How much does a Punjabi wedding cost?
Honestly? There’s no single number. A Sikh wedding can run from an intimate Anand Karaj to a 600-guest, multi-event celebration — and the cost follows your guest count and how many events you hold, more than anything else. So don’t start from someone else’s total. Start from yours.
That puts catering, langar & bar at about $36 per guest across 400 guests — the line that moves most with your headcount.
- Catering, langar & bar$14,400Biggest line — scales with guest count.32%
- Venue & hall rental$8,10018%
- Photography & video$5,40012%
- Decor, florals & stage$4,50010%
- Attire & jewelry$4,0509%
- Makeup & hair$1,8004%
- Dhol, DJ & entertainment$1,8004%
- Coordinator / planner$1,3503%
- Transportation$9002%
- Invitations & stationery$9002%
- Buffer & extras$1,800Gifts, favours, mehndi artist, contingency.4%
Gurdwara / Anand Karajis seva or a donation — commonly $750–$1,550 per gurdwaras’ public booking pages — and isn’t part of the split above. Budget it separately.
These are planning ratios, not guarantees — every dollar shown is your budget redistributed, not a quoted price. Real costs depend on your city, date, vendors and guest count. Figures rounded to the nearest $50.
What real vendors actually list.
These are pulled straight from vendors’ own public listings in our directory — examples to sanity-check your split, not quotes. Always confirm directly with the business.
- Venue (all-in)$50–$130 per person, food & drink includedper venues' public listings
- Catering (per head)$10–$28 per person for tray packagesper caterers' public listings
- Gurdwara (Anand Karaj)$750–$1,550 seva / donationper gurdwaras' public booking pages
- Photography & video$3,500–$8,000+ depending on days of coverageper photographers' public packages
- DJ$550–$2,500 packagesper DJs' public pricing
- Makeup & hairbride $350–$1,000; party from ~$165per artists' public pricing
- Bridal henna$100–$400; guests $20–$50per henna artists' public pricing
- Dhol~$80 for an entrance, ~$120 per hourper dhol players' public listings
- Transportation$80–$200 per hour; 4-hr packages $350–$1,200per transport providers' public listings
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