Bhai Dooj falls two days after Diwali, on Kartik Shukla Dwitiya, and is known as Bhau Beej in Maharashtra, Bhai Phonta in Bengal and Bhai Tika in Nepal. Sisters apply tilak, do aarti and pray for their brothers’ long life; brothers bring gifts and are fed far more than they can eat. With families spread across cities, it has become a reason to gather all the cousins at one house, often around a late-morning tilak followed by a long lunch.
An invite page makes the logistics easy. Put the sister’s and brother’s names, or simply the family name, on the opening screen, list the tilak and lunch timings, and add a map for cousins visiting from out of town. Everyone replies with how many are coming, so the host knows how much to cook, and the photo story can hold childhood pictures of the siblings for a little nostalgia.
What your guests get
- Tilak, aarti and lunch timings for the day
- Sister and brother names on the opening screen
- Childhood photos in a short story section
- Headcount so the host cooks the right amount
- Works for bhau beej and bhai phonta in your own words