How to make a website for a temple

Devotees and visiting families search before they come: when the temple opens for darshan, the aarti timings, which festivals are celebrated, and how to arrange a puja. A small temple website answers these and sends them to the temple office on WhatsApp or the phone.

Updated 2026-11-09

What people look for on a temple website

Opening and closing times for darshan, including the afternoon closing, and the aarti timings
The deity and the temple's history, in the trust's own words
Festivals through the year, with this year's dates and special timings
Pujas, abhishekam or sevas devotees can arrange, and whom to contact for them
Rules for visitors: dress, footwear, phones and photography inside
Facilities: parking, prasad counter, drinking water, a place to sit for older visitors
Directions from the railway station or bus stand and a Google Maps button

The pages your website needs

Home: The temple's name and deity, today's darshan and aarti timings, upcoming festival dates and a WhatsApp button for the office
Timings and festivals: Daily timings, the afternoon closing, aarti times, and the year's festivals with special timings
Pujas and sevas: The pujas devotees can arrange, what each involves, and how to ask the office for a date
History and trust: The temple's story as the trust tells it, and the trust or committee that manages it
Visiting and contact: Visitor rules, facilities, parking, address, landmark, office hours and a Google Maps button

Sample words for your home page

Shri Hanuman Mandir, Civil Lines, Nagpur

Open 5:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 4 PM to 9:30 PM. Aarti at 6 AM and 7:30 PM. Special darshan every Tuesday and Saturday.

Shri Hanuman Mandir has stood in Civil Lines for over a hundred years and is cared for by the Shri Hanuman Mandir Trust. Devotees gather for the Saturday evening aarti and the Hanuman Jayanti celebrations. Message the temple office on WhatsApp to arrange a puja.

Use these as a starting point and write them in your own words: AppCub can rewrite them for you in the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide the pages. Most temple websites need these pages: Home, Timings and festivals, Pujas and sevas, History and trust, Visiting and contact.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, with your own name, address, prices and timings.
Check the plan. AppCub lists the pages and what goes on each. Ask for changes until it is right; seeing the plan is free.
Add your details and photos. Replace every sample with your real details, attach your own photos, and check each page on the phone and computer preview.
Publish and share. Choose your address (your-name.sites.appcub.ai), put the website live and share the link on WhatsApp.

Copy this request, change the details to match your temple, and paste it into AppCub:

Make a website for Shri Hanuman Mandir in Civil Lines, Nagpur, managed by the Shri Hanuman Mandir Trust. Open 5:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 4 PM to 9:30 PM; aarti at 6 AM and 7:30 PM. Festivals: Hanuman Jayanti, Ram Navami, Diwali, with special timings. Pujas: Sundarkand path, abhishekam, sankalp puja, arranged through the office. Pages: home, timings and festivals, pujas and sevas, history and trust, visiting and contact. Visitors: footwear at the stand, no photos inside the sanctum. Office WhatsApp 98XXXXXXXX. Saffron and white colours.

Tips for a temple website

Change the timings before every festival and remove them after, so devotees don't arrive at a closed door.
Write the history in the trust's own words and keep to what is known; avoid claims about miracles or wishes being granted.
Respect the temple's rules on photography: use photos of the outside, the festival decoration or the courtyard if the sanctum may not be photographed.
Don't put bank or UPI details for donations on the website. Ask devotees to contact the office, or accept offerings in the trust's own app.
List visitor rules politely and plainly, such as where to leave footwear and what to wear.
Add the temple to Google Maps with a free Google Business Profile and put the timings there as well.

What it costs

Describing your website and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
Making it and changing it in chat uses credits for the work done: start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499 (200 credits, no autopay). Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Publishing is free for an account that has paid AppCub once, at your-name.sites.appcub.ai.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

The website can't take donations, book pujas or sell prasad; devotees contact the office on WhatsApp or by phone. For puja bookings, a donor register and offerings through the trust's own Razorpay account, a temple app is the better fit.
The pages are written in English. You can talk to AppCub in English, Hindi or Hinglish.
A website has no forms, bookings, payments or logins: visitors reach you on WhatsApp, by phone or on Google Maps.
Every page carries a small “Made with AppCub” badge and a “Report this site” link.

Questions

Can devotees donate on the temple website?

No. The website has no payments, and it is safer not to put account details on it. Devotees contact the office, or the trust can accept offerings in its own app through its own Razorpay account.

Can devotees book a puja on the website?

Not directly. Each page has WhatsApp and call buttons so devotees can ask the office for a date; the office confirms it.

Can the website show festival dates for the whole year?

Yes. Put the year's festivals on the timings and festivals page and update the special timings before each one.

Can we add live darshan to the website?

The website can link to a live stream you run on another platform. AppCub doesn't stream video itself.

Can the temple website be in Hindi or Marathi?

The pages are made in English. Deity names, festival names and aarti names can be written as devotees know them.

Will devotees searching for the temple find this website?

The pages are made so Google can read them, with the address and timings in the format search engines use. Where they appear is Google's decision; a free Google Business Profile helps devotees find you on Maps.

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