Multi-Day Wedding Functions: Haldi, Mehendi and Sangeet Across One Estate
An Indian wedding is not an event. It is a sequence — three days, sometimes five, each with its own mood, its own guest list, its own idea of what the light should look like. The mehendi is slow and conversational. The haldi is loud, messy and best held outdoors in the morning. The sangeet wants a room that can hold noise. The ceremony wants a horizon.
Most venues can do one of these well. Very few can do all of them without asking your guests to get back into cars between functions.
That logistical seam is where multi-day weddings quietly come apart. A hall for the sangeet, a lawn twenty minutes away for the haldi, a hotel somewhere in between for the guests who flew in. Every transfer costs an hour, and every hour lost is an hour nobody spends actually celebrating.
Finding a single haldi, mehendi and sangeet venue near Pune that can hold the whole sequence on one property changes the shape of the weekend entirely. Hotel Irada is built for exactly that — a 66-acre working wine estate cradled by 4,000 acres of reserve forest, with nine separate venue spaces scattered across it. Every function moves to a different setting. Nobody moves to a different postcode.
Why Multi-Day Weddings Need More Than One Space
The instinct when booking a venue is to look for the biggest room and assume everything else will fit inside it. It rarely does — because the functions are not variations on a theme. They are genuinely different events.
The mehendi is intimate and long. Guests sit for hours. They talk. It works best in an enclosed, shaded, warm space where conversation carries and nobody has to shout.
The haldi is the opposite. It is bright, physical and messy by design. It needs morning light, open air, and a surface nobody minds turmeric landing on. An indoor haldi is a compromise everyone can feel.
The sangeet needs acoustics and energy. Sound has to hold rather than escape. The space should feel charged when it fills, and it usually runs late.
The ceremony needs a focal point — something the eye travels toward. A view, an aisle, a horizon.
The reception needs scale, because this is where the widest guest list arrives.
Ask one room to be all five and it will be adequate at each. Give each function the space it was actually asking for, and guests feel the difference without ever being able to name it.
One Estate, Nine Rooms to Fill
Hotel Irada’s nine distinct venue spaces range from an 880 sq. ft. room seating 32 to a 25,000 sq. ft. lawn holding 300. That spread is the point. A multi-day wedding can move through five of them without ever leaving the estate.
| Venue | Size | Capacity | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lawn | 25,000 sq. ft. | 300 guests | Grand, cinematic, free-spirited |
| Irada Pool Club | 15,000 sq. ft. | 200 guests | Sunset-charged, forest view, high-energy |
| East Lawn | 18,750 sq. ft. | 175 guests | Breezy, intimate, playful |
| Barrel Room | 4,500 sq. ft. | 175 guests | Moody, tactile, immersive |
| Nyāsa Lawn | 15,000 sq. ft. | 150 guests | Serene, mindful, grounded |
| Winery Deck | 7,500 sq. ft. | 125 guests | Sun-drenched, expansive, vineyard view |
| The Courtyard | 3,500 sq. ft. | 60 guests | Charming, warm, convivial |
| Rosso | 1,200 sq. ft. | 40 guests | Mid-century, intimate, art-forward |
| Decanter | 880 sq. ft. | 32 guests | Refined, intimate, corporate |
There is also a helipad on the estate, used for sundowner soirées with sweeping valley views — a natural fit for a small, high-impact moment like a cocktail hour or a first-night welcome drink.
Matching Each Function to Its Space
Here is how a three-day sequence maps onto the estate. It is a starting point, not a prescription — the estate team shapes the flow around your guest count and running order.
Mehendi — The Courtyard
The Courtyard runs 3,500 sq. ft. and holds 60 guests, and its character is listed as charming, warm and convivial. That is precisely the register a mehendi wants. Enclosed enough that the room feels full, warm enough that people settle in for the long sit, and intimate enough that the conversation stays one conversation rather than fracturing into twenty.
For a larger mehendi, the Winery Deck at 125 guests offers the same unhurried daytime quality with vine rows in every direction.
Haldi — Irada Pool Club
The haldi is the function most often forced indoors, and it is the one that suffers most for it. At Irada it belongs beside the checkered pool at the Irada Pool Club — 15,000 sq. ft., up to 200 guests, framed by wild roses and ivy-draped walls, with the forest beyond.
As a haldi function venue outdoor by design, it solves the two practical problems at once: turmeric goes where turmeric goes, and there is water immediately to hand. The setting is high-energy and sunset-charged, but in the morning it is simply bright and open — which is what a haldi actually needs.
The East Lawn works equally well for a haldi at 175 guests if you want more room to spread out, with a breezy, playful character that suits a morning function.
Sangeet — The Barrel Room
A sangeet needs a room that holds sound and holds attention. The Barrel Room does both: 4,500 sq. ft., up to 175 guests, described as moody, tactile and immersive. It is a working cellar — arched, cool, lined with barrels — which means the acoustics are enclosed and the atmosphere arrives without any need for draping.
As a sangeet venue option near Pune, it is genuinely uncommon. Most sangeets happen in banquet halls that have to be dressed into character. This one already has it.
For a larger sangeet, the Nyāsa Lawn holds 150 under open sky, and the West Lawn scales to 300.
Ceremony — Winery Deck or Nyāsa Lawn
The Winery Deck is sun-drenched, expansive and looks directly over the vines — an aisle between grapevines, with the vineyard doing the work no amount of décor can replicate. It holds 125 guests.
For a ceremony with a calmer, more grounded feeling, the Nyāsa Lawn holds 150 and reads as serene and mindful. For an evening ceremony at scale, the West Lawn’s 300-guest capacity and cinematic character carry it.
Reception — West Lawn
At 25,000 sq. ft. and 300 guests, the West Lawn is the estate’s largest space and the natural home for the reception. Grand, cinematic, free-spirited — open sky, room for a full stage and seated dining, and the vines and forest as the backdrop.
The Morning After — Rosso
A post-wedding brunch does not need scale. It needs somewhere good to sit with the forty people who stayed. Rosso, the estate’s Italian restaurant, seats 40 in a mid-century, art-forward room — champagne cacio e pepe, slow-simmered sugos, and the specific pleasure of a long table with no schedule attached to it.
What Guests Do Between Functions
This is the part that distinguishes an estate wedding from a venue wedding. On a multi-day itinerary, there are long gaps — the hours between a morning haldi and an evening sangeet, the day guests arrive, the morning after. At most venues, those hours are dead time.
At Irada they are part of the property:
- The estate wine tour through the vineyard, tank rooms and barrel cellar, ending with a guided tasting
- Nyāsa Wellbeing — Ayurvedic spa therapies, daily yoga, the Agave View Sauna, and a hot plunge framed by forest
- Padel, pickleball, minigolf and croquet on the West Lawn
- Forest trails and deer spotting across the grasslands, watching for Indian chinkara
- A Kids Club, which matters more at a three-day wedding than at any other kind of event
- Private dining settings — a forest picnic, a vineyard lunch, a tower-top nightcap — for the smaller family dinners that sit around the main functions
Older relatives, children and out-of-town guests all get something to do without being programmed. That is what keeps a long wedding from feeling long.
Where Everyone Sleeps
The wedding party staying on-property is what makes a multi-day sequence work. No transfers, no timing risk, no guests arriving late because the traffic held.
Irada’s rooms and suites run across four categories: Reserve Rooms (340–425 sq. ft., private balconies over the courtyard or the vines), Gallery Rooms (480 sq. ft., Burgundy bathtubs, art collected from Les Puces in Paris), Vineyard Suites (700–750 sq. ft., arched ceilings, 60s French panelling, generous sit-outs), and the Collector’s Suite at 1,250 sq. ft. with a 300 sq. ft. terrace over the vineyard.
The Collector’s Suite connects with two Reserve Rooms to form a three-bedroom hideaway — the obvious answer for the couple’s immediate family, or for the bride’s suite on the morning of.
For weddings that want the estate entirely to themselves, a full buyout is available. Speak to the team about dates and minimums.
Planning the Sequence
A few things worth settling early:
Guest count drives venue selection, not the reverse. The estate’s spaces top out at 300. Below that number you have real choice at every function; above it, the format changes. Fix your list before you fix the flow.
Sequence functions by time of day, not by hierarchy. Haldi in the morning where the light is open, mehendi through the afternoon where there is shade, sangeet after dark where the acoustics hold. The estate’s geography rewards this.
Build in the gaps deliberately. The temptation is to fill every hour. Do not. The estate is the reason guests will remember the weekend, and they need unscheduled time to actually experience it.
Check the season. January through March brings the estate’s harvest atmosphere and the most comfortable weather for outdoor functions — which is most of them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Hotel Irada host haldi, mehendi and sangeet functions in separate venues? Yes. The estate has nine distinct venue spaces ranging from 880 to 25,000 sq. ft., so each function can be held in a different setting without guests leaving the property.
What is the largest wedding function Hotel Irada can host? The West Lawn is the largest space at 25,000 sq. ft. with a capacity of 300 guests. The Irada Pool Club (200), East Lawn (175) and Barrel Room (175) follow.
Is there an outdoor venue suitable for a haldi function? Yes. The Irada Pool Club is an open-air space beside the checkered pool holding up to 200 guests, framed by wild roses and ivy. The East Lawn is a larger open-air alternative at 175 guests.
Where can a sangeet be held at Hotel Irada? The Barrel Room — a 4,500 sq. ft. working cellar holding 175 guests — is the estate’s most atmospheric indoor option. The Nyāsa Lawn (150) and West Lawn (300) are open-air alternatives.
Can we book the entire estate for a wedding? Yes. Full estate takeovers are available. Submit an enquiry with your dates and guest count and the team will confirm availability and minimums.
How many guests can stay on the property? Accommodation spans Reserve Rooms, Gallery Rooms, Vineyard Suites and the Collector’s Suite, which connects with two Reserve Rooms to form a three-bedroom suite. Room block availability is confirmed against your dates — raise it in your enquiry.
When is the best season for an outdoor wedding at the estate? January through March offers harvest-season atmosphere and the most comfortable conditions for outdoor functions.
Final Thoughts
A wedding spread across three days does not need three venues. It needs one place with enough range that each function can be itself — a bright open lawn for the haldi, a warm enclosed courtyard for the mehendi, a cellar with real atmosphere for the sangeet, and vine rows for the vows.
Hotel Irada is a working wine estate near Pune with nine venue spaces across 66 acres, accommodation on-site, and 4,000 acres of reserve forest holding the whole thing quiet. The functions change. The address does not.
Explore the venues or submit an enquiry with your dates and guest count. For anything specific, WhatsApp the team on +91 7080250472 or email info@hotelirada.com.
