AppsforBharat raises ₹175 crore in Series C funding, to invest in over 20 temple towns across India
AppsForBharat, the parent company of devotional app Sri Mandir has raised ₹175 crore in a Series C funding round led by Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital with participation from existing investors Nandan Nilekani’s Fundamentum Capital, Elevation Capital and Peak XV Partners.
The funds will be used to invest in over 20 temple towns in India which includes Ayodhya, Varanasi, Ujjain and Haridwar. The investment will also be used to strengthen services and commerce verticals, establish fulfilment and logistics hubs, and build AI-led features to boost user engagement.
The firm will also ramp-up local hiring to run and manage operations of these hubs and fuel employment generations in temple towns. Sri Mandir is developing AI tools that will help users navigate the app, answer queries, hand-hold users through pujas, rituals and festivals, and recommend personalized spiritual content.
Announcing the latest fund raise, Prashant Sachan, Founder & CEO, AppsForBharat, said, “We have grown by 2X in the last 6 months and have been able to create significant value to our temple partners and our devotees. We’ve not only brought ease, convenience and satisfaction to our devotees but more importantly enabled consistent, year-round revenue for priests, local vendors, and service providers in temple towns.”
Founded by IIT Bombay Alumni Prashant Sachan, AppsForBharat’s flagship app Sri Mandir, has already crossed 4 crore downloads. The app enables devotees to participate in online pujas, offer goods , receive prasad and access devotional content. According to the company, in the last 12 months, 12 lakh devotees have done 52 lakh online pujas and chadavas (offerings) at more than 70 temples across India. The app also has a significant global presence with nearly 20% of the demand coming from the Indian diaspora living in the US, UK, UAE, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
This year, the app serves as the exclusive digital partner to the Vedashram Trust at the Mahakumbh Mela 2025. They also have supported smaller temples across Uttarakhand, Ujjain and Tirunelveli.
(With inputs from bl intern Nethra Sailesh)
Published on July 1, 2025