r/mauritius • • 1h ago

Culture ๐Ÿ—จ Building a Hindu devotion app from India. Would Mauritian Hindus use something like this? Honest feedback wanted

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Bonzour r/mauritius,

I'm co-founder of BhaktiWala, a small team in India building a devotional app. Full disclosure upfront: this is my own product. I'm posting because I'd rather hear from the community directly than guess.
Many Mauritian Hindu families have roots in Bihar and UP, and a lot of you keep traditions that people in India have half forgotten. That's exactly why I want your view.

What we're building:
Live darshan: daily aarti streamed live from temples in India (Shri Raghunath Ji and Ranbireshwar in Jammu, and more), synced to IST. Mauritius is only 1.5 hours behind, so morning and evening aarti land at a normal hour.

Daily devotion: panchang, the significance of the day, vrat and festival markers (ekadashi, purnima, amavasya), shubh muhurat, and a shlok of the day.

Daily practice: a voice-based digital maala for jaap (you speak, it counts), a Chalisa sequence, a devotional alarm, and a simple daily niyam or sankalp tracker.

Katha: live and recorded kathas from katha vachaks, plus the option to arrange a katha in your family's name.

My questions for you:
1. Would live darshan from Indian temples mean anything to you, or is your devotional life centred around local mandirs and Ganga Talao?
2. Is there demand for kathas in Bhojpuri or in Hindi with a Bhojpuri touch?
3. Which festivals matter most here? I'm guessing Maha Shivaratri, but what else?
4. Which language would you want the app in: Hindi, English, French, or Kreol?

If you'd like to try it:

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bhaktiwala.app
Website: https://www.bhaktiwala.com

The app is free. I'm not asking anyone to sign up or pay. I mainly want to know whether it's useful here, or whether I'm missing the point entirely. Brutal feedback is welcome, and I'll answer everything in the comments.