Bengali Marriage Biodata Format, in Bangla or English

What Goes in a Bengali Marriage Biodata Format?

A Bengali biodata for marriage opens with a line such as শ্রী শ্রী প্রজাপতয়ে নমঃ, the Prajapati blessing that also tops many Bengali wedding cards. Under it sit the title বিয়ের বায়োডাটা (biyer biodata) and the photo.

Then come four parts. The patro or patri's own details first: name, date, time and place of birth, height, education and work. The kosthi part next. After that the family, and a contact number at the end.

Bengali families read the family part almost as closely as the first one. Who the father is, where the mama bari is, which district the family came from. So give it time.

Gotra, Gan and the Kosthi Lines

Most Bengali Hindu families still match the kosthi (horoscope) before a meeting. The family purohit or astrologer does the jotok bichar from it. The biodata only has to carry the lines they look for first.

Our form prints four horoscope rows: Rasi, Nakshatra, Lagna and Chevvai / Manglik. Enter the date, time and place of birth and it fills the rashi, nakshatra with pada and lagna by itself. If your kosthi says something else, pick the kosthi's value.

Gotra is under Add More Details in the same section. Write the father's gotra, such as Shandilya, Kashyap or Bharadwaj. Many families avoid a match within the same gotra, which is why it goes near the top. Our guide on what a gotra is explains the rule.

The gan is not a ready field. It is one of the first points in a Bengali match, so many families write it. Add it with Add Your Own Field in the horoscope section, name it Gan and type Deb, Nar or Rakshas as the kosthi shows. If you do not know it, leave it out. The purohit will read it from the kosthi anyway.

Some kosthis give the birth date in the Bengali calendar (Bangabda) too. Copy it into one more own field if your family likes to see it.

Adi Bari, Ghoti and Bangal

On a Bengali biodata, the Native Place row prints as আদি বাড়ি (adi bari). That is the line where the family's roots show. Many families whose grandparents came from East Bengal write the old district, like Barishal, Faridpur or Dhaka, even after three generations in Kolkata. Others write a West Bengal town such as Chandannagar, Hooghly. Write what your family says at home.

The present address goes separately in Contact Details. Keep it to the area and city, like Behala, Kolkata.

Mama bari gets asked about early. Add Maternal Uncle from Add More Details in Family Details and write the mama's name with his town.

Shri, Shrimati and the Parents' Names

What you type prints as typed, so write the names the way Bengali biodatas usually do. Hindu families put Shri before the father's name and Shrimati before the mother's. If a parent has passed away, write Late or Swargiya before the name.

Write the father's work plainly. "Retired, State Bank of India" says more than "service".

A Filled Bengali Marriage Biodata for a Boy

The boy below is made up, and so is his family and his kosthi. The phone number is masked.

For a girl, the same table works. Put her father or elder brother as Contact Person if you would rather not share her own number in a large group.

How the Bengali Setting Works

The site is in English. The Biodata Language box, the first one in "Top of the Biodata", decides what the biodata prints. Choose Bengali.

After that the labels, the section titles and anything picked from a list (the rashi, the Diet, Marital Status) print in Bangla. Whatever you type prints exactly as typed. So you can type in English and get Bangla labels with English details, or type the details with a Bangla keyboard on the phone for a page that is Bangla from top to bottom.

Dates print in numbers, 09-02-1994, with English digits. The form does not switch the digits to Bengali numerals. Phone numbers also keep English digits.

Want another word on a row? Open the row's three-dot menu and use Rename. The new name prints only on the Bengali copy.

Labels Your Biodata Prints in Bengali

Blessing Lines and Titles

A Bengali biodata starts with the Blessing Line on. The Bangla lines for a Hindu biodata are:

• শ্রী শ্রী প্রজাপতয়ে নমঃ
• শ্রী শ্রী দুর্গা সহায়
• শ্রী শ্রী গণেশায় নমঃ

Hindi lines such as ॥ श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥ are offered under a Hindi heading in the same list. A Muslim biodata gets বিসমিল্লাহির রাহমানির রাহিম and the Arabic Bismillah.

The title list has বিয়ের বায়োডাটা, বিবাহের বায়োডাটা, বায়োডাটা and পাত্রের বায়োডাটা (for a boy). For a girl, choose Write My Own and type পাত্রীর বায়োডাটা if you like.

Bangla Biodata Format from Bangladesh, or from West Bengal?

Many "bangla biodata format" results online are from Bangladesh, and they usually have no kosthi. Families in West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley mostly want the Hindu format above. Both come from the same form. A Muslim Bengali family chooses Muslim as the Religion, and the horoscope section switches off by itself.

How to Make a Bengali Biodata Here

1. Open the designs and pick one. Paisley Border, Temple Bell and Marigold Toran are free.
2. Choose "This Biodata Is For: Male / Female" and type the Full Name.
3. Verify your mobile number once with the SMS code.
4. In Top of the Biodata, set Biodata Language to Bengali and pick the Prajapati line or another.
5. Fill Personal Details, then the kosthi lines with Gotra and your own Gan field, then Family and Contact Details.
6. Download PDF or Download Image. The screen after the download also offers a Word file.

The wedding itself runs from aashirbaad to bou bhaat. Our Bengali wedding rituals guide goes through each step in order.