Tamarind traders
Tamarind is Rayagada's second ODOP product, bought from collectors and sent on to buyers elsewhere.[4]
- Rate replies in Odia
- Dispatch notes to buyers
- Payment notes to collectors
Odisha · Updated 2026-10-20
WhatsApp Business API for Rayagada's tamarind and cotton traders and shawl sellers
Rayagada grew along the Nagavali under the Nandapur kings, and Maa Majhighariani's shrine still stands among its riverside temples.
Rayagada became a district on 2 October 1992, but its town is older: the Nandapur kings built it along the Nagavali. Its collectors and growers write in Odia; its buyers are often outside the state.
For Rayagada's tamarind and cotton traders, the sellers of Chatikona's Dongria Kandha shawls, and the lodges and cabs serving visitors to Maa Majhighariani: how one lot moves between collector, trader and buyer on WhatsApp, why its templates cannot be in Odia, and what each message costs.
See it work
One lot of Rayagada tamarind, message by message
A collector sells tamarind to a trader in the town, and the trader sends the lot to a buyer in another state. Step through who writes to whom, and which of those messages Meta has to approve first.
The collector rarely has to read a template: every message he starts is answered in Odia. Only the payment note, sent days later, has to be an approved template, and that one short message can be in Hindi or English.
The 24-hour service window explains when a reply is allowed and when the next message must be a template.
Collector, trader, Meta and buyer
9 / 9
- Collectorwrites in Odia
- Rayagada trader
- Metatemplate review
- Buyeranother state
Step 9 of 9Async
CollectorRayagada trader
Thanks, in Odia
A fresh window: the trader can answer in Odia again.
- Request — solid arrow — a call that expects an answer
- Response — dashed arrow — the answer coming back
- Event — dotted arrow — something happened and is pushed out
- Async — double head — fire-and-forget, nobody waits
Step 9 of 9: Collector to Rayagada trader — Thanks, in Odia. A fresh window: the trader can answer in Odia again.
Rayagada in nine lines
From the Rayagada district administration's pages and Invest India's ODOP list; the town's founding and its temple are general background from Wikipedia.
Rayagada district came into existence on 2 October 1992. It covers 7,073 sq km, with 2 sub-divisions, 11 blocks, 11 tahasils, 2 municipalities and 2 notified area councils.[1]
In Ashoka's time the area was part of Kalinga; a Brahmi rock inscription at Bhojpur names the Rastrik king Mandhata, whose line Kharavela later defeated.[2]
A Brahmi inscription at the Pataleswar temple records the rule of Dadarnab Dev of Gudari Kataka, and another text there names the River Langully.[2]
After Mukund Dev's defeat at Gohera Tikiri in 1519 the region passed to the Bahamanis and then to the Nandapur kingdom; under the British it was part of the Jeypore zamindari until Independence.[2]
The town was founded by King Vishwanath Dev Gajapati of Nandapur, who built a fort; a row of shrines along the Nagavali includes the temple of Maa Majhighariani, its guardian deity.[5]
The district's pages picture the Maa Majhighariani and Laxmi Narayan temples, the hanging bridge at Chekaguda and the Dongria Kandha shawls of Chatikona.[1]
Invest India's ODOP list names cotton and tamarind for Rayagada.[4]
The district's Biju KBK plan puts Bijili, Sadak and Pani first: rural electricity, roads and bridges, and irrigation and drinking water.[3]
Rayagada is a municipality and the district's headquarters, with Odia as its official language.[5]
Who in Rayagada starts first
Four businesses that follow from the district's two ODOP products, its shawls and its temple.
Cotton traders and gins
Cotton is the district's first ODOP product; growers ask rates, gins and mills want lots confirmed.[4]
- Rate and weighing replies
- Lot confirmations
- Truck and bale notes
Dongria Kandha shawl sellers
The district counts the shawls of Chatikona among its pictures of itself, and buyers far away order from photos.[1]
- Photo and price replies
- Order confirmations
- Courier notes
Lodges, puja shops and cabs
Maa Majhighariani's temple, the Laxmi Narayan temple and the Chekaguda hanging bridge bring visitors to the town.[1],[5]
- Room and route replies
- Booking confirmations
- Pickup reminders
Templates in Hindi, English or Telugu; replies in Odia
Odia, Kui and Desia are not Meta template languages. Hindi, English and Telugu are, and each version is approved separately.
Every message a customer starts can be answered in Odia, Kui, Desia or whatever they write, because replies inside the 24-hour window are not templates. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | hi | Payment and booking notes for collectors and visitors who read it |
| English (India) | en_IN | Dispatch notes, invoices and buyers' offices |
| Telugu | te | Buyers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana who prefer it |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a tamarind season costs a Rayagada trader
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply in Odia, ₹0.19 for a dispatch or payment note, ₹0.94 for an offer to buyers 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
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 Rayagada · 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 buyer in Visakhapatnam or Raipur on an Indian number costs the same India rate as a collector in the district. Invoices are in rupees and carry your Odisha GSTIN.
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What a Rayagada business runs on InfiQ
Matched to a trade that talks in Odia and writes templates in Hindi or English.
Nearby
City pages around Rayagada
Neighbouring markets in southern Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh, on the map.
Jeypore, which once ruled this area as a zamindari, has its own page about cashew and colleges; this one stays with Rayagada's tamarind, cotton, shawls and temple. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Rayagada teams
Questions Rayagada businesses ask
- Q1
Tamarind collectors write to our Rayagada trading firm in Odia. Can our payment-note template be in Odia?
No. Odia is not one of Meta's template languages, so a payment note sent after the 24-hour window has closed must be in Hindi (hi), English (en or en_IN) or another listed language. Replies are different: when a collector writes, your staff can answer in Odia for the next 24 hours at ₹0.145 per message.
- Q2
Our cotton firm sells lots from Rayagada, whose ODOP list starts with cotton, to gins in Andhra Pradesh. Can the dispatch note be in Telugu?
Yes. Telugu (te) is a Meta template language. Submit the dispatch note in Telugu as its own version of the template, alongside English, and send each buyer the version they read. It is a utility message at ₹0.19 to any Indian number.
- Q3
A boutique in Bhubaneswar wants Dongria Kandha shawls from Chatikona through our Rayagada shop. Can we send photos and confirm the order on WhatsApp?
Yes. When the boutique writes first, photos, prices and sizes are replies at ₹0.145 each for 24 hours. The order confirmation and the courier note you send later are utility templates at ₹0.19, in English or Hindi.
- Q4
Devotees visiting Maa Majhighariani's temple ask our Rayagada lodge for rooms. Is our reply a marketing message?
No. They asked, so the tariff, photos and directions are replies at ₹0.145. A booking confirmation and an arrival reminder are utility templates at ₹0.19. A festival offer to past guests is marketing at ₹0.94, and only for guests who agreed to hear from you.
- Q5
Visitors ask our Rayagada cab service about the hanging bridge at Chekaguda. Can we reply with a map pin?
Yes. A location pin, the fare and the timing are ordinary replies at ₹0.145 each while the visitor's 24-hour window is open, in Odia or any language they write in. A pickup reminder for a ride they booked is a utility template at ₹0.19.
- Q6
Our shop takes orders from villages across Rayagada district's 11 blocks. Can staff at two counters answer one WhatsApp number?
Yes. InfiQ's shared inbox lets up to 10 users on Lite, or 25 on Growth, answer the same number, with transfers, private notes and labels by block or by order. Each answer to a customer who wrote is a reply at ₹0.145.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Rayagada district: official website · District Administration, Rayagada · read 2026-10-21
- [2]History · District Administration, Rayagada · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Economy · District Administration, Rayagada · read 2026-10-21
- [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Rayagada (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [6]WhatsApp Business Management API: message templates · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [7]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
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