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| HDFC Bank, shrine board sign MoU | | Online donations to Mata Vaishno Devi expanded | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 6
With internet based facilities becoming popular for darshans of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir, devotees around the world can now offer their donations online through payment gateway of HDFC ank besides making bookings etc through internet.
Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), Dr Arun Kumar and Country Head Operations of HDFC Bank, Mr A Rajan signed an agreement in this regard here this morning for providing reliable online system, which will further strengthen the relationship of the Mata with the devotees.
Under the agreement, the devotees can make on-line contributions or donations to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi and also avail of various other e-Commerce transactions for various services. The devotees can now opt for any mode for making donations including direct debit to their HDFC Bank account or any Visa/Master, Credit Cards and Debit Cards of any bank.
The CEO said that the revenue to the Board through online services registered much over 100 fold increase from Rs 1.50 lakhs in 2003, when the facility was launched to Rs 2 crores so far this year.
Additional CEO, Mr Puneet Kumar, Senior Vice President, HDFC, Mr Sitanshu Mitra and senior executives of the Bank were present.
HDFC Bank is already offering this facility to many other temples and institutions around the country like Shree Sidhivinayak, Ganapati Temple, Shri Jagannath Temple, Somnathji Temple etc. The Bank has designed special product for the shrine as well as devotees to simplify the donations transactions through a foolproof process. Online donation facilitate devotees across the globe to make donations to temples who have opted for the online donations with the bank and devotees can also select the purpose for which the donation is being made.
There has been rapid growth in online services since the launch of the official website of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board www.maavaishnodevi.org since its launch in October 2004. Governor, Lt. Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha, who is also the Chairman of the Board, has been receiving very good and encouraging response from devotees all over the world. The enhanced facilities like online donations, room booking, helicopter booking, only yatra registration etc is being widely availed by devotees. From online services, SMVDSB has generated Rs 4.36 crores since 2004. |
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