Gaya’s hotels and traders work to two pilgrim calendars.
Gaya works to two pilgrim calendars: winter tour groups at Bodh Gaya and Pitru Paksha at the Vishnupad Temple. Hotels keep group bookings in email and Excel. Traders, tilkut makers and the Manpur powerlooms keep orders in Tally and WhatsApp. Booking and order software for each can be set up remotely and used during the busiest fortnights.
From October to March, Bodh Gaya receives Buddhist pilgrims, monks and tour groups from Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Japan and other countries, many arranged through monasteries and agents abroad. Hotels, guest houses and restaurants cluster around the Mahabodhi Temple and along the road into Gaya.
Gaya town receives families who come to the Vishnupad Temple for Pind Daan, in the largest numbers during Pitru Paksha. Ramna Road and the old markets make and sell tilkut through the winter. Powerlooms in Patwa Toli, Manpur, weave towels and gamchhas.
The areas, estates and markets that matter in Gaya.
How Gaya businesses pick and use software.
Hotel owners at Bodh Gaya already work with foreign tour operators, and are familiar with channel managers and formal invoices. A single screen can hold a rooming list from an agent abroad, a deposit in dollars and a walk-in booking.
Gaya town’s traders and powerloom owners keep Tally for accounts, work with a trusted clerk and take orders by phone. A first step is often one small change, such as a dealer order app or stock by design, with value judged on time saved.
Where Gaya businesses lose time and money.
Tour group rooming lists arrive as email attachments
Hotels receive rooming lists from agents abroad in many formats, and each list is often revised before arrival. Every version is retyped into the room chart. Errors carry through to check-in.
Pitru Paksha fills every lodge at once
For a fortnight, families arrive in large groups at short notice, and lodges near Vishnupad handle advances and room allotment by phone while the calls keep coming. Records fall behind.
Tilkut orders are taken on paper
Bulk orders from traders and families in other cities are noted by hand, and dispatch dates and courier charges get mixed up at the peak of the season. Late parcels lose repeat customers.
What we would build for Gaya businesses.
Usually in this order, starting with whatever the audit ranks first.
Web and Mobile Application Development
Web and mobile apps for customers, field staff and dealers, built to work on ordinary phones.
Learn moreAPI and System Integration
Accounting software, WhatsApp, payment gateways, tax portals and your own apps sharing one set of numbers.
Learn moreBusiness Process Automation
Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.
Learn moreE-Commerce and Digital Commerce
An online store or B2B order portal wired to your stock, billing and dispatch.
Learn moreHow the work runs from Bengaluru for Gaya.
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The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
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A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
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Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
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Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to Gaya. Travel is agreed in advance.
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Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
The work we have published.
We don’t claim Gaya clients we don’t have. These are systems our team built; the way we work is the same wherever you are.
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Read the case studyQuestions Gaya owners ask before they call.
Can a Bodh Gaya hotel take group bookings and deposits from foreign agents in one system?
Yes. Group booking screens import rooming lists, record deposits in foreign currency and in rupees, and issue GST invoices. If a channel manager is already in use, the system can link to it.
Can a tilkut maker sell online to customers outside Bihar?
Yes. A small order page with UPI payment and courier tracking is usually enough for the winter months. Whether a marketplace listing suits better is worth reviewing first.
What happens after I share my requirements?
An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.
How much will the software cost?
We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
Industries we build for in Gaya.
Elsewhere in Bihar.
Tell us what your Gaya business runs on today.
Send a short note on the spreadsheets, software or WhatsApp groups your team depends on. We reply the same working day.
What happens after you share your requirements
- A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
- Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
- If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
- No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.
Start with your requirements
Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.
Share your requirements