. A temple-hall package with two priests, a nadaswaram team and the mangalyam costs ₹1.3 lakh. The rest is a fuller mandap, candid photos and video, and more dishes on the leaf.
Temple or wedding hall for 50 guests: which costs less?
For 50 guests, a small temple comes out about ₹60,000 to ₹65,000 cheaper than a small kalyana mantapa. That's about ₹1.11 to ₹1.16 lakh at the temple and about ₹1.75 lakh at the mantapa. Both prices include a priest, flowers, photos and lunch. The hall adds a day's rent and power. A hall makes sense when your family won't fit, when you want your own priest's full rituals, or when the temple's rules on food or cameras don't suit you.
Which temples in Bengaluru hold weddings, and how far ahead do we book one?
ISKCON in Rajajinagar has its own wedding halls, and planners name Banashankari, Kote Venkataramana and Bhoga Nandeeshwara near Nandi Hills. Book at the temple's office the day your date is fixed, with ID and age proof for both of you. First ask whether it still holds weddings: Halasuru's Someshwara temple stopped (reported 9 Dec 2025).
Can we get married in a temple if we're inter-caste, of different religions, divorced, or without our parents?
The law lets you marry outside your caste. But one Bengaluru planner says most temples take only Hindu arranged marriages, and sends love and inter-religion couples to an Arya Samaj mandir. If one of you isn't Hindu, Sikh, Jain or Buddhist, you marry under the Special Marriage Act. Tirumala and the free mass weddings turn away second marriages or want both sets of parents there, so ask any temple before you book.
At a temple wedding, what does the temple provide and what do we arrange, including the priest?
The temple gives the slot, its mandapam and usually its own priest. You bring the thali, the garlands, the things on the priest's puja list and your clothes. You hire the photographer, the flowers and the food, within the temple's rules. If you want your family purohit, ask the temple before you book him.
Can we bring our own photographer to a temple wedding, and what does it cost?
Ask the temple about cameras before you book anyone, because some keep them out of the sanctum or charge a fee. For the morning, 4 to 6 hours of photos and video costs ₹13,000 to ₹19,000 here. The ritual itself is short, so 4 hours covers it.
How do we get married at Tirupati, Guruvayur or Dharmasthala, and what does it cost?
Tirumala marries Hindu couples free, with a priest and music, if both sets of parents come and you arrive six hours early with your papers. Its page sets no limit on guests, but only six get the free darshan. Taking 50 people there, with darshan for all, comes to about ₹47,000 to ₹67,000 by our estimate. Guruvayur is crowded on muhurtham days. Dharmasthala's free wedding is a mass wedding once a year.
Is a temple wedding legally valid, and how do we register it afterwards?
For two Hindus, the rites are what make the marriage. The Supreme Court said on 19 Apr 2024 that a certificate without the ceremonies counts for nothing. Register afterwards at the Sub-Registrar's office with three witnesses who were there, or apply online. Keep the invitation, the temple's receipt and photos of the rituals.
Before you pay anyone, settle these
- The temple's yes for your date and slot, what its fee covers, and whether the priest is in it
- What the temple lets in: flowers on the pillars, an outside caterer, onion and garlic, cameras
- Papers for both of you: ID, age proof, and a divorce decree or death certificate for a second marriage
- Three witnesses for registering, who will be at the wedding
- Each provider's advance, and what comes back if the date moves, in writing
What Bengaluru families asked us for
Requests to mytribe in 2026, in our words.
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A temple wedding is two jobs: the temple, which only you can book, and three or four people who have to work inside its rules on one early morning. A decorator who ties flowers where the temple says no, or a caterer who brings onion to a temple that bans it, costs you the morning.
Book your temple, then tell us its name and your date. We come back with photographers, decorators, caterers and bridal makeup artists who fit, each priced for your wedding, with their own past work. We already know them: we've checked their real work and their prices, and called their past clients, including about what went wrong. Only about 1 in 10 who apply get in, and every one is re-checked at least every six months. How we verify
Every booking comes with an agreement on what's included and what it costs. It's free for you. The provider pays mytribe a small fee when you book, and you pay them directly, at the same price as going to them yourself. If something isn't going to plan, a person here sorts it out.
We don't book temples or halls, find priests, arrange food inside a temple, or arrange travel to a pilgrimage temple. The same chat answers questions about the job itself, like whether a quote is fair. This guide is about Bengaluru. For another city, ask on the same number.
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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 25 October 2026
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