Chikkajala
Moongate Events Venue
Chikkajala, International Airport Road, North Bangalore · North Bangalore & the airport side
Moongate Events Venue is a ten-acre property that exists only for events, behind Decathlon Anubhava at Chikkajala on International Airport Road, ahead of Hebbal and 25 km from the city centre. Set between a lake and a hill, its Pavilion Lawn holds about 2,000 standing guests, the air-conditioned Opa hall seats 800, and 47 suites sleep the families (moongate.in, checked 16 Oct 2026). It charges venue hire: its WedMeGood listing gives a venue rental of ₹14 lakh per function as at 11 Sep 2026, with catering contracted separately.
- Guest capacity
- 350–2,000
- Rooms on site
- 47
- Indicative rate
- ₹14 lakh per function venue rental
Official website: moongate.in; also known as Moongate Events Venue and Moongate, A Boutique Lakefront Venue. On this page: address · contact · photographs · reviews.
Venue reference photographs: Panigrahana wedding production. These show the named property; they are not presented as Bangalore Wedding House productions.
The facts we hold
Anything marked “not on file” is a gap in our records, nothing more. We leave it blank rather than fill it with a plausible number. Find Moongate Events Venue on Google Maps.
On file for Moongate Events Venue
- Purpose-built event estate — no competing hotel functions
- Opa Banquet Hall — 10,000 sq ft with 2,000 sq ft stage, AC
- Pavilion Lawn — up to 2,000 guests with lake backdrop
- Sonne — elevated east-facing open-air stage for 400 guests
- Lacu — romantic lakefront stage for 200 guests
- 47 luxury suites — 10 km from Kempegowda Airport
What Moongate Events Venue lists on its own website
| Space | As the venue describes it |
|---|---|
| Pavilion Lawn | 2 acres by the lake; about 2,000 standing |
| Opa | air-conditioned banquet hall, 10,000 sq ft with a 2,000 sq ft stage; 800 seated, up to 1,000 with the Ambrosia dining hall |
| Sonne | an elevated, east-facing open-air stage; 400 guests |
| Fig Tree Lawn, The Courtyard, Lacu and the Gazebo Garden | about 200 guests each; Lacu is the lakefront stage |
| Ambrosia | indoor dining hall; 250 seated, 400 at a buffet |
- Rooms: 47 suites, including two family flats and two dormitories, with suites for the bride and groom; hotels and service apartments within 2 km for more.
- Parking for up to 600 cars inside the venue, a separate area for buses and a drivers' room.
Read on moongate.in on 16 Oct 2026. Where an older line in our file disagreed, the venue's own figure is the one printed on this page. Confirm the space you want for your date in writing.
What does a wedding at Moongate Events Venue cost in 2026?
Moongate Events Venue is a exclusive events destination at Chikkajala. It seats 350–2,000 guests and has 47 rooms on site. The venue charges a flat hire of ₹14 lakh per function rather than a per-plate rate, with catering contracted separately. Figures are indicative and come from the venue's WedMeGood listing as at 11 Sep 2026, not a quote — we confirm the current rate against your muhurtham before we price the wedding.
What Moongate Events Venue costs for one, two or three functions
Moongate Events Venue charges venue hire per function. Catering is a separate contract and is not in these figures — this is the venue's own money only.
| Functions | The working | Venue hire |
|---|---|---|
| 1 function | ₹14 lakh × 1 | ₹14 lakh |
| 2 functions | ₹14 lakh × 2 | ₹28 lakh |
| 3 functions | ₹14 lakh × 3 | ₹42 lakh |
Indicative, from the venue's WedMeGood listing as at 11 Sep 2026. Hire only — catering, decor, photography, purohit, stay and transport are priced separately.
Venue and food together at Moongate Events Venue, across two functions
The hire above is only half the sum, because catering at Moongate Events Venue is your own contract. To complete it we use the per-plate band that comparable exclusive events destination properties in our own book actually quote — ₹2,000–₹4,500 a plate. That is a band from our own book, not a rate Moongate Events Venue has quoted, and a caterer you appoint yourself may well come in under it.
| Guests | Hire × 2 | Food × 2 | Venue + food |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | ₹28 lakh | ₹16 lakh–₹36 lakh | ₹44 lakh–₹64 lakh |
| 1,000 | ₹28 lakh | ₹40 lakh–₹90 lakh | ₹68 lakh–₹1.18 crore |
| 2,000 | ₹28 lakh | ₹80 lakh–₹1.8 crore | ₹1.08 crore–₹2.08 crore |
Venue and food only. Decor, photography, purohit, stay, transport and planning sit on top — see below for what that adds.
How Moongate Events Venue charges
Moongate Events Venue works on a day rental: you pay for the property for the function, and the catering is a second contract you arrange. That split is worth understanding before you compare it against a hotel quote, because a hotel's number usually has the food inside it and this one does not.
What the rental buys is the space and the hours. Ask for the load-in time and the vacate time in writing — a mandap and a full decor build need the previous evening, and a venue that hands over at 6am on the morning of a muhurtham is a different proposition from one that gives you the night before.
Because catering is yours to appoint, the food budget is the part you control completely here. A family with a caterer they trust, or a community kitchen they have used for years, generally does better on a rental venue than on a hotel floor.
What the Moongate Events Venue figure does not include
The hire figure above covers the property for the function, and that is the correct way for a venue to quote — but it is roughly a third to a half of what a wedding here ends up costing. The rest is contracted separately, by you or by us:
- Mandap build and decor — the largest line after the venue and food, and the one with the widest spread. What gets built, not where it gets built, decides it.
- Photography and film — priced per day and per crew, and it goes up with the number of functions rather than the number of guests.
- Purohit, ritual materials and the muhurtham — small against the total, but it sets the timeline everything else runs to.
- Catering — a separate contract at this venue, priced per plate by whoever you appoint.
- Rooms — 47 on site, billed per night on top of the wedding, and usually the thing that decides whether guests stay over or drive back.
- Transport — buses or cars between stay, venue and station or airport, priced per vehicle per day.
- Planning and production — quoted against the brief.
None of this is hidden; a venue simply quotes for the venue. Ask for the whole wedding at Moongate Events Venue on one sheet before you compare it with anywhere else.
How many guests Moongate Events Venue really holds
Moongate Events Venue is on file at 350–2,000 guests. Read the top figure as the largest layout the venue lists, and size the wedding to the number of people present during the muhurtham hour; around 1,400 at that peak leaves room for queues at the food and the car park. How to work out that peak.
47 rooms on site set how much of the list can stay over, and so how much transport you run.
How Moongate Events Venue compares with other venues in North Bangalore & the airport side
Moongate Events Venue next to nearby venues on guests, rooms and rate. Rates are indicative, not quotes: a WedMeGood tag marks a starting price from the venue's own listing, and an our-file tag a figure we have not yet checked against a published rate.
| Venue | Where | Guests | Rooms | Indicative rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moongate Events Venue (this page) | Chikkajala | 350–2,000 | 47 | ₹14 lakh hire WedMeGood, Sep 2026 |
| Amita Rasa | Nandi Hills | Not on file | 7 | ₹16 lakh hire our file, Aug 2026 |
| Angsana Oasis Spa & Resort | Devanahalli | 50–800 | 84 | Quoted per date |
| Brigade Orchards Pavilion | Devanahalli | 200–2,500 | — | ₹2,000–₹4,500 a plate our file, Aug 2026 |
| Chitrakoot | Doddaballapura Main Road | 100–1,500 | 24 | ₹3 lakh hire WedMeGood, Sep 2026 |
| Aldovia Resort & Convention (formerly Clarks Exotica) | Near Kempegowda International Airport | 200–5,000 | — | from ₹1,000–₹1,300 a plate WedMeGood, Sep 2026 |
| Embassy Springs — The Meadows | Devanahalli | 200–5,000 | 200 | ₹2,000–₹4,500 a plate our file, Aug 2026 |
No row here is better than another. Rooms on site change the transport plan; a per-plate venue moves with your guest count, and a hire venue moves with your caterer. Compare totals for the same wedding, not headline rates.
Where Moongate Events Venue is
Moongate Events Venue gives its address as Behind Decathlon Anubhava, Chikkajala, International Airport Road, Bangalore 562157 (moongate.in, checked 16 Oct 2026). By its own reckoning it is ahead of Hebbal, a few kilometres from the Bengaluru airport and 25 km from the city centre. Open Moongate Events Venue in Google Maps.
How to contact Moongate Events Venue
To reach Moongate Events Venue directly: phone +91 98450 66981; email info@moongate.in (moongate.in, checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website is moongate.in.
The Bangalore Wedding House is a wedding planning studio, not Moongate Events Venue. If you would like us to check your date with the venue and set its quote beside what the quote leaves out, send your name and WhatsApp number in the form at the end of this page.
Photographs of Moongate Events Venue
The photographs near the top of this page were taken at Moongate Events Venue and are credited beneath them; we show only frames we have permission to use. The venue posts its own on Instagram (@moongate_venue).
Where to read reviews of Moongate Events Venue
Reviews of Moongate Events Venue are easiest to find on Google Maps and on its WedMeGood listing. We do not rate venues or reprint review scores: a review describes one wedding on one day.
On a site visit, check what reviews rarely cover: whether parking for 600 cars holds everyone at the muhurtham hour; where the homa may be lit; the power backup for lights and sound.
Questions couples and parents ask about Moongate Events Venue
What does a wedding at Moongate Events Venue cost?
Moongate Events Venue, Chikkajala charges venue hire rather than per plate; its WedMeGood listing gives a venue rental of ₹14 lakh per function as at 11 Sep 2026. Catering is a second contract, and mantapa build, decor, purohit, photography and stay sit on top. Capacity on file is 2,000 guests. The total moves with the guest number and the date, so we confirm the current figure against your muhurtham before quoting.
How many guests does Moongate Events Venue hold?
Moongate Events Venue in Chikkajala holds 350–2,000 guests, with 47 rooms on the property for guests staying over. For a Bangalore wedding the working number is usually the muhurtham-hour peak, not the total invited — plan the venue around the hour everyone is present at once.
How far is Moongate Events Venue from the airport?
Our file for Moongate Events Venue records: “47 luxury suites — 10 km from Kempegowda Airport”. Confirm it in writing with the venue for your date before you sign.
Does Moongate Events Venue include catering in the rental?
No — Moongate Events Venue charges venue hire and leaves catering to a separate contract you appoint. That is normal for a standalone property and it is usually an advantage: the food budget becomes the part you control completely. Compare it against a hotel quote carefully, because a hotel's per-plate number generally has the food inside it and this one does not.
What is not included in the price quoted for Moongate Events Venue?
A venue quotes venue money. The hire covers the property for the function. Mandap build and decor, photography and film, purohit and ritual materials, catering, rooms for guests staying over, transport and planning are all contracted separately. Those lines together are usually about as large again as the venue's own number, which is why a venue quote and a wedding budget are different documents.
Is Moongate Events Venue big enough for our guest list?
Moongate Events Venue is on file at 350–2,000 guests, the largest layout it lists. Size the wedding to the people present during the muhurtham hour rather than the invitation list; around 1,400 at that peak is a comfortable fit.
What is the address of Moongate Events Venue?
Moongate Events Venue gives its address as Behind Decathlon Anubhava, Chikkajala, International Airport Road, Bangalore 562157 (moongate.in, checked 16 Oct 2026). By its own reckoning it is ahead of Hebbal, a few kilometres from the Bengaluru airport and 25 km from the city centre. Search for "Moongate Events Venue" in Google Maps for the pin and directions.
How do I contact Moongate Events Venue?
To reach Moongate Events Venue directly: phone +91 98450 66981; email info@moongate.in (moongate.in, checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website is moongate.in. The Bangalore Wedding House is a wedding planning studio, not the venue: send us your name and WhatsApp number and we will check your date with Moongate Events Venue and tell you what its quote leaves out.
Where can I see photos of Moongate Events Venue?
This page carries 3 photographs taken at Moongate Events Venue, shown with permission. The venue's own pictures are on Instagram (@moongate_venue).
Hosting here as a Bangalore family
The fit
Moongate Events Venue is a exclusive events destination with 47 rooms, and the rooms are the argument: the relatives who would otherwise be on the road at five in the morning sleep on the property, and the muhurtham starts with everyone already there. Capacity on file is 350–2,000 guests.
The muhurtham morning
With 2,000 on file, size the morning to the muhurtham-hour peak, not the total invited. The muhurtham morning, hour by hour sets out how Moongate Events Venue's kind of venue runs it.
Rituals
Outdoors, the fire question mostly dissolves: the mantapa on the lawn holds its homa with simple ground protection, which is one of the quiet reasons a resort or garden wedding suits the full rite. We still confirm with Moongate Events Venue where the mantapa may stand and whether the rite can move under cover if it rains. The fire question covers the clause.
Getting the family here
For a family in the city core, the south or Whitefield this is the airport-road run north. Relatives flying in land at Kempegowda International on this same side of the city, so the airport pickup is the short leg and the city crossing is the one to plan. Its own file says “47 luxury suites — 10 km from Kempegowda Airport”. We confirm the parking count with the venue and put the answer on the invitation, with valet where the lot is thin. Outstation relatives are housed in one or two hotels near the venue and moved by fixed shuttle per function. Moving the wedding through Bangalore has the timing rules.
Related venues in North Bangalore & the airport side
- Angsana Oasis Spa & Resort Devanahalli
- Brigade Orchards Pavilion Devanahalli
- Embassy Springs — The Meadows Devanahalli
- Fiestaa Boyalahalli Village
- JW Marriott Hotel Bengaluru Prestige Golfshire Devanahalli
- King's Meadows Vidyaranyapura
Most searched in North Bangalore & the airport side: La Terra Gardens, Nandi Highland, Nature Knots, Samavana, Tharavadu Mane, Samaya.
Ask about Moongate Events Venue
We will get a current quote from the venue and tell you what it does not include.
Visit the Bangalore studio in Sundernagar, Gokula, by appointment. Send your enquiry to arrange a consultation.
What happens next
- A written reply. A short list from the venue book with the figures we hold, and the two or three questions your family will need to settle first.
- A call at a time that suits your clock. WhatsApp or video, arranged around the people who make the decisions. Date, venue kind, numbers and the muhurtham hour get settled on it.
- Current quotes and date checks from the venues on the list. We ask each venue for availability on your muhurtham date and its rules on homa, outside catering and timings before anything is booked. Nothing is booked without you.