Committee guide
How your committee looks after your mandir's page on Toran. Most things take a minute, on a phone.
Getting started
- Create an account with your email. We send you a link, so there's no password to remember.
- Choose your mandir by its name or town. Most UK mandirs already have a page with their address and website. (You can also choose “Look after this page” at the bottom of your mandir's page.)
- Say what you do at the mandir, for example Secretary or Trustee. We check with the mandir that you're on the committee, usually within a few days.
Your committee page
Once you're checked, log in and go to “Your account”, then your mandir's name. This is your committee page. Only your committee can see it.
- “Coming up” lists your events, with buttons to change each one.
- “Add an event”, “Festivals coming up” and “Again this year?” are the quick ways to fill your page.
- “Your committee on Toran” shows who else can change your page.
- “Your mandir's details” shows your address and website. To change them, tell us and we'll update them.
Adding events
- “Festivals coming up”: tick the festivals your mandir is celebrating, add a start time if you know it, and add them all at once. The dates follow your mandir's calendar.
- “Again this year?”: last year's events, moved to this year's dates. A Diwali event stays on Diwali; a Saturday event stays on a Saturday.
- “Add an event”: give its name, the date and the start time. Leave the time empty for an all-day event.
- For a weekly aarti, a monthly bhajan evening or a festival's nights in a row (like Navratri garba), open “Happens every day, week or month?” and choose how often. It shows once on your page, with its next date, and every date is listed on the event's own page.
- Add a short description, and the name and description in Gujarati if you like. Families who read Gujarati see both.
- “Duplicate” copies an event you already have, for a second day or a similar event.
Keeping it right
Next to each event on your committee page:
- “Still on” tells families you've checked it. They see “Confirmed by the mandir”.
- “Cancel” keeps it on the page, marked as cancelled, so nobody makes a wasted journey.
- “Edit” changes the name, date, time or description.
- “Remove” takes it off the page altogether, for something added by mistake.
Changes show on your public page straight away.
Posters people send
Families and volunteers can tell Toran about an event, or send a poster or patrika. We type it up, and it waits for you under “Posters waiting for you”.
- “Publish” if it's right. It goes on your page.
- “Not right” if it isn't. Nothing is published, and you can add the event yourself.
You can send us your own patrika too, the one you already share on WhatsApp, and we'll type it up for you to check.
Seva rotas
- Choose “Seva rota” next to an event. Add the roles it needs (kitchen, parking, shoes) and the times for each.
- “Send the rota” writes a message for your volunteers' WhatsApp group. When people say yes there, count them in.
- Or let volunteers take a slot on Toran from the rota link, in one tap. You see how many are coming, not who: Toran never keeps anyone's name.
Inviting a colleague
- Under “Your committee on Toran”, enter a colleague's email address and choose “Invite”.
- Send them the invite on WhatsApp. They log in with that email address to accept. The invite lasts 14 days.
- Anyone on your committee page can add and change events, invite others or leave.
What we keep
- Families don't need an account to see your events.
- Only events and your mandir's public details are shown. Your committee's email addresses and phone numbers are never public.
- Seva sign-ups on Toran are counted, never named. Toran never sees DBS certificates.
- Your committee can correct or remove your events at any time.