Temple Management

Running a temple day to day: services and pricing, deities, the festival calendar and Panchang, facility rentals, the canteen, and finance.

What hardware or equipment do we need?

None beyond what you already have. Temple Hub runs in any modern web browser on smartphones, tablets, or computers, and there's an optional mobile app on Google Play and the App Store for a faster experience. Priests and staff can use personal devices or temple-issued tablets. No dedicated hardware or POS terminals are required — though Temple Hub does integrate with card terminals if you choose to accept in-person card payments.

How does the Temple Calendar work?

The Temple Calendar tile shows all scheduled pujas and events in a unified three-panel view (navigation and filters on the left, the month grid in the center, and a selected-day panel on the right that opens on today) accessible to admins, priests, and devotees. Announcements and events published via the Announcements and Manage Event Pages tiles automatically appear on the calendar, keeping everyone aligned. Scheduled puja services (daily, weekly, or specific-date schedules) appear too, and each puja service has a "Show on Temple Calendar" toggle in Manage Services, so admins control exactly which offerings show on the calendar, independently of the "Show on Website" toggle. (Private Puja Services are booked on demand and don't carry the calendar toggle.)

Can Temple Hub work out our yearly festival calendar?

Yes. In the Temple Calendar tile, switch to "Yearly Temple Calendar" and click "Predict from panchang". Temple Hub calculates each day's date from the panchang at your temple's own location and time zone. Every day is either a Temple Special Day — with a kind: Festival, Ritual, Vrat, Remembrance or Temple occasion — or an Observance, such as Purnima, Pradosham or Pitru Paksha. Dates your temple has not always kept the same way are marked "Review" for the priests to confirm. Move any day to the nearest Saturday or Sunday with one click, choose when it is celebrated (all day, or morning, noon or evening, each with its own hours), and add an optional community label such as Telugu or Jain; the label is shown only inside the day's details on your website, never as a filter or count, so the temple never appears to favor one community. Tick "Large event" on the big days, and Booking Rules closes hall, facility and equipment bookings for those hours while pujas still book normally. On the website's Temple Calendar those hours, and every Booking Rules blackout date, show a "Bookings closed" note so devotees know before they try to book. Next year's prediction starts from this year's choices. Publish, and the year appears on your website's Temple Calendar (Month and Year views); the website's Panchang page stays a pure panchanga reference and links to it. Only Admins and SuperAdmins can save, and every change is recorded in System Logs.

How do we manage deities and shrines?

The Manage Deities tile lets you maintain detailed profiles for each deity — including shrine location, consort details, iconography, and sacred histories. These profiles power the devotee-facing temple website and puja booking flows.

How do we publish festivals and events?

Use the Announcements tile for internal updates and special pujas, and the Manage Event Pages tile to create public-facing campaign pages visible outside the portal. Both feed into the Temple Calendar automatically.

How does the Home Page Slider work?

The Home Page Slider tile lets admins upload and manage images and announcements that appear on the temple's public-facing home page. Use it to promote upcoming festivals, special pujas, or community announcements without any coding.

Can we manage the temple's public website content?

Yes. The Manage Contact Info tile lets you update the temple's name, address, phone numbers, and social links. The Temple Gallery tile manages public-facing images. The Home Page Slider handles banners and announcements. Together they keep your public website current.

How does Manage Timings work?

The Manage Timings tile lets admins set and update the temple's operating hours, holiday closures, and special opening times. These timings are reflected on the public-facing temple website and can be updated at any time.

Still have questions?

Our team is happy to walk you through anything — from a live demo to a custom onboarding session for your temple.