Kerala wedding invitation
One day on the backwaters, dawn to night
A boat tied up in the morning mist, a Chinese fishing net that brings up your date, a chenda for every ceremony, and paper boats on the dark water.
Kayal is a digital Kerala wedding invitation, sent as a link on WhatsApp: guests drag a rope off a post to let a boat go, and spend one day on the backwaters from dawn to night, painted in oil. Every family gets its own link with its name. ₹1,999, once.
Free to try · ₹1,999 when you’re ready to send
Everything inside Kayal
What your guests see on their phones, part by part.
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Opens like a real card
A tap to open. No app, just a WhatsApp link.
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Names and blessings
The two of you and the elders who bless you.
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Each family by name
“Dear Sharma family”, never “Dear guest”.
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Your story
How you met, with your own photos.
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Every ceremony
Day, time, venue, dress code and a map.
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A live countdown
Days, hours and minutes to the wedding.
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Good to know
Stay, parking, weather, who to call.
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Wishes from guests
Blessings written right inside the invitation.
Your invitation video and cards
Every Kayal invitation comes with its own video and a card for each ceremony. These are real, made by Invitetale for our sample couple, Arjun & Meenakshi. Yours carry your own names, dates and venues.
A card for every ceremonyDownload them from My Invitations, and send or post each one on its own. Tap a card to see it full size.
Kayal, the backwater
Kayal is the Malayalam word for the backwaters: the still water, the palms that lean over it and the houses along its banks. This invitation spends one wedding day there, from the mist before sunrise to the moon on the water.
It is painted in the manner of the old Kerala oil paintings, with no faces in it. The people in it are your words: both families, your parents and the elders whose blessings you seek.
It plays as guests touch and scroll, on any phone, from a link on WhatsApp. There is no app to install and nothing to download.
How Kayal opens
One day on the Kerala backwaters, dawn to night, in oil paint: guests untie the boat, haul up the fishing net for the date, beat the chenda for each ceremony and set a paper boat afloat with every wish.
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The rope
A country boat is tied to its post in the dawn mist, with each family's name above it. The guest drags the coir rope off the post, and the boat slips free.
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Your names in the morning
The mist lifts as guests scroll, the palms part, and the boat drifts off with your names in the sky.
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The bamboo pole
Each push of the pole makes a ripple and brings in the next of the families' words.
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The fishing net
At noon a Chinese fishing net waits in the water. Guests pull its stones down, the net rises with fish in it, and your date comes up in the sky.
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Behind the shutters
Your story in the sky over a nalukettu's roof, and your photos behind its carved windows. A tap swings the shutters open.
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A beat of the chenda
One forecourt, dressed again for every ceremony. A tap on the drum brings in the mandapam or the reception stage, with the time, place and map.
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The snake boat
At golden hour, the days left in the sky, and guests tap in time to row a long snake boat across the water.
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Paper boats at night
Your closing words under the moon. Every wish sails out on the dark water as a paper boat, for everyone to read.
Kerala wedding invitation wording, in English
A plain, warm way to put it. Kayal starts with words like these, and you change them to yours.
With the blessings of our elders
The Nair & Menon families
request the honour of your presence, with your family, at the wedding of their children
Arjun
with
Meenakshi
Saturday, 23 January 2027 · the muhurtham is at 11:05 am
Sree Krishna Kalyana Mandapam, Mullakkal, Alappuzha
Sadya follows
Name your ceremonies the way your family does: nischayam, the muhurtham, the sadya. Every line can be changed.
To every family, by name
Each family gets its own link. Theirs opens with their name in the dawn sky, and greets them by name again above the families' words.
₹1,999once, for your whole wedding · Includes 18% GST
- Free to try and change
- Every ceremony in one invitation
- Every family by name, no limit
- Your invitation video and a card for every ceremony
Best offer
Today at ₹1,200 ₹1,999
One tap to apply on the payment page. Each code works once per account.
Questions families ask
Does it suit a Malayali Hindu wedding?
Yes. It is made for one: the mandapam of coconut fronds and banana stems, the tall brass lamp, the muhurtham and the sadya. The ceremonies and their names are yours to change.
Is there a video too?
Yes. A 9:16 invitation video is included: the same boat, your names, your ceremonies and your closing words, made once you have checked your details.
How is it sent?
As a link on WhatsApp. It is ₹1,999, once, and every family can have its own link with its name on it.
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