Prices, timing and a skin plan that suits Vijayawada.
Peak: November to February and April to June, muhurat-driven. Quiet: Ashada masa and the monsoon.
Telugu families with a full pellikuturu, snathakam and muhurtham sequence, usually at dawn.
Very hot and dry for most of the year. Summer weddings are punishing.
Hard water from the river supply.
A dawn muhurtham means makeup at 2 am. Do not schedule your mehndi the same night. Brides here routinely go into the ceremony on zero sleep and it shows in every photo.
Function halls across Benz Circle and convention centres on the highway.
Bride's own makeup and hair on the wedding day: about Rs 8000 to Rs 40000. Family or party makeup: about Rs 2500 to Rs 9000. A full pre-bridal package: about Rs 4000 to Rs 16000. These are ranges people actually pay, not quotes.