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The Payanam showcase

Everything Payanam does, live.

One Tamil-first platform for the whole journey: the people who travel, the people who host them, the gates that admit them and the department that looks after it all.

101 features across web, iOS and Android

features, all working today
101
roles, each with its own tools
6
on the website
96
in the app
62
Start the tour Open the app 3-minute guided tour Read the pitch
Then & Now: watch the Big Temple rise on the Payanam website Try it live here
The app, in any browser in the Payanam app Use the live app here

Left: the website. Right: the app. Both are the real thing; tap to use them here.

Traveller 33 features

Discover, book and experience Tamil Nadu

From a cooking class in Karaikudi to a temple that rebuilds itself in front of you: find it, book it, and carry it offline.

Try it live here
Wow

Then & Now: watch the Big Temple rise

Step through the eras of a monument and see it rebuild, tier by tier, from 1003 to today, in your browser or as AR in your room.

  • Era by era, with the story of each period
  • A drag slider between an 1868 photograph and today
  • On a phone, place the temple on your desk; no app to install
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/ar/brihadeeswarar-temple App app.payanam.io
Wow

Ask the concierge, in Tamil or English

It plans trips from live listings and open slots only, so it never invents a place or a price.

  • Answers in the language you ask in
  • Every suggestion links to a real listing or heritage site
  • Knows today's festivals, the Kural and step-free access notes
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/explore App app.payanam.io
Tickets that work offline in the Payanam app
Wow

Tickets that work offline

A signed QR ticket is saved on the phone and opens at the gate with no signal.

  • Boat rides and monuments, by timed session
  • Save an offline copy from the website too
  • Admitted once, never twice
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/my/tickets App app.payanam.io

Everything else for travellers

These tools run on the website. Choose All or Web to see them.

Host 16 features

Home cooks, eco-stays and artisans run their business here

List by speaking Tamil, fill slots and rooms, check guests in and get paid, with insights written in plain words.

Wow

Describe it by voice, in Tamil

A host speaks or types a sentence about their experience, and the listing form fills itself.

  • Category, place, duration, group size and price, understood
  • Works in Tamil and English
  • The host checks the draft before it is sent for review
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/host/experiences/new App app.payanam.io
Insights a host can read on the Payanam website
Insights a host can read in the Payanam app

Insights a host can read

Revenue, occupancy, the booking funnel, lead time and repeat guests, explained in plain Tamil or English.

  • The same numbers on the website and in the app
  • Shows which bookings came from guests who saw a heritage site in AR first
  • Download as a spreadsheet
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/host/analytics App app.payanam.io

Everything else for hosts

These tools run on the website. Choose All or Web to see them.

Ticket gate 6 features

Boat houses and monuments sell timed tickets and admit at the gate

Set prices and sessions, then admit visitors with any phone, even where there is no signal.

A gate that works with zero signal in the Payanam app
Wow

A gate that works with zero signal

The gate phone checks each ticket's signature itself, admits it once and syncs when the network returns.

  • Scan with the camera, or paste the code
  • A big, clear ADMIT or REJECT with the reason
  • Offline admissions queue up and sync later
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/host/tickets/scan App app.payanam.io

Everything else for ticket operators

These tools run on the website. Choose All or Web to see them.

Admin & studio 25 features

The team runs the platform and its stories without a developer

Review every listing, look after hosts and travellers, and write the heritage, festivals, audio and trails that make Payanam Tamil.

Every listing reviewed before it goes live on the Payanam website

Every listing reviewed before it goes live

Approve, reject with a reason or preview each new listing and each edit.

  • New listings and edits wait in one queue
  • Preview exactly what a guest will see
  • Reported posts and reviews are handled in the same backoffice
  • Web
Website payanam.io/admin/experiences
Write a monument's history on the Payanam website

Write a monument's history

The studio writes each era of a monument, in Tamil and English, and the Then & Now view and AR follow.

  • Years, titles and stories for each era
  • Reorder eras on the timeline
  • Every change recorded in the audit log
  • Web
Website payanam.io/admin/studio/eras

Everything else in the backoffice and studio

These tools run on the website. Choose All or Web to see them.

For TN Tourism 9 features

Tamil Nadu Tourism sees where visitors travel

A public state view of bookings, districts, monuments and festival seasons, with the numbers open for anyone to reuse.

The state view on the Payanam website Try it live here
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The state view

A public dashboard of bookings, districts reached, monuments, festival seasons and money reaching hosts.

  • Small numbers hidden to protect privacy
  • Sample data, clearly labelled until a pilot starts
  • The same figures as open data
  • Web
Website payanam.io/state

Everything else for the department

These tools run on the website. Choose All or Web to see them.

Platform 12 features

Built Tamil-first, for every phone and every visitor

Two languages everywhere, one design language, offline where it matters, accessible and secure by default, and tested before every release.

The app, in any browser in the Payanam app Use the live app here

The app, in any browser

The same app as on iPhone and Android, at app.payanam.io: browse as a guest, sign in with a demo login.

  • On a laptop it opens in a phone frame with a QR code
  • On a phone it fills the screen
  • Tested on iPhone and Android before every release
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
App app.payanam.io
Our own kolam engine on the Payanam website
Wow

Our own kolam engine

Draws traditional kolam, one unbroken line around every dot, for cards, seals and screens, identically on web and phone.

  • Sikku, kambi and festival families
  • Every trip card and passport seal is unique
  • The Payanam mark itself comes from it
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • App on the web
Website payanam.io/pitch App app.payanam.io

Everything else under the hood

These tools run on the website. Choose All or Web to see them.

Next

Coming next

On the roadmap for the first months of a pilot. Not built yet, so not counted above.

  • Real payments

    An RBI-authorised payment gateway in place of today's simulated payments.

  • 3D scans of real monuments

    Photogrammetry so every heritage site opens in AR, not only the modelled ones.

  • WhatsApp updates

    Booking confirmations and reminders where hosts and guests already are.

  • Offline maps

    Maps of a district saved on the phone for hills and coasts without signal.

  • Host verification documents

    Identity and bank checks for hosts before their first payout.

  • Native-speaker Tamil review

    Every Tamil screen and story read by native speakers before launch.

Try it yourself

Open the app or the website and sign in with any demo login. Everything on this page works today.

  • Traveller arjun@payanam.in
  • Host meena.host@payanam.in
  • Ticket gate boathouse.demo@payanam.in
  • Admin & studio admin.demo@payanam.in

Password: Payanam@123 · Public demo accounts. Payments are simulated.

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