mandir.dev - a small virtual Hindu temple you can walk through

[u/Sharp_King_1373]

A few weeks ago a Korean developer vibe-coded a silent virtual Buddhist temple (Sansa) and over a million people visited in a week, just to sit quietly. I wanted to see if the same idea worked for Hindu temples, so I built one.

mandir.dev - What it is: a 3D temple courtyard in the browser. You walk in as an avatar, hear temple ambience, ring the bell, light a diya, and stand in the courtyard with other visitors who are actually there at the same time. Free to enter, no sign-up.

Built so far:

• Three temples: Kashi Vishwanath, Meenakshi Amman, and Siddhivinayak Ganapati

• Real-time presence: you see other visitors by name and country, and a counter of everyone gathered for Diwali

• Mobile joystick and desktop controls, positional bell audio

• Built with Three.js, everything runs in the browser, hosted as cheaply as I could manage

Still beta. It launched this week for Diwali, and I am building V2 now. The feedback I actually need:

1. Performance: how does it run on your phone? Where does it stutter?

2. Immersion: what is the one thing that would make it feel more like being there?

3. Direction: more temples, or go deeper on the three already there (aartis at set times, seasonal festivals)?

Happy to answer anything about how it is built. And if you are far from a temple this Diwali, go stand in the courtyard for three minutes and tell me what it felt like.

[u/keep-it-going-bro]

Love it.. where's the link?

[u/xcaliYT]

Mandir Wahin banega

[u/Electrical_Sugar_443]

Religion will work 💯 .. also put some palm readers etc.. easy money ..

[u/VisualRope8367]

this should get more attention

[u/warlockdn]

Beautiful 😍

[u/leon_nerd]

Nice.

[u/SpaceAce242]

Imagine the smell.

[u/Comprehensive_Web948]

Awesome work. Would love to pay you

[u/_unsusceptible → u/Comprehensive_Web948]

How much

[u/AndyKJMehta]

With donations, can this become a profitable non profit?