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TN Tourism Innovation Challenge 2026
Payanam in 3 minutes
Payanam lets any traveller, from India or abroad, book Tamil Nadu's real experiences (home kitchens, estates, artisans, monuments and official treks) in English or Tamil, while local hosts run everything in their own language, keep 100% of their price, and the state sees where visitors go.
Demo traveller
arjun@payanam.in- Password
Payanam@123
Payments are simulated; nothing is charged.
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Nine stops, about three minutes
Each card opens the live feature. Pages that open in a new tab leave this list here for the next step.
30 sStep 1:Watch a temple rebuild itself
Brihadeeswarar Temple rises era by era in 3D, from 1003 to today. Tap the years. On a phone, tap “View in your space” to place it on your desk.
20 sStep 2:Then & Now
Drag the divider between a historic photograph and today, pick an era to read what stood there, then play the audio guide in Tamil or English, chapter by chapter.
20 sStep 3:Step inside in 360°
Inside the Big Temple courtyard: drag to look around and tap the numbered points to learn what you are looking at.
40 sStep 4:Ask the AI concierge, in Tamil or English
It plans only from live listings, open slots and real prices. Tap a question: the concierge opens here and answers in about 15 seconds.
40 sStep 5:Book something real
Sign in as the demo traveller and book a boat ride. My tickets then shows a signed QR that the gate can check without a signal, and an offline copy you can save.
arjun@payanam.in/Payanam@123
20 sStep 6:Plan the official way
All 45 Trek Tamil Nadu trails, with booking handed to the Forest Department's own portal. A curated circuit becomes a day-by-day trip in one tap.
10 sStep 7:Tamil all the way
Every page, the concierge, tickets and the host tools work in Tamil, with the Tamil calendar and a Thirukkural every day.
Step 8:What Tamil Nadu Tourism gets
20 s
A destination dashboard: bookings, visitor languages and footfall by district and site, festival-season demand and ticket scans (demo data, clearly labelled).
Step 9:The same app on your phone
On your phone
Scan to open app.payanam.io: the same sign-in, plus the Heritage Passport, kolam trip cards and AR in your room.
Scan to open it on your phone
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Try it from the other side
Hosts, ticket gates and the department each have their own tools. Every account below uses the password shown. Sign out from the account menu before switching.
Traveller
arjun@payanam.in
Password Payanam@123
What to try
- Book a boat ride and open its signed QR in My tickets
- Start a circuit: it becomes a day-by-day journey
- Collect a passport stamp on a heritage page
Host (home cook)
meena.host@payanam.in
Password Payanam@123
What to try
- Dashboard insights, including bookings that followed an AR visit
- Add an experience by describing it in Tamil: the form fills itself
- Analytics in Tamil, with CSV export
Ticket gate (boat house)
boathouse.demo@payanam.in
Password Payanam@123
What to try
- Open the gate scanner and scan a ticket QR from another screen
- Turn the network off: tickets still verify and sync later
Department admin (demo)
admin.demo@payanam.in
Password Payanam@123
What to try
- Moderation: listings awaiting review and reported community posts
- Content studio: heritage eras, audio guides and festivals, with licences and an audit log
- Platform analytics and host payouts