Temples · Social media
Share the festival as it happens, for devotees who could not travel.
Social media for a temple covers festival coverage, seva reminders and daily rituals, aimed at devotees who cannot visit in person. GullySales builds the posting calendar around your festival dates and trains whoever holds the phone on the day.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What social media means
Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.
Last updated 5 Oct 2026.
For temples
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Same-day festival coverage matters more than polish”
A devotee abroad wants to see the procession that evening, even on a phone camera, over an edited video a week later.
“Daily darshan photos build a following”
A short daily post of the deity's alankara keeps the page active outside festival season.
“Two reminders, a week and a day before”
This catches both the early planner and the last-minute booker without repeating the same post daily.
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.
Same-day festival coverage posted as it happens
A procession or ritual filmed and posted the same evening, even on a phone camera, for a devotee abroad who could not attend.
Result: A devotee who missed the festival still feels part of it.
Darshan photo posted outside festival season
A short post of the deity's alankara, kept up between festivals to hold the following's attention.
Result: The page stays active for devotees checking in outside festival season.
Two-stage seva reminders before the date
A reminder posted a week before a seva or festival, then a second one a day before, without repeating the same message daily.
Result: Both the early planner and the last-minute booker are reminded.
A posting calendar built around festival dates
A calendar planned against the trust's own festival dates, so posts go up ahead of each occasion rather than being decided last minute.
Result: The temple's social presence keeps pace with its own calendar.
Training for whoever posts on festival days
A short training for the staff member or volunteer who films and posts on festival days, covering what to capture and when.
Result: Festival coverage does not depend on one person remembering what to do.
How the result is measured
- Posts published
- Engagement rate
- Enquiries from social profiles
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Platform for this buyer
Where devotees look, and what a temple posts on each platform.
- Instagram reels of festival moments
- Post the alankaram, the deepa aarti or the procession, with the festival and date in the caption. The action is to save it and share with family planning a visit.
- WhatsApp channel or broadcast for devotees
- Send seva reminders and darshan timings to those who joined. The action is to reply to book a seva. Keep it to notices, not chat, and add devotees only with their consent.
- YouTube live for the abhishekam or aarti
- Stream a ritual for devotees who cannot come, such as NRIs. Put the trust's official seva booking page in the description. The action is to book a seva online.
- Facebook for older devotees
- Post the day's panchanga, the festival notice and a notice of timing changes in large clear text. The action is to share with the family group.
- Google Business Profile
- Keep darshan timings, holiday changes and the entrance photograph current. Pilgrims search before travelling. The action is directions.
- What not to post
- Devotees' faces in queues without permission, the sanctum where photography is barred, appeals without the trust's registration details, and miracle stories nobody can verify.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 social media work runs
- 1
Understand your audience and platforms
We identify which platforms your specific buyers actually use and what kind of content they respond to.
- 2
Audit current presence
We review existing pages, past content performance and any gaps in consistency.
- 3
Build the content calendar
A plan is created, balancing genuine value with occasional direct offers.
- 4
Implement and post
Content is created and published consistently on the agreed schedule.
- 5
Measure and optimise
We track enquiries alongside engagement and adjust the content mix based on what actually performs.
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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Who manages this day to day?
Which platforms matter most for a temple?
Can we post photographs of devotees during festivals?
Should we put the temple's bank account for donations in a post?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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