Punjab · 30.5° N, 74.5° E
Khidrana became Sri Muktsar Sahib, the Pool of Liberation, after the battle of 1705. Every January, the day after Lohri, pilgrims bathe in its sacred tank, and the jutti shops around the gurdwara meet buyers who will order again from home.
For Sri Muktsar Sahib's Muktsari jutti makers, jaggery units, horse sellers at the Lambi Dhab fair and the hosts who fill up in Maghi Mela week: how a pilgrim who saw your stall can write to you later, which messages need a Punjabi or Hindi template, and what each costs in rupees.
See it work
A jutti stall near the gurdwara prints a QR card for the pilgrims who stop by but cannot buy that day. Pick a sample to see the link the card carries: the stall's number with the buyer's first words already typed.
Pilgrims come to Muktsar for the mela, not for shopping, and many walk past a stall they would buy from later. A card with a click-to-chat QR lets them write when they are home, in Gurmukhi, Hindi or English, without saving a number first.
The buyer's message is what opens the conversation. For 24 hours after it, the shop can send photos of designs, sizes and prices as ordinary replies; once the pair is ready weeks later, the notice goes as an approved template. The 24-hour service window explains the rule.
A wa.me link opens a WhatsApp chat with a number, optionally with a pre-filled message.
Format: number | message
Market brief
From the Sri Muktsar Sahib district administration's pages, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Punjab profile.
On 29 December 1705 the Sikhs fought a Mughal force pursuing Guru Gobind Singh near the lake at Khidrana, also called Isharsar; the forty who died are remembered as the Chali Mukte, and Khidrana became Sri Muktsar Sahib, the Pool of Liberation.[2]
The district lies in south-western Punjab and covers 2,615 sq km, 5.19% of the state, bounded by Rajasthan and Haryana to the south, Faridkot to the north, Firozpur to the west and Bathinda to the east, with 4 blocks and 3 municipalities.[1]
Maghi Mela is held the day after Lohri in January to honour the forty Muktas: pilgrims bathe in the sacred tank and the town is decorated for the fair.[4]
A big cattle fair is held at village Lambi Dhab during Maghi Mela, where horses of the good breed the district is known for across Punjab are shown.[4]
The district page calls the Muktsari jutti famous throughout the world; the shops that make and sell it stand around the gurdwara in the city centre.[2]
Guru Angad Dev's birthplace at Sarai Naga is 15 km away on the Kotkapura highway, and Gurdwara Guptsar Sahib at Chhatteana in Gidderbaha tehsil about 24 km; Bathinda's airport is 57 km off.[3]
Invest India's One District One Product list names jaggery for Sri Muktsar Sahib, and IBEF counts agro-based industries and food products among Punjab's key industries.[5],[6]
Four kinds of business in the town and district, and the messages that fit each.
The shops around the gurdwara sell to pilgrims, who often want a pair in another size or colour after they have gone home.[2]
Jaggery is the district's ODOP product, sold to shops and families who order ahead of Lohri and Maghi.[5]
The Lambi Dhab cattle fair during Maghi Mela shows the district's horses to buyers from across Punjab, who ask for videos before they travel.[4]
Pilgrims come for the sacred tank and the gurdwaras, from Tuti Gandi Sahib to Guptsar Sahib at Chhatteana, and need rooms and cars on dates the calendar fixes.[3],[4]
Meta approves each template once per language. Write the Punjabi version in Gurmukhi first, and add Hindi and English for the buyers who read them.
Inside the 24-hour window your staff can reply in whatever the buyer writes, Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi or romanised Punjabi included. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi | pa | Pilgrims, buyers and farmers across Punjab, in Gurmukhi |
| Hindi | hi | Pilgrims and buyers from Haryana, Rajasthan and further away |
| English (India) | en_IN | Courier notices and buyers in cities across India |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply to a buyer who wrote, ₹0.19 for an order-ready or courier notice, ₹0.94 for a mela-week offer and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
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Per message to Muktsar · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
| 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 buyer who scans your stall's QR and writes first costs you only the replies; templates are needed when you write first or after the window. Invoices carry your Punjab GSTIN.
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In mela week the stall, the workshop and the owner can answer one number together, so a pilgrim's question about a size is not lost in the crowd.
Approve the order-ready, courier and room-confirmation templates once in Punjabi, Hindi and English, then reuse them every January.
Mela-week and Lohri offers go only to buyers who agreed, with the source and time of each opt-in kept and STOP replies enforced.
Nearby
Neighbouring markets in south-western Punjab and beyond.
Abohar and Fazilka have their own pages, about their own trades; this one stays with Muktsar's juttis, jaggery and Maghi Mela. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
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