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Mappila warmth — beautifully free
Coconut grove green, turmeric gold, and the warm lamp glow of a Malabar home — Kerala Nikkah is for the couple whose wedding carries the warmth of a community that has been celebrating together for a thousand years.
Free plan · No credit card · Delivered via WhatsApp
Colour Palette
Coconut Green
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Gold
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White
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Leaf White
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Typography
Headings: Amiri
Body: DM Sans
“Malabar Mappila · Coconut green · Lamp glow”
What makes this template special
Organic garden hero
A lush organic layout in coconut green and gold — the visual warmth of a Kerala home decorated for a wedding, translated to a phone screen.
Album open entry
The invitation opens like a family photo album — the intimacy of a Mappila home, rendered as an animated gesture.
Lamp glow animations
Warm lamp glow animations pulse through the section dividers — the visual signature of a traditional Kerala Nikkah evening.
Amiri calligraphy headings
Amiri gives couple names and Quranic verses the beautiful weight of handwritten Arabic calligraphy — the heritage of a community expressed in type.
Green and gold palette
The colours of the Prophet's banner, the Malabar coast, and the coconut grove — the most meaningful palette for a Kerala Nikkah.
Free for all tiers
Kerala Nikkah is free. Because the warmth of a Mappila wedding should reach every guest, regardless of plan.
Ceremonies included by default
Pre-populated ceremony event tiles — edit names, dates, venues, and dress codes.
Mendhi / Mayoun
Nikah Ceremony
Walima (Reception)
You can add, remove, reorder, and rename any ceremony event in the builder.
Animations & motion
Lamp glow
Lotus bloom
Fade-in sections
RSVP, sharing & the guest experience
RSVP tracking
Guests tap RSVP directly on the invitation and submit yes/no/maybe, headcount, and meal preference. Responses land on your dashboard in real time — no manual tally-keeping.
Sharing options
Share the permanent link via WhatsApp, SMS, or email. Each guest can open it straight from a chat, no app install required, and the link stays live for as long as your plan is active.
Mobile experience
Built phone-first, since most guests open wedding invitations on mobile. Animations, fonts, and the RSVP form are all sized and paced for a smooth one-thumb experience.
How to customize Kerala Nikkah
From picking this template to sending your first guest link.
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Choose this template
Start from this design — it comes pre-loaded with its palette, fonts, and default ceremony events.
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Add your details
Enter both families’ names, the wedding date, venue, and your love story. Upload your own photos to replace the placeholder gallery.
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Edit your events
Add, remove, rename, or reorder ceremony tiles — Haldi, Mehndi, Sangeet, Nikah, Walima, or any custom event with its own date, time, and dress code.
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Turn on RSVP & guests
Import your guest list or add guests one by one, then publish the RSVP form so replies land in your dashboard automatically.
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Preview and publish
Check how it looks on mobile and desktop, then publish to get your permanent wowzey.com/i/ link.
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Share with guests
Send the link via WhatsApp, SMS, or email — each guest can open it without installing anything.
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See it live before you commit
Our demo invitation uses this template with real content — couple names, ceremony events, RSVP section, and all animations active.
Open live demo invitationIs Kerala Nikkah right for your wedding?
Kerala Nikkah is built specifically around the visual language of Kerala's Mappila Muslim community rather than a generic South Asian Islamic aesthetic — coconut-grove green, warm gold, and the soft glow of an oil lamp are colours and cues drawn from Malabar coast homes rather than imported from elsewhere. Many Kerala Muslim families refer to the henna evening as Mailanchi rather than Mehndi, and if that's the term your family uses, it's worth updating the event name from the default so the invitation reads correctly to relatives who'll notice the difference.
The warm brass-lamp glow that runs through the template reflects a wider Kerala home tradition of lighting a nilavilakku for family celebrations, a visual custom shared across communities in the state rather than tied to one religion — which is part of why this palette reads as distinctly 'Kerala' to anyone from the region, Muslim or otherwise. It suits a wedding held at a family home or a modest hall more naturally than a large five-star banquet, since the design's intimacy matches that kind of gathering.
It's on the Free plan, which matters for a community where wedding guest lists often run large across extended family and neighbourhood ties — you can publish and share it with everyone on WhatsApp without worrying about a per-guest cost. Amiri's Arabic support means you can add a Nikah khutbah line, a family surname in Arabic script, or a short dua without the type looking mismatched against the English.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kerala Nikkah free to use?+
Yes — it's on Wowzey's Free plan, so you can build, publish, and share it over WhatsApp at no cost, which suits the typically large guest lists common to Kerala Muslim weddings.
What is the usual order of events in a Kerala Muslim (Mappila) wedding?+
Most families hold a Mailanchi (henna) evening before the Nikah, followed by the Nikah ceremony itself — often at the bride's home or a mosque — and then a Walima hosted by the groom's family. The exact sequence and scale vary by family and locality, so it's worth confirming your own family's order before finalising the invitation's event list.
Can I rename 'Mendhi / Mayoun' to 'Mailanchi' on the invitation?+
Yes — the event names are fully editable, so if your family uses Mailanchi rather than Mendhi or Mayoun, you can update the label to match. Using the term your relatives actually use makes the invitation feel more personal and avoids confusion.
Can I include Malayalam or Arabic text alongside English?+
The Amiri heading font has strong Arabic Unicode support, so Arabic phrases, a Bismillah line, or a short dua will render cleanly. Malayalam script isn't specifically supported by the template fonts, so if you want Malayalam text to look its best, keep it brief and test how it displays before sending the final invitation.
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