Dear Brides-To-Be, You Can Use These 'Hatke' Ideas For Your Bridal Entry

An Indian wedding is not just a ceremony, it is an extravaganza that envelopes much more than the conventional rituals. It involves stupendous music, groundbreaking dances, a drama with a plethora of characters, and of course the bonding of two families for generations to come. A wedding in India is probably the most expensive celebration, not only in the lives of the bride and the groom but also of their parents and closed ones.

With time, the weddings have only become more profuse, and rather swanky. This has given way to the need of making some parts of the wedding extremely fascinating and exotic, the bride’s entrance being the most sought after of them. Let’s take a look at some of the unique bridal entry ideas for a dhamakedar entry!

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#1. Entering under a chaadar

Remember Kalki’s bridal entry in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani? She entered under a beautiful chaadar made of tealights. Make a stunning entry with your cousins and friends, under a chaadar made of lights and kaliras and let your face glow under that lighting. Here are some more shots to give you an idea:

#2. Swag wali entry on a bike or a vintage car

Be a hatke dulhan with hell lot of swag! Make a dashing entry at your wedding venue, either on a bike or in a vintage car with your toil. Enter the venue on a bike and see your groom’s jaw drop in surprise! Because, why should boys have all the fun? You can obviously decorate your bike or car with loads of flowers and a quirky text board! Here are some pictures:

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#3. Enter the venue dancing with your girl gang

Sharmati hui dulhan entering her wedding venue is so old fashioned! Brides these days aren’t shy, but bold and happy about their special day! Entering your wedding venue with full pomp and show, dancing to the tunes of dhol, nagade and shehnaiya. Ask your bridesmaids to join you in your crazy entry and see everyone jump with joy.

#4. Royal entry like a princess

If a dulha can come on a white horse like a prince, to marry his bride, why can’t she have a royal entry? Make a royal entry with haathi ki sawari, like princesses use to do for their swayamvar in olden days. Feel special on your special day and leave an impact on your guests for a lifetime. If you are comfortable entering the venue on an elephant, come on a beautifully decorated carriage.

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#5. Entering with your little flower girl

Little flower girls, announcing the arrival of the bride will surely be a cute sight for the guests. Dress up your niece as a flower girl, spraying petals on the floor before you take each step. Also, you can tell your nephew to hold a signboard that says, “Here comes the bride”.

#6. Beautiful and traditional palki

Another way of turning all eyeballs towards the bride is to make her sit in a beautifully embellished palki, while entering the wedding venue. Her brothers can carry their darling sister in the palki when she enters the new phase of her life. It is indeed going to be an emotional moment for the bride and her bhai.

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#7. Dhamakedar entry with phooljhadis

One bedazzling idea that will involve the ladkiwalas present at the ceremony. Ask them to light up the phooljahdis or sparklers, in your honour, as soon as you enter the venue. Not only will the light of the sparklers give an astounding look to the entire ambience, but would also make the celebrations all the more beautiful.

#8. Daddy’s little girl

Nothing is more meaningful than walking down the aisle holding your daddy’s hand, like a little girl. This is going to be one emotional moment for the bride as well as her father as the pain of separation will be quite visible on their faces. Walking with one of the most important men in your life towards another important man in your life is going to be very special. Here are more shots where you can see the bride making her entry with her parents:

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#9. Pandits chanting mantras

Imagine, while you enter the wedding venue under a phoolon ki chaadar, a group of pandits chant mantras in unison. It is going to be one unique entry where the rhythmic sound of mantras is going to make the aura all the more holy and enthralling.

#10. Making an entry with your pet

Make a rocking entry at your wedding venue along with your lovable pet. Dress your baby in a nice sherwani, or as a messenger to covey all those sweet messages to your guests. We bet, your wedding pictures are going to be damn cute, with your little munchkin in the frame!

#11. Dhol wali entry and the dancing bride

Gone are the days when the brides had to walk down the aisle shying throughout her way conventionally. Nowadays the brides are quite chilled out and they prefer to dance on the way to their grooms. Be it on dhol, Hawaiian themed dancers around or just your friends, brides now have a unique way to make their bridal entry. 

#12. Unconventional rides

Riding a bike or a vintage car might look very mainstream. Soon-to-be brides can now choose boats, baggage cart or golf cart to make their bridal entry, just like these brides did. 

#13. Entry with balloons and flowers

Soon-to-be brides have unlimited options to use as props as they walk down the aisle. Be it smoke bombs, balloons, flowers are some of the picks that they can use in creative ways when they are on their way to their groom. 

#14. Mr and Mrs walking towards their future together

Brides-to-be can walk down the aisle together with their grooms-to-be. You can be creative in this and make your entry interesting. Go the simple way or use props, dance all the way or walk on the tunes of musicians. Choose any idea and make it a memorable one! 

#15. The spotlight just on you

Take all the spotlight, and make your way to the love of your life solo. No props, no relatives and friends around; just you! Because it's your day!

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So, here were some of the most unique and interesting ideas for the entrance of an Indian bride. If you have any other interesting ideas to share with us, please do write in the comment section below.