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PratimaHindu rituals app · The Philippines

Android app for Pratima: a personal shrine on your phone's home screen

Pratima is a mobile app startup blending technology with the rich tapestry of Hindu rituals. Perpetio designed and built its first Android MVP: home screen shrine widgets, a holiday calendar and insights about every symbol.

  • Android
  • Home screen widgets
  • Holiday calendar
  • MVP
  • Team of 4 · 7 months
Pratima home screen with the day’s holidays
tap to place a shrine on the home screen
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a new sacred image every day
Daily
months to the first Android MVP
7
people on the team
4
In short

Developed with utmost respect for Hindu traditions, Pratima preserves the sanctity of ancient practices while enhancing users’ spiritual journey. Perpetio built the first Android MVP: a centralized app hub with a holiday calendar and shrine widgets for the home screen.

Pratima

Pratima is a mobile app startup blending technology with the rich tapestry of Hindu rituals, so users can immerse themselves in the sacred traditions and elevate their spiritual experience in the digital age.

The Philippines
Client location
7 months
Duration
4 people
Team
Time & Material
Model
What we did

The challenge: home screen shrines, made right for their audience

Pratima's team asked for an Android app that supports widget functionality to reflect shrines on the home screen, with a holiday calendar and other information in the app. As the app was to cater to Hinduism followers in India, the visuals had to match the audience’s preferences.

  • Home screen widgets that reflect shrines
  • A holiday calendar and other information in the app
  • Appropriate colors, images and wordings for the audience
  • User-friendly widgets that display images correctly
  • A thorough exploration of Android widget development practices

The solution: a culturally resonant app hub

  • Traditional visuals

    Traditional Hinduism visuals and colors like gold and pink, infused into the app's design.

  • Home screen widgets

    A diverse selection of shrine designs for users to place directly on their home screens.

  • Holiday calendar

    Special occasions in a calendar view, with each day’s holidays on the home screen.

  • Sun and moon timings

    Times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset, to align celebrations with auspicious timings.

  • Reminders

    A reminder one day before a holiday.

  • Symbol insights

    Succinct details about each calendar event and sacred symbol, its significance and rituals.

Calendar insights

Plan celebrations with precision

Users check the special occasions in advance and align their celebrations with the auspicious timings of the sun and moon.

  • Each day’s holidays on the home screen
  • A detailed page for every holiday
  • A reminder one day before

4timings on the home screen: sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset

Pratima holiday calendar
Shrine design collection

A personal collection of sacred symbols

Users curate their personal collection of sacred symbols, each imbued with auspicious energy, and place them on the home screen.

  • Images divided into categories
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Placed on the home screen with a single tap

Dailya new image every day

Pratima shrine design collection

How the Pratima app works

Calendar insights

Every special occasion, in advance

With an in-app calendar view, users can check the special occasions in advance. The app’s home screen displays each day’s holidays. Every holiday is described in detail on a separate page, allowing users to learn more about it and set a reminder for one day before the holiday.

  1. 1See today’s holidays on the home screen
  2. 2Open a holiday to learn more about it
  3. 3Set a reminder for one day before
Home screen
Holiday details with a reminder

Results: the first Android MVP, blending tradition with digital convenience

released for Android
MVP
tap to place a shrine on the home screen
1
a new sacred image
Daily
months of design and development
7

Users can now access a comprehensive calendar, choose from a variety of shrine designs, and easily place them on their home screens with a single tap. Additionally, the app provides insightful information about each calendar event and symbol, enhancing users' spiritual journey.

Tech stack behind the Pratima app

A native Android app in Kotlin with home screen widgets, and a NestJS backend and admin panel in TypeScript.

Languages
Kotlin, TypeScript
Platform
Android
Team
4 people
Client location
The Philippines

Android app

MVVM, Kotlin
  • Retrofit 2
  • Gson
  • Coroutines
  • Hilt
  • View Binding
  • Alarm Manager
  • Jetpack Navigation
  • ViewModel / LiveData
  • Android Widgets

Backend & admin

NestJS, TypeScript, SOLID
  • @nestjs/jwt
  • @nestjs/swagger
  • @nestjs/mongoose
  • agenda
  • bcrypt
  • class-validator
  • fluent-ffmpeg
  • moment-timezone
  • rxjs
  • heic-convert

Analytics & stability

Measure and monitor
  • Firebase

Android services

Background work
  • Multithreading
  • Push notifications

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