Acharlahalli
Vaama
Acharlahalli, Doddaballapura Road, North Bangalore · North Bangalore & the airport side
Vaama, which trades as VAMA Retreats, is a resort on a 180-acre green campus at the foothills of Nandi Hills, about 30 minutes from the airport and an hour from the city centre. It holds weddings on its banquet lawns and puts guests up in villas and cottage rooms (vamaretreats.com, checked 16 Oct 2026). It takes 200–2,000 guests and has 65 rooms on site. Its WedMeGood listing gives catering from ₹2,300 a plate (veg) as at 11 Sep 2026, an entry menu rather than a quote.
- Guest capacity
- 200–2,000
- Rooms on site
- 65
- Indicative rate
- from ₹2,300 a plate (veg)
Official website: vamaretreats.com; also known as VAMA Retreats and Vama Bengaluru. On this page: address · contact · photographs · reviews.
No photograph of Vaama is published yet. We only show venue pictures we have permission to use.
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 Vaama on Google Maps.
On file for Vaama
- 180-acre green campus — Nandi Hills backdrop
- Outdoor lawn — 1,500 seated / 2,000 floating capacity
- 65 rooms with private balconies for residential weddings
- Year-round outdoor swimming pool and lush garden
- Pet-friendly resort environment
- Acharlahalli, Doddaballapura Road — near KIA Airport
What Vaama lists on its own website
- Rooms: one- and two-bedroom villas, pet-friendly garden villas, cottage rooms and pool villas.
Read on vamaretreats.com 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 Vaama cost in 2026?
Vaama is a boutique wedding resort at Acharlahalli. It seats 200–2,000 guests and has 65 rooms on site. Catering runs from ₹2,300 a plate, so food for 600 guests at one function works out at ₹14 lakh and up. Most families here run two or three functions. 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 food costs at Vaama, by guest count
Vaama prices catering per plate. The sum below is that rate multiplied out — nothing more, so you can check it. The right-hand column assumes two catered functions, which is what most families here run.
| Guests | The working | One function | Two functions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | ₹2,300 × 200 | ₹4.6 lakh+ | ₹9.2 lakh+ |
| 600 | ₹2,300 × 600 | ₹14 lakh+ | ₹28 lakh+ |
| 2,000 | ₹2,300 × 2,000 | ₹46 lakh+ | ₹92 lakh+ |
Indicative: a starting price from the venue's WedMeGood listing as at 11 Sep 2026, so treat every total as a starting point. Food only.
How Vaama charges
Vaama prices per plate against a minimum guarantee — a guest number you commit to and pay for whether or not everyone comes. The per-plate rate is the headline, but the guarantee is the number that decides your bill.
The guarantee is negotiable, and it is the most useful thing to negotiate. Off-season dates, weekday muhurthams and multi-function bookings all move it. If your realistic count is 300 and the venue opens at a guarantee of 500, that gap is the conversation to have before anything is signed.
The other thing to settle early is what the plate rate includes: whether it covers the full menu you want or a base menu with live counters and desserts billed on top, and whether service charge and taxes sit inside the quoted figure or outside it. Two venues quoting the same plate rate can land a long way apart on both.
What the Vaama figure does not include
The plate rate above covers food, and that is the correct way for a venue to quote — but it is roughly 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.
- Rooms — 65 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 Vaama on one sheet before you compare it with anywhere else.
How many guests Vaama really holds
Vaama is on file at 200–2,000 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.
65 rooms on site set how much of the list can stay over, and so how much transport you run.
How Vaama compares with other venues in North Bangalore & the airport side
Vaama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaama (this page) | Acharlahalli | 200–2,000 | 65 | from ₹2,300 a plate 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 Vaama is
Our file places Vaama at Acharlahalli, Doddaballapura Road, North Bangalore. We have not found an address published by the venue itself (checked 16 Oct 2026). By its own reckoning it is about 30 minutes from the airport and an hour from the city centre. Open Vaama in Google Maps.
How to contact Vaama
To reach Vaama directly: phone +91 91081 97404 or +91 91081 97505; email vamaretreats@gmail.com (vamaretreats.com, checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website is vamaretreats.com.
The Bangalore Wedding House is a wedding planning studio, not Vaama. 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 Vaama
We have no photograph of Vaama that we are permitted to publish, so this page shows none. The venue posts its own on Instagram (@vamaretreats).
Where to read reviews of Vaama
Reviews of Vaama 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: where cars go at the muhurtham hour; where the homa may be lit; the power backup for lights and sound.
Questions couples and parents ask about Vaama
What does a wedding at Vaama cost?
Vaama, Acharlahalli lists catering from ₹2,300 a plate (veg) on its WedMeGood listing as at 11 Sep 2026 (≈ $26 / £20 / AED 97 a plate), a starting price for food alone. Mantapa build and decor, purohit, photography, stay and transport are priced on top. Capacity on file is 2,000 guests. The total moves with the guest number, the month and the muhurtham hour, so we check the rate against your date before quoting the wedding.
How many guests does Vaama hold?
Vaama in Acharlahalli holds 200–2,000 guests, with 65 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 Vaama from the airport?
Our file for Vaama records: “Acharlahalli, Doddaballapura Road — near KIA Airport”. Confirm it in writing with the venue for your date before you sign.
How much is catering at Vaama for 2,000 guests?
At Vaama's indicative rate of ₹2,300 per plate, food for 2,000 guests across two functions comes to ₹92 lakh and up. That is food alone — venue, decor, photography, purohit, stay and transport are separate. The rate is indicative, from the venue's WedMeGood listing as at 11 Sep 2026, and we confirm it against your date before quoting.
What is not included in the price quoted for Vaama?
A venue quotes venue money. The plate rate covers food. Mandap build and decor, photography and film, purohit and ritual materials, 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 Vaama big enough for our guest list?
Vaama is on file at 200–2,000 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 Vaama?
Our file places Vaama at Acharlahalli, Doddaballapura Road, North Bangalore. We have not found an address published by the venue itself (checked 16 Oct 2026). By its own reckoning it is about 30 minutes from the airport and an hour from the city centre. Search for "Vaama" in Google Maps for the pin and directions.
How do I contact Vaama?
To reach Vaama directly: phone +91 91081 97404 or +91 91081 97505; email vamaretreats@gmail.com (vamaretreats.com, checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website is vamaretreats.com. 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 Vaama and tell you what its quote leaves out.
Where can I see photos of Vaama?
We publish only venue photographs we have permission to use, and we have none of Vaama yet. The venue's own pictures are on Instagram (@vamaretreats).
Hosting here as a Bangalore family
The fit
Vaama is a boutique wedding resort with 65 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 200–2,000 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 Vaama'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 Vaama 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 “Acharlahalli, Doddaballapura Road — near KIA 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: The Grape Garden, Ritam, Shree Swargha Heritage, Prangana, La Terra Gardens, Nandi Highland.
Ask about Vaama
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.