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Know which devotee family booked what seva and when to remind them next.

A CRM for a temple records devotee families, the sevas and donations they made, and the dates that matter. GullySales sets this up as a record volunteers can keep between handovers, and uses it to time the next reminder.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For temples

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Anniversaries bring devotees back”

    A family that sponsored last year's kalyanotsavam returns more often when reminded a month ahead, not left to remember alone.

  • “NRI donor families need a different follow-up”

    A family abroad booking a seva for a relative back home wants a photograph of the ritual, not a receipt.

  • “Volunteer handovers should not lose donor history”

    Coordinators change often. A shared record means the next one knows who gave what last year.

What we do

What we deliver for temples.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A shared record of devotee families and sevas

    A record of which devotee family booked which seva or made a donation, kept as a shared sheet volunteers can update between handovers.

    Result: The next volunteer coordinator knows the temple's donor history.

  2. Anniversary reminders set a month ahead

    A reminder set for a family that sponsored a kalyanotsavam or another seva last year, sent about a month before the date recurs.

    Result: A family is reminded in time to plan a return visit.

  3. A different follow-up routine for NRI donors

    A routine for overseas donor families that includes a photograph of the ritual performed for them, instead of a plain receipt.

    Result: A family abroad feels connected to a ritual they could not attend.

  4. A digital copy alongside the paper register

    Donations logged in a searchable digital record by name and date, kept alongside the trust's existing paper register.

    Result: Finding a past donor's record no longer means searching a paper ledger.

  5. A short checklist for a rotating volunteer

    A simple, written checklist so a new volunteer coordinator can keep the record going without needing training from the last one.

    Result: Donor history survives even as the volunteers looking after it change.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

What to record, and when

What a temple should record about every devotee family and seva, and whether software is needed yet.

The family, with gotra and nakshatra if offered
Record the family head's name and phone number, and the gotra and nakshatra only if the family volunteers them. The seva booking form can collect these at the time.
Seva, date and receipt number
Log the seva, the date performed, the amount and the receipt number. The receipt number ties the record to the paper donation register the temple already keeps.
How the family counts the date
Note whether the family keeps the seva date by tithi or by the calendar date. A date by tithi moves each year, so the reminder must follow the almanac.
Overseas families and time zone
For NRI families record the country, the time zone and whether they want a photograph or a video of the seva. A reminder that arrives at night in their country gets ignored.
Permission to message
Record whether the family agreed to WhatsApp reminders. A temple message that arrives uninvited reflects on the temple.
Do you need software yet?
A shared sheet is enough for a temple with a modest donor list and one or two coordinators. Think about software when several volunteers update together, or a trust runs several shrines from one donor list.

Who it is for

This is written for these temples.

  • Ancient and heritage temples with high pilgrim footfall
  • Neighbourhood and community temples
  • Temple trusts managing more than one shrine
  • Shrines with a strong NRI devotee base overseas
  • A temple known for one festival or utsavam
  • Temples running annadanam and community welfare programmes

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the CRM work runs

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.

  2. 2

    Configure stages and fields

    The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.

  3. 3

    Set up automations

    Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.

  4. 4

    Test with real deals

    We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Is this hard to maintain with volunteer staff?
We set it up as a shared sheet with a short checklist a rotating volunteer can follow.
Does this replace the paper donation register?
It sits alongside it as a digital copy, searchable by name and date.
Can we record tax receipt details of donors?
Record the receipt number and whether a tax receipt was requested. Whether a donation qualifies for any tax benefit depends on the trust's registration, so ask the trust's accountant. Keep identity numbers such as PAN out of the shared sheet.
Volunteers keep everything in their own phone contacts. How do we gather it?
Ask each coordinator to share contacts into one sheet kept by the trust, and collect names at the seva counter from now on. Do not copy anything a family asked to keep private, and keep phone numbers visible only to those who need them.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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