Katari Jyothsna 0%
Clifton Park, New York · since 2022

Every detail matters.

Indian & Telugu wedding design — mandaps, Pellikuthuru, Haldi, Sangeet and Seemantham, built around the rituals you are actually performing.

A mandap hall under amber drapes, chandeliers and floral pillars
02 · The difference

Nothing sacred is
blocked by a flower.

Floor plans drawn against the real venue. Timings checked against the priest’s muhurtham. And every build taken down again, included in the quote.

Built for the ritual

Never from a catalogue

01 · The studio

A mandap has to hold a priest, a fire, two families and a thousand photographs. We design it around the rituals you are actually performing — and the flowers come last.

Founded
May 2022
Based
Clifton Park, NY
Travels
NY · NJ · New England
Always included
Setup & strike
More about Jyothsna
2022Designing since
6.4KInstagram community
8Ceremony specialities
100%Custom, never templated
04 · What we build

The rooms your family remembers.

Four of the builds couples ask for most. Each one designed for its own venue, guest count and set of rituals — and each one struck again when the night is over.

A floral mandap with decorated pillars and a carved seat
01

Wedding & Mandap

A mandap has to hold a priest, a fire, two families and a thousand photographs. Talambralu and jeelakarra bellam need room — so the design starts there.

  • Custom mandap
  • Floral canopy
  • Aisle & entrance
  • Pooja staging
Guests in yellow at a haldi ceremony
02

Haldi & Mehendi

Turmeric, water and joyful chaos in the morning; lantern light and three quiet hours in the evening. Two opposite rooms, both designed on purpose.

  • Marigold torans
  • Haldi platform
  • Low seating
  • Lantern lighting
A sangeet stage draped in pink and gold
03

Sangeet & Reception

The one night with no muhurtham. A stage that photographs from every angle, light that keeps the room warm after dark, and a dance floor clear of anything breakable.

  • Stage design
  • Uplighting
  • Ceiling drape
  • Photo wall
A pastel baby shower table with florals
04

Seemantham & Barasala

Designed for one person to be comfortable and everybody else to see her. Supported seating, unscented flowers where it matters, the cradle where the light is best.

  • Cradle decor
  • Mother’s seat
  • Pastel florals
  • Naming signage
05 · How it works

First call to strike.

  1. Week one

    The first conversation

    Which ceremonies, how many people, which venue — and honestly, what the budget is.

    01
  2. Week two

    Concept & colour

    A moodboard, a palette and a written direction for every single function.

    02
  3. Week three

    Layouts & quote

    Floor plans against real venue dimensions, a mandap elevation, every line priced.

    03
  4. On booking

    Reserved

    A signed agreement holds your date. Sourcing and fabrication become our problem.

    04
  5. Final 30 days

    The walkthrough

    We walk the venue and confirm every timing against the muhurtham.

    05
  6. Event week

    Build, host, strike

    We load in, stay on site, then leave the venue exactly as we found it.

    06
06 · Selected work

The work, in motion.

Mandaps, Haldis, receptions and home ceremonies across New York and New Jersey.

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07 · In their words

What couples say.

We walked in for the muhurtham and my mother started crying before the priest had even sat down. The mandap was exactly the drawing she showed us in March.
SRSruthi R.Wedding · Somerset NJ
It rained the morning of the Haldi. By the time we came downstairs she had moved the whole setup under the marquee. Nobody looking at the photographs can tell.
AKAnjali K.Haldi · Clifton Park NY
Our house is not big. She turned the front room into something my grandmother said looked like home in Vijayawada. Six hours.
NVNaveen V.Pellikuthuru · Albany NY
I was thirty-four weeks and could not stand for long. The seat she built was the only comfortable chair in the room. That is the detail I remember.
PDPriyanka D.Seemantham · Hudson Valley
Forty guests in a small hall, and she still made it feel like an occasion. The ring tray photograph is the one we printed.
MCMeghana C.Engagement · Saratoga NY
Three days, three rooms, one colour story. Our photographer said the Friday and Sunday pictures looked like the same wedding.
RTRakesh T.Full weekend · Verona NY
The hall is a beige box. Fabric on the walls, ninety uplights, and by eight o’clock nobody could remember what it looked like before.
DSDivya S.Reception · Capital Region
The mehendi artists could actually see what they were doing. Ask anyone who has sat through a Mehendi lit by somebody’s phone torch.
HMHarsha M.Mehendi · Somerset NJ
She read our venue’s contract before we did and told us what we could not hang from the ceiling. Saved us a fight with the hotel.
LPLavanya P.Wedding · Albany NY
We just needed the venue to stop looking like a hotel. She quoted florals on their own, never pushed the rest, and delivered exactly that.
KSKiran & SwethaFlorals · Hotel ballroom NY

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