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Weaver job work, saree catalogues and ghat bookings for Varanasi’s gaddidars, showrooms and hotels.

Varanasi’s economy includes Banarasi silk, saree showrooms, and hotels for pilgrims along the ghats. Families in Madanpura, Lohta and Peeli Kothi weave for gaddidars who give out yarn and collect sarees. Showrooms in Chowk and Godowlia sell to wedding families, and hotels on the ghats and in Sarnath handle online bookings. Software for each trade is built in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru.

At a glance

Madanpura, Lohta, Peeli Kothi and Sarai Mohana are where Banarasi silk is woven on handlooms and powerlooms. Most are family units working for gaddidars, the traders who supply yarn and sell to showrooms across India. Chowk and Godowlia carry the saree shops that wedding families visit in person.

Bhadohi, a short drive west, is the carpet belt, and its exporters use Varanasi for buyers and flights. BHU’s hospital and the private hospitals around Lanka and Sigra draw patients from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. The ghats, the Kashi Vishwanath corridor and Sarnath bring pilgrims and tourists through the year.

Around Varanasi

The areas, estates and markets that matter in Varanasi.

Madanpura, Lohta, and Peeli Kothi

Weaving households and units producing Banarasi silk for gaddidars, with yarn issued and sarees returned tracked in notebooks. Each gaddidar keeps a separate book.

Chowk and Godowlia

Saree showrooms and traders selling to wedding families, who often choose designs on WhatsApp before they travel. Photographs come first.

Thatheri Bazaar

A long-standing brassware market selling to wholesalers and pilgrims. Brass is sold by weight.

Lanka and the BHU side

Hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and guest houses serving patients from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.

The ghats and Sarnath

Hotels, guest houses, boat operators and guides serving pilgrims and foreign tourists, many of whom book online ahead of time. Boat trips cluster around dawn.

How software gets chosen

How Varanasi businesses pick and use software.

Gaddidars keep traditional books, and change usually comes through a younger family member selling to boutiques online. That person pushes for a design catalogue and a weaver job-work record.

Hotel and guest house owners along the ghats deal with foreign guests and booking sites, so channel managers are familiar. A simple front desk that ties bookings, boat rides and guide services into one bill is the requirement.

Where it breaks

Where Varanasi businesses lose time and money.

Yarn with weavers is not tracked closely

A gaddidar gives silk yarn and zari to dozens of weaving families, a few hundred grams at a time, against sarees that return in six or eight weeks. How much is with whom, and how many sarees are due, is written in a notebook that one person reads. Nobody else can check it.

Designs shared on WhatsApp are hard to find again

Showrooms send saree photos to wedding families and boutiques. When a design is asked for again, finding it in chat history takes time. A catalogue code fixes that.

Ghat hotels handle rooms, boats and guides on paper

A guest house near Assi Ghat books rooms online, then arranges boat rides and guides by phone, and the guest settles all three at the desk on departure morning. The final bill is put together from notes. Errors follow.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for Varanasi.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to Varanasi. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Common questions

Questions Varanasi owners ask before they call.

Can a gaddidar track yarn and sarees with each weaver on software?

Yes. A weaver account holds yarn and zari issued, sarees returned and wages due, and it works on a phone. Tally keeps the accounts as they are. The work starts in the weaving lane, not the showroom.

Can a saree showroom share a proper catalogue instead of WhatsApp photos?

Yes. A catalogue with design codes, photographs and prices goes out as a link, and orders come back with the design code attached. That replaces searching through old chats.

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.

Talk to us

Tell us what your Varanasi 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

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. 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