E-hundi' facility installed at Srirangam for donations

Srirangam: For the first time, the Shri Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam-Tiruchy will launch the e - hundi facility for receiving donations from devotees by swiping their debit or credit cards.

According to sources at the temple, the HR&CE department, in coordination with the State Bank of India, has installed a ‘e-hundi’ at the Garuda Mandapam to facilitate devotees to offer their donation to the temple in a hassle-free manner.

The facility will start functioning before the end of this month,  sources added.
To begin with, the e -hundi will receive the devotee’s contribution through their cards, and subsequently, it will serve as a cash deposit machine and devotees can make cash deposits.

“Once you swipe your card or deposit cash, it will be immediately credited to the temple accounts being maintained with the State Bank of India,” sources added.
Sources said that every donor would be issued a printed receipt after the donation is made. Banks would be able to update temple accounts daily. The ‘e-hundi’ would reduce the burden of counting of currency notes collected from the conventional hundi, sources added.