HDFC Bank, one of the premier banks in the country today signed an agreement with Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for offering e-collection through HDFC Bank Payment Gateway.
Mr. A. Rajan, Country Head-Operations, HDFC Bank and Mr. Avtar Singh Makkar, President Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee formally launched the payment gateway.
Devotees of Golden Temple who were unable to make trip to Amritsar for any reason, can now have the satisfaction of instantaneously getting their donations reach Golden Temple through a user friendly secure website feature of HDFC Bank. There are large numbers of devotees based across the globe who can now avail this facility.
The website offers a variety of payment options to the devotees to make their offerings, which includes direct debit to their accounts with the HDFC Bank, or pay by a debit card or a credit card of any Bank.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. A. Rajan, Country Head - Operations, HDFC Bank, said, “India is a spiritually enlightened country and HDFC Bank has always used technology that touches lives of our customers in all the spheres. This tie-up will enable lakhs of devotees of Golden Temple spread across the world, to conveniently send their offerings to the holy shrine using HDFC Bank’s secured net banking services. It also enables the devotees to select the specific purpose for which the donation is made."
“We welcome this initiative by HDFC Bank as it offers devotees a convenient way of showering their gratitude”, said Mr. Avatar Singh Makkar, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
HDFC Bank has pioneered the concept of electronic religious offering and is already offering this facility to major temples across the country. The Bank has already tied-up with 37 religious organizations including, temples, churches, gurudwaras and mosques pan India. Some of the religious organizations already availing this facility through HDFC Bank are Mata Vaishnodevi Temple, Shree Jagannath Temple, Shree Sidhivinayak Temple, Shanta Durga Temple, Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan, Nathdawara Mandir, SomnathTemple, Guruvayuoor Temple, Rama Krishna International Mission, Shree Anantha Padmanabha Temple etc.
HDFC Bank now has 147 branches in Punjab. The Bank is well poised to offer its proven technology based products to all the leading temples in Punjab to enable them reach out to their devotees. For this purpose, HDFC Bank has designed a special product for Religious institutions to make the donation process simple and easy for devotees across the world. The Bank has also designed a special collections and payment services for the Temple Administration for its daily operations.