Prompts for Family and festivals

Pongal, Deepavali, weddings, baby functions and family get-togethers all deserve a good picture. These prompts turn your own photos into festival wishes, traditional portraits and keepsakes you can share on WhatsApp.

How it works for you

  1. Step 1

    Pick the prompt for your occasion and tap Copy.

  2. Step 2

    Open your AI app and attach a clear photo of your family.

  3. Step 3

    Paste the prompt and send. Check that the faces still look like your people, then save and share.

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Latest prompts

Pongal With or without a photo Face edit

Pongal Pot at Sunrise

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me on Thai Pongal morning in a courtyard beside a new clay pot with milk boiling over, a turmeric plant tied around its neck, sugarcane stalks, a banana leaf with sakkarai pongal and a coloured rice-flour kolam, low golden sunrise from the left, wide 16:9, uncluttered, no text. If no photo is uploaded, show an original adult instead.

Festival Use your photo Face edit

Karthigai Lamp Portrait

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of me. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me kneeling at a home entrance lighting a clay agal lamp, wearing a cotton saree with a maroon border, evening glow, realistic.

Festival With or without a photo Face edit

Karthigai Deepam Parapet Lamps and Beacon Fire

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me on a terrace on Karthigai Deepam night with hundreds of small clay agal lamps lined along the parapet, a sacred hill silhouette and a glowing beacon fire in the distance, deep blue twilight, soft flame bokeh, vertical, dark space in the sky for text, no readable text. If no photo is uploaded, show an original adult instead.

Diwali With or without a photo Face edit

Deepavali Sweets Gift Box

Tested on ChatGPT

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me seated on a green banana-leaf cloth arranging a Deepavali gift hamper of mysore pak, adhirasam and murukku on brass plates, with small clay diyas and a jasmine strand, soft warm side light, space on the right for text, no logos, no readable text. If no photo is uploaded, show an original adult instead.

Diwali With or without a photo Face edit

Deepavali Silk Portrait

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of me. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Dress me in a Kanchipuram silk saree with contrast zari border (or silk veshti with angavastram), standing beside brass diyas and a kolam, warm lamp glow, realistic. If no photo is uploaded, show a Tamil adult in this setting.

Diwali With or without a photo Face edit

Deepavali Doorstep Lamps

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me at the doorstep of a South Indian home in the evening, placing a lit clay agal lamp among rows of lamps along a white rice-flour pulli kolam, with a brass kuthuvilakku, a marigold and mango-leaf toran, warm lamp glow, dusk-blue sky, vertical 9:16, clear space in the top third for a greeting, no readable text. If no photo is uploaded, show an original adult instead.

Diwali With or without a photo Face edit

Diwali Family Lights

Tested on ChatGPT

Edit the uploaded group photo of my family. Keep every face, skin tone, hairstyle and expression exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show us in festive clothes lighting diyas together at home, rangoli on the floor, glowing oil lamps, fireworks in the night sky outside the window, warm golden tones, photorealistic. If no photo is uploaded, show an original happy family instead.

Kids Use your photo Child photo

Kids Cartoon Avatar

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of my child; I am the parent or guardian and I consent. Keep the child's face, skin tone, hairstyle and features exactly as in the photo. Turn the child into a cute 3D cartoon avatar with big expressive eyes, a colourful playful outfit, a soft pastel background and smooth soft 3D shading.

Wedding With or without a photo Face edit

Traditional Wedding Couple

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of the two of us. Keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and expressions exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Dress him in a white silk veshti with angavastram and her in a red Kanchipuram saree with temple jewellery, flower garlands, mandapam background, cinematic lighting, ultra realistic. If no photo is uploaded, show an original South Indian wedding couple instead.

Pongal With or without a photo Face edit

Pongal Silk Saree Portrait

Tested on ChatGPT

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Dress me in a traditional silk saree and place me beside a decorated Pongal pot with sugarcane and a kolam behind me, warm morning sunlight, shallow depth of field, realistic, highly detailed. If no photo is uploaded, show a smiling Tamil woman instead.

Festival With or without a photo Face edit

Karthigai Deepam Lamp Row

Tested on Gemini

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me kneeling at a home doorstep lighting a long row of glowing clay agal lamps during Karthigai Deepam, dusk light, soft flame bokeh, warm tones, realistic. If no photo is uploaded, show an original smiling adult instead.

Pongal With or without a photo Face edit

Colourful Kolam Art

Tested on Meta AI

Edit the uploaded photo of me, an adult. Keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle, expression and features exactly as in the photo; do not lighten or smooth the skin. Show me kneeling at a clean doorstep drawing a large intricate white rice-flour pulli kolam with flowing curves, dawn light, shot from slightly above, realistic. If no photo is uploaded, show an original adult instead.

Use it responsibly

Use photos of people only with their consent. When you share pictures of children publicly, keep school names and addresses out of the frame.

Common questions

Can I use group photos?

Yes. A sharp, well-lit photo where every face is visible works best. If one face changes, try again or use fewer people in the photo.

Will the faces stay the same?

Prompts that use your photo ask the AI to keep faces unchanged. No tool is perfect, so always check the result before you share it.

Does it cost anything?

The prompts are free. The AI app you use may have its own free limits.

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