Indian weddings are a few-day affair. It involves some pre wedding rituals, wedding rituals and some post wedding rituals. Out of all the pre wedding rituals, the mehendi ceremony is an important one. In this ritual, the bride and the groom are applied henna/mehendi on their hands and feet. Mehendi is considered to be the symbol of love and companionship; in India it is believed that the darker the colour of henna, the more love there is between the bride and the groom. Apart from that, mehendi is considered to be auspicious as it is believed that it brings good luck, good health and prosperity in the married life of the bride and the groom. This ceremony is held at night just before the wedding day. To attend the mehendi ceremony guests wear different types of mehendi outfits. In general, for the mehendi ceremony the colour green is kept as the dress code. Earlier brides and grooms too used to wear green coloured mehendi attires, however, there is a new trend gaining immense popularity, where the guests wear green coloured outfits and the bride and the groom wear outfits of other different colours.

In this article we shall be looking at some of the stylish Indian outfits which you can wear for a mehendi ceremony. You can either purchase from your nearby stores or just browse different websites having unique and stylish mehendi attires. Like A Diva is one such website where you can get different types of outfits from  Indian and Indo western outfits for events and festivals to bridal mehendi sarees, lehengas and so on. Let us now have a look at some of the stylish Indian outfits for the mehendi ceremony.

Anarkali Dress

If your mehendi ceremony is in the evening, then it is better to have an Indo western evening gown. This Indo western evening gown is also known as floor length Anarkali dress. The stunning outfit featuring embroidered patterns and motifs, flared cold shoulder sleeves, stone work, zari work, resham work, sequin work and dangling trinket details on the top portion, This Anarkali dress for mehendi is not just suitable not just for the bride, but for guests who are attending the mehendi function.

Lehenga

When speaking about a wedding function, we cannot ignore lehengas. Lehengas are the most preferred outfits by women in an Indian wedding function, be it a mehendi ceremony or a sangeet ceremony. Therefore, for attending a wedding function you can always opt for an intricately designed lehenga set in the colour green. If the blouse and the skirt are in the contrasting colour, such as in the combination of bottle green and light/pastel green, then it is like cherry on the cake. You can always team up this lehenga set with an intricately designed dupatta to complete your look and to get a sophisticated vibe for your appearance.

Indo Western Embroidered Top and Dhoti Pant with an Organza Cape

Indo western dress for mehendi is on trend these days. To get an ultra modern contemporary look for your appearance, you can opt for an Indo western embroidered top and a pair of dhoti pants and team up this outfit with an organza cape. To make you the highlight of the function, the outfit features resham work, zari work and sequin work well crafted on a luxurious fabric, thereby making it a perfect option for the mehendi function.