Baluchari weavers and saree shops
Baluchari is one of Bankura's three ODOP products, its borders and pallus woven with scenes from the epics.[5],[6]
- Pallu and border photos in reply
- Order note with the advance
- Courier note with tracking
A business day in Bishnupur
WhatsApp Business API for Bishnupur's Baluchari looms, terracotta makers and temple guides
Bishnupur's temples are brick and terracotta, built by Malla kings in the seventeenth century, and its looms still weave Baluchari. A visitor's first message often asks for a room, a guide and a saree at once.
- 06:00
A guest asks for a guide to the Rasmancha before the sun is high.
- 09:30
A Kolkata boutique asks a Baluchari weaver for a photo of the pallu.
- 12:00
A buyer in Delhi orders a pair of Panchmura terracotta horses.
- 16:00
A Dokra workshop sends the courier note for a lamp.
- 19:30
A guest house confirms two rooms for the Bishnupur Mela.
For the Malla capital's Baluchari weavers, the terracotta and Dokra makers behind Bankura's ODOP list, the painters of Dashavatar cards, and the guest houses, guides and cars that serve visitors to the Rasmancha and the Jor Bangla: how one number's chats reach rooms, guides and craft desks, in Bengali, and what each costs.
See it work
A Bishnupur guest house's four desks on one number
A family guest house near the temples lets rooms, sends guides, sources Baluchari and terracotta for guests and runs a car to the station. Pick a routing rule and watch a weekend's chats find the right desk.
Sticky routing keeps a guest with the person who answered first, so the family that booked rooms on Tuesday reaches the same desk when they ask for a guide on Saturday. A craft question goes to the one person who knows the weavers.
Every answer inside 24 hours of the guest's message is a reply at the service rate, whichever desk sends it.
Routing a temple-town guest house
7 / 7
Only agents with the required skill are eligible; the least busy of them wins.
Incoming · 0 left
- All 7 conversations have been routed.
Conversation 7 of 7 · Skills-based
Is late checkout possible on Sunday?(needs stay)goes toRooms
Skills: needs stay, and only Rooms has it.
- Full
Rooms
2 of 2 open
- stay
- Two rooms for the Bishnupur Mela weekendneeds stay
- Is late checkout possible on Sunday?needs stay
- Full
Temple walks
2 of 2 open
- guide
- A guide for Rasmancha and Jor Bangla at sunriseneeds guide
- Can we watch Dashavatar cards being painted?needs guide
- Full
Craft orders
1 of 1 open
- craft
- A Baluchari with a Mahabharata pallu, under budgetneeds craft
- Full
Car desk
1 of 1 open
- car
- Pickup from the railway station at sixneeds car
Waiting · 1
- A pair of Panchmura horses packed for Delhineeds craft
| Strategy | Routed | Waiting | Skill mismatches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills-based | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Sticky | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Least busy | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Conversation 7 of 7, Is late checkout possible on Sunday?: Skills: needs stay, and only Rooms has it.
Market brief
Bishnupur in eight lines
From the Bankura and Birbhum district administrations and Invest India's ODOP list; the temples' style, the crafts and the gharana are general background from Wikipedia.
- 01
Adi Malla founded the Malla dynasty and ruled from Laugram; Jay Malla extended its lands and shifted the capital to Bishnupur.[2]
- 02
Bir Hambir, who flourished around 1586, introduced the worship of Madan Mohan in Bishnupur.[2]
- 03
Raghunath Singh built the Shyam Rai, Jor Bangla and Kalachand temples between 1643 and 1656, and Bir Singh built the present fort and the temple of Lalji in 1658.[2]
- 04
In 1787 Bishnupur was joined with Birbhum as one administrative unit; Vishnupur passed to the Burdwan Collectorate in 1793, and the district was known for a time as West Burdwan before taking the name Bankura in 1881.[2],[4]
- 05
Invest India's ODOP list names terracotta, Dokra and Baluchari for Bankura district, and the district's own site shows Baluchari sari making, terracotta at Panchmura and the Poramatir Haat at Bishnupur.[5],[1]
- 06
The Malla temples, the Rasmancha among them, are terracotta and brick of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the Dalmadal cannon stands in the town.[6]
- 07
Baluchari silk is woven on Jacquard looms with scenes from the epics in its border and pallu; round Dashavatar cards are painted by the Foujdar family, and brass and bell-metal work continues; the Bishnupur gharana of Dhrupad grew under Malla patronage.[6]
- 08
Bishnupur's PIN code is 722122; Panchmura's is 722156.[3]
Who in Bishnupur answers on WhatsApp
Four trades from the looms, the kilns, the foundries and the temples.
Terracotta and Dokra makers
Terracotta and Dokra are the district's other ODOP products, with terracotta work at Panchmura nearby.[5],[1]
- Size and finish answers
- Packing and dispatch notes
- Payment reminders to shops
Guest houses, guides and cars
The Malla temples and the fort draw visitors who book rooms, walks and pickups.[2],[6]
- Room and guide replies
- Booking confirmation
- Pickup reminder
Card painters, bell-metal workers and music teachers
Dashavatar cards, brass and bell metal, and the Bishnupur gharana keep small workshops and classes going.[6]
- Made-to-order progress notes
- Class-time reminders
- Orders from buyers far away
Bengali templates, Hindi and English for visitors
Bengali is the town's main language and a Meta template language; most visitors from other states read Hindi or English.
Each language is a separate template under the same name, approved by Meta on its own. Replies need no template, so desks answer in whatever a guest writes; InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | bn | Guests from Kolkata, local customers, weavers and students |
| Hindi | hi | Visitors and craft buyers from other states |
| English (India) | en_IN | Booking confirmations and invoices for boutiques |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Mela week costs a Bishnupur guest house to message
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply from any desk, ₹0.19 for a booking, order or courier note, ₹0.94 for an offer to guests who opted in and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Everything a growing business needs to run WhatsApp properly.
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Bishnupur · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A boutique in Kolkata or a buyer in Delhi on an Indian number costs the same India rate. A buyer on a foreign number is charged that market's rate. Invoices are in rupees and carry your West Bengal GSTIN.
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What a Bishnupur business runs on InfiQ
Matched to a guest house with four desks and a weaver with distant buyers.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
Rooms, guides, craft orders and the car answer one number, with sticky routing, transfers and private notes on each booking.
- Published per-market rates
InfiQ publishes its per-message rate for every Meta market in rupees, ex-GST, so the cost of messaging customers abroad is known before you send.
A Dashavatar card or Baluchari buyer abroad is charged that market's published rate in rupees, known before the message goes.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Guests who said yes to hear about the Mela or new sarees are recorded with date and source; everyone else waits until they write.
Nearby
City pages near Bishnupur
The nearest markets in Bankura and the neighbouring districts.
Bishnupur's guests and buyers come through several of these cities; each page looks at its own trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Bishnupur teams
Questions Bishnupur businesses ask
Guests ask our Bishnupur guest house for a guide to the Rasmancha and the Jor Bangla temple. Can our guide desk answer on the same number as the rooms desk?+
Yes. InfiQ's shared team inbox puts one WhatsApp number in front of several people, routed by skill, so the guide question reaches the guide desk and the room question the rooms desk. Each answer inside 24 hours of the guest's message is a reply at ₹0.145.
A Kolkata boutique wants photos of a Baluchari pallu from our Bishnupur loom before it orders. How long can we keep sending them?+
For 24 hours from the boutique's latest message, as ordinary replies at ₹0.145 each. If the boutique writes again, the 24 hours restart. Once it orders, the dispatch note with the courier's tracking number is a utility template at ₹0.19.
Buyers in other states order Panchmura terracotta horses from our shop near Bishnupur. Can the courier note go in Hindi?+
Yes. Hindi (hi) is a Meta template language. Submit the courier note in Bengali and in Hindi under the same template name; Meta approves each version, and you send the Hindi one to buyers who wrote in Hindi. It is a utility template at ₹0.19.
Can our Bishnupur hotel tell last year's guests that rooms are open for the Bishnupur Mela?+
Only guests who agreed to hear from you about offers or events. That message is a marketing template at ₹0.94; a past stay is not consent. Ask for the yes at checkout or in a reply, record it in InfiQ, and STOP is enforced automatically.
Students learn Dhrupad from our Bishnupur gharana teacher over video calls. Can class reminders go on WhatsApp?+
Yes, to students who enrolled and agreed to updates. A class-time or fee reminder is a utility template at ₹0.19, in Bengali, Hindi or English. A student outside India is charged the rate for that student's country.
A buyer abroad wants a set of Dashavatar cards from our Bishnupur workshop. What does a message to a foreign number cost?+
Meta charges by the recipient's country code, so a foreign number is billed at that market's rate, not the India rate. InfiQ publishes its rate for every Meta market in rupees on the [pricing page](/pricing); replies to the buyer's questions are charged at that market's service rate.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Bankura district: official website · District Administration, Bankura · read 2026-10-21
- [2]History · District Administration, Bankura · read 2026-10-21
- [3]STD and PIN codes · District Administration, Bankura · read 2026-10-21
- [4]History · District Administration, Birbhum · read 2026-10-21
- [5]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [6]Bishnupur, Bankura (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
Put Bishnupur's rooms, guides and looms on one number
Start a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed: route your guests' chats to the right desk and approve your Bengali and Hindi booking and courier templates. Once Meta business verification is complete, your number is usually live in about two hours.
