Wedding website for Sri Lankan couples in Australia
A Sri Lankan weekend in Australia is rarely one Saturday. A Sinhalese morning may be a poruwa at a nekath. A Tamil Hindu morning follows the muhurtham. The wider reception is often that evening, and the homecoming can be the next day in another city.
One set of parents may live in Melbourne's south-east, around Dandenong, Glen Waverley, or Clayton, while the other family is in Sydney's Homebush, Strathfield, or Wentworthville. Aunties and uncles are still in Colombo, Kandy, or Jaffna. The page they open from WhatsApp has to name which gathering is theirs before anyone prices a flight.
Poruwa, homecoming, and a Tamil muhurtham
On a Sinhalese poruwa the couple stands on a decorated platform, parents beside them. Little fingers are tied with a pirith noola, water is poured, and auspicious verses, sometimes the jayamangala gatha, may be sung as an oil lamp is lit. Miss the nekath and the moment has passed, so that minute belongs at the top of the page.
A homecoming welcomes the bride into the groom's family house, often the next day, with closer relatives and milk rice rather than the full reception list. A Tamil Hindu wedding does not use a poruwa. The thaali is tied at the muhurtham, and a sacred fire is part of the rite. Christian families may centre the day on a church service. These are separate invitations.
Australia on one clock, Sri Lanka on another
A flight from Colombo needs the date early. A morning nekath in Melbourne or Sydney is often before sunrise in Colombo, because Sri Lanka does not follow Australian daylight saving. Perth is closer in hours and still not that morning.
Keep each event on the wedding's own clock, with the country labelled, and offer a calendar link so a phone in Colombo or Perth does not rewrite the hour. A poruwa in one city and a homecoming in another are two days. You can run up to six events and invite each person only to the ones that include them. The save-the-date and the later invitation stay on one link.
WhatsApp between the two countries
Family news already moves on WhatsApp between Melbourne, Sydney, and Colombo. A personal invite names the guest, can carry a photo, and opens their page rather than a group poster. Email still suits Australian colleagues. If a parent rings, record party size, names, a meal, dietary needs, and a song.
Invite language is English or French, chosen per household. The page can still explain the poruwa, the dress, and the homecoming in English. Load people from Excel or CSV, or add households one by one. Numbers are cleaned before you send, including a mix of +61 and +94.
The starting plan
For a Sri Lankan wedding planned from Australia, the starting plan covers the website, RSVP, seating, guest passes, and card gifts, with 30 WhatsApp messages, 50 email invites, and 10 AI answers.
Free to start.
Dress, the airport, and the door
Say what to wear, including saree or national dress, and a layer if the city is colder than Colombo. Name the airport and which side of the city the day is on. Story, schedule, FAQ, and photos sit on that same link, and you can pick from 30+ designs without hiring a designer.
Tables are on every plan, and the pass can show the table at the poruwa. The floor-plan drawing is in Standard. A yes can issue a QR pass, and the check-in role can undo a tap at the door. Bea can draft the schedule, but you tap Confirm before a send, a publish, or a delete. A Zola, The Knot, or Joy import is a preview that spends 10 AI credits.
Gifts named in Australian dollars
Families may still name an Australian dollar figure. Checkout is in US dollars: $79, $149, and $649, once each. Season runs five weddings from one message balance. The giver picks a figure and a short note. Names and the total appear once the payout bank is connected.
When the poruwa list is still short
Standard and Season can remind only the guests who have not replied, and can send a confirmation, a day-of note, and a thank-you.
Melbourne, Canberra, and the Australia guide
Melbourne and Canberra each have a city guide. This page is the one for a Sri Lankan list that may also touch Sydney. Daylight saving, and the Perth gap, sit on the Australia guide.
FAQ
Can the poruwa and the homecoming be two RSVPs?
Add each gathering as its own event and invite a guest only to the ones they should attend. A colleague at the reception does not have to see the homecoming.
Who is reminded to reply?
On Standard and Season, only guests still waiting get a reminder, plus a confirmation, a day-of note, and a thank-you. A phone reply can be typed in.
Will a phone in Colombo show the Melbourne hour?
A phone in Colombo keeps the Australian hour you set, country label included, and the calendar link does the same. Write the nekath or muhurtham in that hour.
What do we pay from Australia?
The charge from Australia is in US dollars, once: $79, $149, or $649. A gift can still be discussed in Australian dollars. Free to start.