Ultimate Hand Mehandi Pattern Guide: Top 45 Traditional Designs

Mehndi is a work of art that adorns one's hand for special occasions. It is a tradition that makes events more enjoyable and lively. Do you have a special occasion coming up, aur ap bhi dhondh rahay hain mehandi ki design? Fret not, we have you covered with 45 traditional mehndi patterns. Before you begin creating these beautiful designs, make sure to follow our complete guide to natural henna safety for protecting your skin, and explore our stunning bridal collection for wedding inspiration, or check out our detailed mehandi tutorials for step-by-step application techniques.

Traditional Mehandi Design Patterns

Are you a person who doesn't like experiments but still wants a mehndi? Then this mehandi design is the right choice for you. It has intricate lines on the fingers with touch of flower bunch at the base.

Flower and Leaf Stems

This is what we call the modern mehndi. The finely drawn flower and leaf stems going vertical on the hand.

Big Lotus Design

A mehndi design with a big lotus in the heart of the design and little flowers on the fingers give a contemporary look.

Cross-sectional Design

A cute mehndi design with cross sectional part at the right side and a half flower at the left side compliment each other gracefully. This is one of the heritage mehandi styles.

Half Flower Pattern

Love flowers but don't want a big one? Then the half flower aesthetic is definitely for you.

Moons & Lanterns

Bring tranquility and nature to your design by getting this classic henna pattern.

Leaflets Design

Add a touch of greenery through your mehndi by creating these leaflets design sprawled around the hand with few flowers bunches to the contrast.

Flower Swirls

Make your mehndi straight out of magazine with these little flower swirls like a tasty cinnamon.

Little Hearts Aesthetic

The little heart designed mehndi with flowers near the nail tips is perfect for contributing to the custom by not going too over-board.

Heritage mehandi styles

This is design is multi-patterned with lotus flowers and lines at the base.

Traditional Thappa

Get a traditional thappa design with a cute framed flower design at the centre of the hand.

Name Initials

Customise your mehndi with your and your partner's intials at the centre of the hand with a jam-packed designing on the hand.

Full Glam

Get yourself a fully worked mehndi design with little flowers and an aesthetic door as a border. This is a bridal design.

Vertical Patterns

Fill in your hand with vertical patterns of different patterns featuring flowers and leaves shading. This design is beautiful.

Door Design

Get a traditional Indian mehndi design with an aesthetic door outline with lotus flowers lines in the centre and filled.

Flower Crown

This is a hand-dominating design with a criss-cross on the fingers and a flower crown at the base of the hand. Looks super cute!

Dark Style

Get this design for yourself; a fully dark coloured and filled in design for your next festival!

One-Sided Design

This design is more focused on the top side of the hand, leaving a free base with big and small flowers complementing the leaves.

Lover's Mehndi

This is a full-blown glam design with lines and swirls decking up the hand. The special lover's name at the centre of the hand makes it just so lovey!

Tomb Style

It's not asian if it doesn't involve tombs and peacocks in the design.

Halloween Mehndi Design

Try the Halloween mehndi design featuring pumpkins, bats and stars to add in to the festival.

Branches Design

Get this lovely dangling flower branches and dits design with leaves detail to give a minimally beautiful design.

Indian Mehndi

Indian mehndi is the exquisite charm one needs to try in their henna pattern. The same design on both hands with a door in the centre and a flower bunch in the middle.

Lotus Design

This is a charming henna pattern with one lotus in the middle and little dots sprawled around the hand. The lotus printed detailing on the fingers is perfect.

Leaves and Flowers

The minimal is the new cool with repetitive leaves and flowers design all over the hand.

Circular flowers

This circular flower-like patterns with branches swaying in the henna pattern like its spring in high-time.

Dainty Style

The henna aesthetics are very popular but when done with delicacy, they max the cuteness.

Leafy Hearts

We all love leaves but when done into a heart pattern, they qualify to a stylish design.

Flower Trails

Intricate flower trails which barely cover the hand are an all-rounder mehndi style which can be made for any small to big occasion.

Hand Chain Mehndi

A hand-chain mehndi is amazing. It gives a faux jewellery effect, out-shinning your hands!

Garden Style

You can adorn your hands through the art of mehndi into a garden style. Add elements like butterfly, leaves, flowers and stars.

Florets Design

What is cuter than baby flowers dangling through your wrist as a garland inked in mehndi? Absolutely stunning design.

Clean Design

Few of you demand minimal design. So this one's a cute and clean design which doesn't involve much shading and colouring.

Lined Patterns

If you are tired of flowers and nature based mehndi patterns, this one is for you. Simple vertical lines with little dots and arrows to make it subtle.

Half Fingers

If you don't want all of your fingers dipped in mehndi patterns then this pattern is your go-to style. It is a unique mehndi desgin.

Simple Branch

Sleek flower branch crawling all through your hand beautifies the mehndi design.

Drenched Design

Go over-board with your mehndi design with a full fingers drenched style. It looks cuter when dried and gives hues of bright orange.

Big Base Flowers

Sole chunky flowers at the palm is very eye-catching.

Palm Garden

Delicate half flowers with long stems and leaves and little grass on the base of your hand looks adorable.

Minimalist Design

If you are in a mood of minimal mehndi design then this design is a breather in the heavy designs.

Present Style

Get your mehndi designed wrapped in like a present packaging and a bow on the bottom. Super chic!

Butterfly beauty

A design with a big butterfly on the knuckles and stems hanging is the new cool design.

Flying Colors

Get yourself mehndi colors flying through your hand with little butterflies and stems.

Mughal Style

Love the mughal doors with dainty flowers sprawled through their interior. Channel that vibe into your mehndi through this design.

Moon Design

Get the moon in the palm of your hands combined with flowers at the base. Moonlight beauty.