Puja

Offer devotees the option to pay for one-time or recurring pujas

This guide will walk you through the process of creating a Puja Campaign on PayBee.

Creating A Puja Campaign

Navigate to Campaigns > Create New Campaign > Hindu Temple Puja.

Add the Name, set the Naam/Gotra Settings and Time Zone associated with your campaign. What you enter in the Nakshtra, Gotra, Rashi textfields will be displayed to donors.

Puja Configuration

Add the Basic Details, Donor Details, Availability, Advanced Settings, Cover Fee Settings and Confirmation Email settings as you would with every other campaign. More information on this can be found here.

Puja Settings

• Don't allow donors to set amount less than option amount - By default, we allow donors to set any amount but if you would like to restrict this, please enable this field.

• Capture Naam/Gotra information - What you enter in the Nakshtra, Gotra, Rashi textfields will be displayed to donors.

• Deities - Add each deity as an option. The donor can select one of these options while selecting the puja.

Puja Option Settings

Sample puja option

The settings for each option are divided into the following sections:

Basic Details

• Cover Image: Add an image for your puja.

• Thumbnail: Create a thumbnail for your puja or generate one from your main puja image.

• Option Name: Enter the puja name to be displayed to donors.

• Amount: Enter the cost of a puja

• Value of goods & services provided, if any: Enter the total value of each puja. The purchase price minus the value is considered to be the tax deductible amount for the puja.

• Enforce ticket inventory for this option - To control the number of puja slots sold in this option, switch this ON. For eg., if 20 car pujas are available, you would switch this ON and enter 20 as the inventory count.

Additional Donor Details

Collect details from donors who select this puja. Enabling these will override campaign-level settings. You can collect responses in the form of text or the donor may select one of the options provided in your question.

Option Description

Set the description and summary for this puja. The summary is displayed when donors are viewing the list of pujas. The description is seen when donors tap on the puja to view the puja details.

Puja Settings

• Allow donor to select Deity: You can allow devotees to choose the deity they want to honor. To enable/disable this, the setting must be enabled under the Hindu Temple Puja Settings tab.

• Puja frequency: You can allow devotees to choose the puja frequency so you can specify your paksha and tithi. The frequency options include One Time, Weekly, Monthly or devotees can select custom dates. If you provide recurring pujas, set the cost of each puja associated with the corresponding frequency.

Custom Launch/End Date

Control visibility of your puja by adding launch and end dates and times. If the puja campaign is visible to donors but the launch date for this puja is in the future, donors will not be able to see this puja yet.

Accepting Donations for a Puja Campaign

For your volunteers to be able to accept donations for your Puja Campaign you have to add them on the Volunteers section of PayBee. From the app in the Volunteer mode in order to Accept Donations they have to do complete the following steps:

1. Tap ‘Accept Donation by email’.

2. Enter in their email address and then tap next and then enter the name of the donor and then tap next.

3. Tap Accept Donation

4. Tap the Puja Campaign

5. Tap the Puja Option

6. Add in the information needed and tap Next

7. Select the payment method.

8. For Check, take photos of the check or enter the check number in Memo. Tap ‘Record’.

9. For Card, select ‘Tap To Use Card Reader’. Follow instructions. Tap ‘Enter Card Manually’ if needed.

10. In Confirm Payment, the checkbox is selected if the donor is covering the transaction fees. Uncheck the checkbox if needed.

11. Collect the signature. Tap ‘Confirm Payment’.

Instructions for Donors

1. Select the Puja Option you want to make a donation to

2. Enter your Email and Name and any other information required by your Temple

3. Confirm the frequency of your donation.

4. Enter your payment information once you select pay via Card or Bank Account

5. You are all done making your donation!