Restoring & preserving heritage
We help care for sacred places and tell their stories well, so younger generations grow up knowing the traditions they come from.
Chapter 1 · Why we existWho we are · Why we exist
Where the temple and the phone meet
So much of our spiritual life happens in person, at the temple, on a yatra, in front of the deity. We try to make the rest easier: booking a darshan, finding a stay through DharmikStays, asking a pandit a question.
So much of India's spiritual life is still offline and scattered across phone numbers and word of mouth. We're bringing it together, app-first and with our partners.
We are a team of technologists, spiritual seekers and people who care about keeping our culture alive: engineers, designers, spiritual guides and content creators. We build and run the whole DharmikVibes family ourselves, the product, the AI, the content and the partner network.
“Made with devotion, in Bhārat, for every devotee who carries a little of home in their heart.”
Our mission
Simple, dignified, within reach
To make every form of devotion (darshan, yatra, puja, guidance and daily practice) simple and dignified, and within reach of every devotee.
Our vision
One home for devotees and temples
One home where devotees and temples find each other easily, across languages, distance and generations.
Our dharma
Technology in service of faith We never bypass a temple's rules. VIP and special-entry darshan always go through official temple channels, so you reach the deity with dignity.
Everything we build is meant to serve the devotee, whether that's a quiet darshan at home or a yatra you'll remember all your life.
Bhakti first
The devotee comes first. We build technology to serve devotion, not the other way around.
Trust & dignity
We use only official temple channels, and we treat every tradition, deity and devotee with respect.
For everyone
Many languages, from anywhere, so devotion reaches every city, country and generation.
Built with our partners
We grow alongside temples, astrologers, pandits, gurus and travel partners, not at their expense.
Why DIVVIB
How we think about our work
We start with the devotee
Every product begins with a real moment of devotion: a darshan, a yatra, a puja, a few quiet minutes of sadhana. The technology comes second, and stays in service of that.
AI that respects the faith
Divine helps you plan a pilgrimage just by talking, in your own language. We pair it with verified temple information so the answers you get are ones you can rely on.
One connected ecosystem
Our apps, partner platforms and yatra guides share the same map of temples, so darshan, a place to stay, travel and a trusted pandit are never more than a tap away.
For India and for those far from home
It works in many languages and from anywhere. NRIs can sponsor a puja in their name, arrange a family darshan back home, and have prasad sent to them.
Built with our partners
Astrologers, pandits, gurus, temples and travel experts come online through DharmikGuide, so their genuine services reach the devotees looking for them.
Trust and dignity
VIP and special-entry darshan always go through official temple channels. We help you reach the deity with dignity, and we never bypass a temple's rules.
Chapter 2 · The thesis and the numbersThe thesis
India's temple towns are engines of entrepreneurship, not just places of faith
India's temple towns welcome hundreds of millions of pilgrims every year. Around every sacred site is an untapped local enterprise economy: the people who guide, host, feed, transport and serve devotees. Most of them work without recognition, reach or reliable income. DIVVIB exists to change that.
₹16.8 lakh crReligious tourism market, FY2025
₹36.6 lakh crProjected market by 2035
60%+of India's domestic travel is spiritual
12 cr+Devotees expected at Simhastha Kumbh, 2026–28
Sources: KPMG in India – PHDCCI, “From Darshan to Destination” (2026); Ministry of Tourism; state tourism data. Market size converted from USD at about ₹83 per dollar.
When a temple town grows, thousands of enterprises grow with it
Ayodhya · 16.4 → 30 cr visitors a year
Visitor numbers nearly doubled in a year after the Ram Mandir, with roughly ₹85,000 crore of planned development: a brand-new economy for local entrepreneurs.
Kashi Vishwanath · 70 lakh → 10 cr+ visitors a year
Footfall grew more than 14× since 2019; the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is estimated to have added over ₹1.25 lakh crore to Uttar Pradesh's economy since 2021.
Tirumala Tirupati · about 2.4 cr devotees a year
Around 100,000 pilgrims a day sustain a vast local economy of stays, food, transport, flowers and crafts, year after year.
Kumbh · ₹27,000 cr
In economic activity around a single Kumbh, from boatmen and cooks to guides and stays.
The opportunity
100M+ new livelihoods
India's spiritual economy can create 100 million or more new livelihoods in the next five years, and many more beyond. Formalise and connect this vast, mostly informal workforce, and the spiritual economy becomes one of the largest job engines on earth.
Four economies in one
Local enterprise · Employment · Tourism · Entrepreneurship
Activate all four in every temple town and India can lead the world's spiritual economy: dignified work close to home, rooted in our own living traditions.
The scale we're building for
Much of India's devotional life is still offline
Where we are today, and the scale we are building for.
25K+Devotees using our apps and services today
750M+Devotees we are building for, towards a billion
1.5M+Temples and shrines listed in our spiritual map
15+Indian languages, apps & content
Chapter 3 · The impactThe difference we hope to make
विरासत की रक्षा, आजीविका का निर्माणRestoring heritage, creating livelihoods
Beyond the apps, DIVVIB is transforming the spiritual economy on the ground: empowering the entrepreneurs who serve devotees, through DharmikGuide and on-ground DharmikHubs, and helping younger generations stay close to our dharmik traditions.
3,000+Verified partners on DharmikGuide
12Partner types, from priests to drivers
25K+Devotees today, building for 750M+
100M+Livelihoods India's spiritual economy can create
Our role
The economy, the experience, the trust
We formalise informal seva into verified, payable work (DharmikGuide, transparent payouts, several income streams per partner); we give devotees seamless, trusted darshan, yatra, stays and puja (the DharmikVibes apps and on-ground DharmikHubs); and we make trust the infrastructure: KYC-verified partners, signed agreements, reviews and local hubs.
Where we are
3,000+ partners · 12 partner types · 25K+ devotees today
A growing, verified spiritual economy, built for the 750M+ devotees of Bharat and the diaspora we aim to serve. The full temple-economy story on DharmikGuide →
Temple economies are not just religious economies
Through DharmikGuide and on-ground DharmikHubs, we work with the entrepreneurs who serve devotees in temple towns.
Livelihoods
Steady income for priests, artisans, travel operators and other service providers across rural and urban India, as more devotees find and book their services online.
Community on the ground
Through on-ground DharmikHubs, devotees and partners meet in person: local events, help and a community around each temple town, not only an app.
Technology for temples
Live darshan, digital records and queue and donation tools for temple trusts, as part of the AI Temple Management Ecosystem.
Founders
The people behind DIVVIB
Puneet Tandon
Co-Founder
Guiding the long-term vision of DharmikVibes, Puneet focuses on building a scalable spiritual ecosystem where technology strengthens faith, preserves heritage, and enables meaningful devotional experiences for every seeker.
LinkedIn →
Layak Singh
Co-Founder
Leads the mission of creating a compassionate and trustworthy devotee experience by bringing together spiritual communities, partners, and meaningful initiatives that make Sanatan wisdom accessible to everyone.
LinkedIn →Chapter 4 · The peopleWomen power
Women in India's spiritual economy
Women have always carried our living traditions: temple kitchens, homestays, crafts, wellness and teaching. Yet most of their work stays invisible and unpaid. DIVVIB helps them earn from it with verified profiles, direct income and dignity, close to home. Our goal is for women to lead a large share of every new spiritual livelihood.
Cooking for a dindi, Ashadhi WariSatvik kitchens
Cook satvik meals for pilgrims and temple events, with a verified profile and income paid to you.
Homestay breakfast, Mudh, SpitiWomen-led stays
List your homestay near a temple and host devotees directly, close to home.
Flower seller, PushkarCrafts & flowers
Offer garlands, puja flowers and handmade crafts to devotees and temples, with direct income.
Meditation by the riverYoga & meditation
Lead yoga and meditation for devotees and retreats, with a verified profile.
Wellness & teaching
Women yoga teachers, kathavachaks, Ayurveda and wellness guides build trusted practices and a steady, independent income.
Guides
Guide yatris through your temple town with a verified profile, paid directly.
Drivers
Drive pilgrims on yatra routes, listed and verified, close to home.
Photographers
Photograph pujas, yatras and family moments for devotees who book you directly.
Her story · Pratigya, Kashi
“I grew up in a lane behind Dashashwamedh. My grandfather walked pilgrims to the ghats before dawn; I started doing the same at nineteen, mostly for families who had no one to explain the aarti to them. DharmikGuide gave me a verified profile, and DharmikVibes sends me the yatris. Last winter I guided forty-three families — elders who needed a slow pace, children who wanted the story of every ghat. They pay me directly; I keep my own hours. My mother says the lane finally has a guide with a name on the internet.”
Chapter 6 · The invitation
Come and build this with us
Whether you run a temple, guide yatris, cook for pilgrims, or simply carry a little of home in your heart: there is a place for you in this story.