Lodges and dharamshalas
Devotees come to the Madan Mohan ji temple through the year and in far larger numbers for the Kaila Devi fair in Chaitra.[1]
- Room and darshan-time answers
- Booking reminders
- Fair offers to past guests who opted in
Rajasthan · Updated 2026-10-20
WhatsApp Business API for Karauli's temple lodges, guides and sandstone workshops
Karauli's palace looks over a town laid out by the Bhadrawati, built in the red sandstone the district still cuts and sells.
Karauli's palace looks down on a town laid out by the Bhadrawati, walled in the red sandstone the district still cuts. Every Chaitra the road to Kaila Devi fills, and every lodge's phone with it.
For Karauli's lodges and dharamshalas near the Madan Mohan ji temple, the jeeps that run pilgrims to Kaila Devi, the guides to the sanctuary and the hill forts, and the workshops cutting the district's red sandstone: which message a lodge may send in fair week, to whom, and what each one costs.
See it work
Fair week at a Karauli lodge: what can we send, and to whom?
When the Kaila Devi fair begins, a lodge near the Madan Mohan ji temple hears from pilgrims who are writing now, families who booked months ago, last year's guests and the odd visitor from abroad. Answer the questions to find the right message for each.
The tree turns on two facts: whether the person wrote first, and whether the message sells anything. A room reminder for a booked family is utility; the same reminder with a discount in it becomes marketing and needs the guest's recorded yes.
Meta charges by the recipient's calling code, which is why the visitor abroad lands on a different branch. The 24-hour service window explains the reply rule.
Choosing the message in fair week
Question 1 · up to 3
Who is the message for?
Your answers
None yet — pick an answer to start down the tree.
Path map
Depth 0 of up to 3. Circles are questions, squares are outcomes.
All possible outcomes (5)
Reply freely
For 24 hours after the pilgrim's message, answer in any words, with the room photo and the route, at the service rate. No template needed.
Path: “A pilgrim who wrote to us today”
Send a utility template
A booking reminder for a room they booked: an approved template in Hindi with their name, dates and the lodge's location.
Path: “A family who booked a room for the fair” → “Their room, arrival time and the way to the lodge”
Send a marketing template
An offer is marketing, even inside a booking message. Send it only to guests whose yes is on record, and honour every STOP.
Path: “Guests from last year's fair” → “Yes, and it is recorded”
Do not send
No recorded opt-in means no offer. Ask for consent at check-out this year, so next Chaitra the list is clean.
Path: “Guests from last year's fair” → “No, or we are not sure”
Reply, at that country's rate
Answer the visitor's questions as replies; each is charged at the rate InfiQ publishes for the visitor's country, not the India rate.
Path: “A visitor abroad, writing about the sanctuary”
Question 1: Who is the message for? 4 options.
Karauli in eight lines
From Rajasthan Tourism's Karauli page, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Rajasthan profile; the town's name and municipal history are general background from Wikipedia.
Karauli is the headquarters of its district, in the Bharatpur division and the Braj region; the town was formerly named Kalyanpuri, and its municipality dates from 1884.[4]
The City Palace was first built by Arjun Pal in the fourteenth century and rebuilt by Raja Gopal Singh in the eighteenth; its terrace overlooks the town laid out by the River Bhadrawati.[1]
The Madan Mohan ji temple stands on the bank of the Bhadravati and is open to devotees from 5 am to 10 pm.[1]
The Kaila Devi temple, about 25 km away on the Kalisal in the Trikut hills, is believed to date from 1100 and is counted among the nine Shakti Peethas; its fair lasts a fortnight in Chaitra.[1]
The Kaila Devi sanctuary begins beyond the temple and joins Ranthambore National Park, with chinkara, nilgai, jackals and leopards.[1]
Timangarh fort and Mandrayal are each about 40 km out; at Mandrayal, Raja Arjun Dev took the fort in 1327 and Maharaja Harbaksh Pal later built the Bala Kila.[1]
Rajasthan Tourism notes the red sandstone of the city's sturdy walls; Invest India's ODOP list names sandstone products for the district, and IBEF lists sandstone among Rajasthan's decorative stones.[1],[2],[3]
The nearest airport is Jaipur's Sanganer, 170 km away; trains stop at Hindaun City on the Delhi–Kota route and at Gangapur.[1]
Who in Karauli answers on WhatsApp
Four trades that follow the river, the temples, the hills and the stone.
Pilgrim jeeps and taxis
Families ride the 25 km to Kaila Devi, and onward to Shri Mahavirji or the stations at Hindaun City and Gangapur.[1]
- Fare answers in reply
- Departure confirmations
- Pickup reminders
Sanctuary and fort guides
The Kaila Devi sanctuary runs on to Ranthambore, and Timangarh and Mandrayal are each about 40 km out.[1]
- Route and season answers
- Day-plan reminders
- Replies to visitors abroad
Sandstone workshops
Sandstone products are the district's ODOP entry, cut from the same red stone as the city's walls.[2],[1]
- Quotations in reply
- Photos of carved pieces
- Dispatch and payment notes
Hindi for Braj pilgrims, English for the sanctuary's visitors
Most of Karauli's customers, and the pilgrims who come to its temples, read Hindi; visitors from abroad and buyers' offices read English.
Braj and the region's other speech are not Meta template languages, so templates go in Hindi while staff reply in whatever a pilgrim writes. Each language is a separate template under the same name, each approved by Meta before it is sent; InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | hi | Pilgrims, families, jeep passengers and stone buyers |
| English (India) | en_IN | Quotations, invoices and Indian tour groups |
| English | en | Visitors to the sanctuary from abroad |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Kaila Devi fair fortnight costs a Karauli lodge
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message to an Indian number at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply to a pilgrim, ₹0.19 for a booking or departure reminder, ₹0.94 for a fair offer to opted-in guests 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
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Karauli · 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 visitor writing from a foreign number is charged at that market's published rate. Invoices are in rupees and carry your Rajasthan GSTIN.
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InfiQ Flows chatbot builder
A no-code builder for automated conversations (27 blocks, versioned publishing with rollback), priced per flow; the Growth plan includes one.
In fair week, a menu built in InfiQ Flows can answer the questions every pilgrim asks, darshan times, the road to Kaila Devi, rooms left, and hand the rest to staff.
Learn moreConsent records and opt-out enforcement
Each guest's yes is stored with its date and source, so next Chaitra's offer goes only to those who agreed, and STOP replies are enforced.
Published per-market rates
A sanctuary guide sees the published per-market rate before answering a visitor on a foreign number, billed in rupees.
Nearby
City pages near Karauli
Neighbouring markets in eastern Rajasthan and the Braj country.
Hindaun, in the same district, has its own page about its stone yards, station and the Shri Mahavirji fair; Sawai Madhopur's covers Ranthambore. This one stays with Karauli's temples, lodges and sandstone. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Karauli teams
Questions Karauli businesses ask
Devotees ask our lodge near the Madan Mohan ji temple whether darshan opens at 5 am. Do our answers need a template?+
No. The devotee wrote first, so for 24 hours your answer, the timings and directions are replies at ₹0.145 each, with no template. Only a message you start yourself later, such as a booking reminder, needs an approved template.
Families book our jeep from Karauli to the Kaila Devi temple in the Trikut hills. How do we confirm the departure time?+
With an approved utility template at ₹0.19, in Hindi (hi), carrying the family's name, the time and the pickup point as variables, sent to families who booked. Their questions about the fair crowds are answered as replies at ₹0.145.
Visitors abroad ask our Karauli guide about leopards in the Kaila Devi sanctuary. What does each message to them cost?+
Meta charges by the recipient's calling code, so each reply to a foreign number is billed at the rate InfiQ publishes for that country, not the India rate. Your invoice is still in rupees with GST.
Our sandstone workshop in Karauli sends buyers a quotation PDF for carved jharokhas. Is a quotation a utility or a marketing message?+
If the buyer asked for it, the quotation is a reply inside the 24-hour window at ₹0.145, and no template is needed. A quotation sent unasked to a list of builders is promotional, so it is a marketing template at ₹0.94 and only for those who opted in.
Our heritage stay runs drives to Timangarh and Mandrayal, each about 40 km from Karauli. Can guests get the day plan the evening before?+
Yes. A day plan for a drive the guest booked is a utility template at ₹0.19, with the start time and the forts as variables. Photos and answers after the guest replies are service replies for 24 hours.
Many of our customers in Karauli speak Braj at home. Can our WhatsApp templates be approved in Braj?+
No. Braj is not on Meta's list of template languages. Approve your templates in Hindi (hi), which your customers read, and let staff reply in Braj or any other language once a customer writes, since replies need no template.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Karauli · Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan · read 2026-10-21
- [2]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Rajasthan: state profile (updated July 2026) · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Karauli (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [5]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [6]Message templates: supported languages · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [7]WhatsApp Business Management API: message templates · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
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