Wedding planning and design in Kerala

Kerala weddings, planned around the muhurtham and the family flying home.

Church weddings, thalikettu and nikah, anywhere in Kerala. The venues, their catering rates and the Malayalam wedding calendar are all published here, so the first conversation with your parents starts with real numbers.

Check my date Open the venue book, 107 venues

When Kerala marries

Weddings held First half only Traditionally kept clear

Tap a month to see what it means for a wedding, then send it to us with your name.

The months follow the Malayalam solar calendar. Your own date still comes from the astrologer, the parish or the mahal; the full season calendar covers Lent, Nombu and Ramadan too.

What is The Kerala Wedding Collective?

The Kerala Wedding Collective is a wedding planning and design studio for weddings in Kerala, India. It publishes a book of 107 Kerala wedding venues, with per-plate catering rates for the 34 that have given one, the Malayalam wedding calendar, and planning guides for Christian, Nair, Muslim, Brahmin and Ezhava weddings.

Bride and groom walking together after their wedding ceremony in Kannur district, Kerala

A manthrakodi saree in a basket with the rosary and the minnu on its seven threads

After the ceremony in Kannur; a manthrakodi saree with the minnu on its seven threads. Reference photographs, credited at the foot of this page.

Which Kerala wedding is yours?

Kerala does not have one wedding. The hour, the building, the meal and the weeks you cannot book all change with the family, so each guide starts there.

Compare all five side by side

107 venues, filed by place

Capacity, rooms and the catering rate, as each venue gave them. A number we have not confirmed is left blank. Six of the properties with photographs on file:

Punnamada, Alappuzha

Punnamada Resort

250 guests40 rooms

Cheranelloor, Kochi

Chittoor Kottaram

Bison Valley, Munnar

Windermere Estate

150 guests25 rooms₹6,000–₹12,000 per plate

Fort Kochi, Kochi

Malabar House

80 guests17 rooms₹8,000–₹16,000 per plate

Vythiri, Wayanad

Vythiri Resort

200 guests31 rooms₹5,000–₹10,000 per plate

Bolgatty Island, Kochi

Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty

3,000 guests357 rooms₹4,500–₹8,500 per plate

Every venue, by place

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What the wedding meal costs, venue by venue

We publish the per-plate range each venue gave us, because it is the one number you can take to your parents before anyone has quoted you. Food and service only; August 2026.

At the top: ₹20,000; a head at Kalari Kovilakom
The midpoint: ₹5,875; across the 34 venues with a published rate
Where it starts: ₹2,500; a head, the lowest band in the book

₹2,500Each mark is one venue's midpoint₹20,000

The midpoint from abroad: ≈ $68 / £52 / AED 247 a head (indicative, Aug 2026).

See every rate Work it out for your guest count

Planning it from Dubai, London or Toronto

The worry is losing hold of a wedding you cannot see. The fix is a routine that keeps every decision on paper and in your time zone.

Calls in your evening. Shortlisted venues walked on video, at an hour that suits where you live.
Decisions in writing. Rates, advances and design approvals written down, so family on three continents read the same terms.
One trip home. Spent on the tasting, the final walk-through and the family meeting, not on looking.

From the Gulf, the UK or the US and Canada, or read how planning from abroad works.

From the journal

All journal entries

Tell us about the wedding

Your name and a WhatsApp number are enough to start. Add the month or the guest count if you know them.

What happens after you enquire

A call within one working day. From the planning team, to hear the date, the numbers and the community the wedding follows.
A written scope and a fee band. What we would do for this wedding and what it costs, before you decide anything.
A video walkthrough if you are abroad. Shortlisted venues walked on camera in your evening, so the single trip to Kerala is spent deciding, not looking.

Photographs on this page

Bride and groom walking together after their wedding ceremony in Kannur district, Kerala. Photograph by Gnoeee, source, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP (480, 800 and 1200 px wide). The resized files are shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
A manthrakodi saree in a basket with the rosary and the minnu on its seven threads. Photograph by Davidjose365, source, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP (480 and 800 px wide). The resized files are shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Punnamada Resort: Official hotel website, source. Used on the site owner's authorisation (written permission from the property is not yet on file).
Chittoor Kottaram: Official property website, source. Used on the site owner's authorisation (written permission from the property is not yet on file).
Windermere Estate, Munnar: Windermere Estate official website, source. Used on the site owner's authorisation (written permission from the property is not yet on file).
Malabar House, Fort Kochi: Official property website, source. Used on the site owner's authorisation (written permission from the property is not yet on file).
Vythiri Resort, Wayanad: Vythiri Resort official gallery, source. Used on the site owner's authorisation (written permission from the property is not yet on file).
Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty: Official property website, source. Used on the site owner's authorisation (written permission from the property is not yet on file).
Houseboats on the Kerala backwaters. Photograph by Vyacheslav Argenberg, source, CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP (480, 800 and 1200 px wide).

None of these is a wedding this business planned or photographed. Image sources and licences.