Diwali invite template: how to choose and customise one for your home

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A free Diwali template works best when your date and address stay the clearest thing on screen.

A centred layout with one large heading suits relatives, because the details read clearly from top to bottom.

Put the date and address on the first screen, in strong contrast, so guests find them without scrolling. Anyone who has to scroll to find them is less likely to reply.

Some free templates ship with sample names and filler sentences. Replace the title, date, time and address before anything decorative, because those lines decide whether guests reply.

Two or three decorative elements look festive, while a full wall of patterns makes the details harder to find. Use lamp images, rangoli shapes and mandala borders as frames around the information, not as the information itself.

A pattern that looks gentle on a laptop can crowd the text on a phone. Ask one person to open the invitation on their phone, then ask where the party is and when it starts.

Start with a ready animated layout, change the text, and share one link with your guests.