Hindu temple donation software for seva, hundi, and festival giving

Givebear is donation software for Hindu temples and mandirs: route gifts per deity and fund, sponsor recurring seva, replace the cash hundi with a lobby tap-to-pay kiosk, and send automatic tax receipts. Book a demo.

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Last updated July 2026 by Fatih

Quick answer

Hindu temple donation software should let devotees give to a specific deity, seva, or project instead of one general pool. With Givebear, devotees choose the fund on a lobby kiosk or the temple website, can sponsor a monthly seva, and receive tax receipts automatically. The kiosk stands in for the hundi, so festival and darshan gifts are recorded as they happen instead of counted later.

Key takeaways

  • Create a fund for each shrine, seva, and capital project so trustees can see restricted balances.
  • Families living far away can sponsor annadanam or abhishekam online.
  • Donor history shows who sponsored last year's Diwali annadanam before you plan this year's.

Who this is for

  • Temple trustees and committees managing funds for several deities, sevas, and projects
  • Mandirs that count hundi cash by hand and want a digital record alongside it
  • Diaspora temples whose devotees give from out of state and expect online and monthly options

Retire the hundi reconciliation headache

Givebear summary card: money raised this week with a 30-day trend, and one bar showing how gifts split across funds

Counting and depositing hundi cash is slow, hard to audit, and leaves no record of who gave. A kiosk near the hundi lets devotees tap a card or phone during darshan and festivals, and each gift is recorded against its fund.

Wall-mount it by the shoe rack or prasadam counter, or use the battery floor stand for festivals. The kiosk is a one-time purchase of $999 to $1,099, and its gifts appear in the same dashboard as online and monthly giving.

A mandir receives gifts in many forms: a folded bill in the hundi during morning aarti, an annadanam sponsorship for a parent's punya tithi, a monthly abhishekam seva from a family in another state, and a wave of gifts during Navaratri or Ganesh Chaturthi. Givebear brings these into one place, with fund names in the words your devotees use.

Each deity, seva, and building project can be its own fund, so a gift for a murti pratishtha stays apart from general operations and trustees can see each balance. Devotees can give on the temple website, at a kiosk near the hundi, or as a monthly sponsor, and every gift lands on the same donor record.

Built around seva, not generic donate buttons

Devotees sponsor a specific seva, an annadanam in a loved one's memory, or a brick in the new hall. Name your funds and recurring seva tiers that way, so donors pick exactly what they are supporting.

Trustees get a separate total for each restricted fund, so the building committee can see what the murti pratishtha fund has raised, and auditors can see designated gifts went where they were pledged.

One donor record from kiosk to diaspora

A family that taps at Janmashtami, sponsors monthly abhishekam online, and buys utsav tickets is one record with one giving history.

That gives a 501(c)(3) temple complete year-end statements and lets the committee see who sponsored last year's annadanam before planning this year's.

Configure the kiosk buttons and placement

Set the screen to match your temple: a button per presiding deity, archana and puja sponsorship, annadanam, and a general donation, with a festival fund added for the season so its gifts are reported on their own line.

Place a kiosk at the entrance and another near the sanctum where devotees would approach the hundi. Devotees who enter an email get a receipt; anonymous taps are still recorded by fund.

Practical use cases

  • A kiosk beside the hundi for darshan and festival crowds.
  • Separate funds for murti pratishtha, annadanam, and temple expansion.
  • Monthly seva sponsorships such as abhishekam or archana.
  • A festival fund for Navaratri, Diwali, or Janmashtami, added to the kiosk for the season.

Key features

  • Funds per deity, seva, and project
  • Lobby kiosk with cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay
  • Monthly seva sponsorships
  • Giving form for the temple website
  • Event tickets for utsav programs and cultural nights
Families sharing a meal at long tables in a community hall strung with lights

The kiosk. From $999, paid once.

A 21.5" touchscreen with a tap-to-pay reader, on a wall mount or a battery floor stand. Gifts on it carry your plan's platform fee and land in the same funds as online giving.

See the kiosk

The Givebear kiosk: a touchscreen showing the donation screen, with the tap-to-pay card reader mounted below

Common questions

Can devotees give to a specific deity or seva instead of a general fund?
Yes. Create a fund for each deity, seva, annadanam program, or project, and devotees choose one online, at the kiosk, or as a monthly sponsor. Each fund is reported separately.
How does the kiosk replace our hundi box?
Most temples keep the hundi and add the kiosk beside it. Devotees who carry no cash can tap a card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, and each gift is recorded against the fund they chose, so there is less cash to count.
Can the kiosk display Hindi, Tamil, or Gujarati?
Not today. The kiosk interface is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Turkish. Fund and seva names are typed by you, so they can use the names your devotees know.
Can we set up recurring monthly seva sponsorships?
Yes. Devotees enroll once in a monthly seva such as abhishekam or annadanam, and it is charged each month with a receipt.
What does Givebear cost a temple?
Givebear charges a flat platform fee from 1.9% to 5.9% depending on plan (one rate online, at kiosks, and on memberships), plus Stripe card processing at cost, with no setup fee and no monthly minimum, with no donor tip prompt. A kiosk is a separate one-time purchase of $999 to $1,099, with no per-kiosk subscription.

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  • Your funds, set up the way your treasurer reports them
  • Where a kiosk would go, and what it costs
  • The reports your board will actually see

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