TTT Lands on the Centre Stage at the ITCX 2025

‘Trip To Temples’ the Noida-based pilgrimage travel agency with a vision of "Har Safar, Bharose Par." has recently attended the International Temples Convention Expo (ITCX), 2025 at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The theme for the second edition (the first was in 2023) of ITCX 2025 was ‘Mahakumbh Of Temples’ organized by the founder Mr. Giresh Vasudeva Kulkarni of ‘Temple Connect’ to gather the streamlined temples from all over India and the world. 

The CEO and MD of Trip To Temples, Mr. Vikash Mishra, took part in the event, where he was welcomed and felicitated with a shawl and a picture frame of God Tirupati or Lord Venkateshwar on day one. Additionally, Mr Mishra participated in the panel discussion with the founder of Temple Connect, Mr. G.V. Kulkarni, and other tech-travel company chairpersons. Trip To Temples has hoisted the flag of their business orientation under which pilgrimage tour destinations of Kailash Mansarovar, Char Dham, Sri Lanka Ramayana circuit, Tibet, Nepal, Varanasi, Adi Kailash, Om Parvat, and so on were especially promoted. The founder of the company has also offered discount coupons to the event delegates.

The revered chief minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, visited the stall of Trip To Temples and appreciated the team’s efforts and the vision of the organization for encouraging Kailash Yatra and other regimes of pilgrimage tours in India that would help increase spiritual activities for boosting the economy of India. All the recognition and appreciation that Trip To Temples has received at their first appearance at ITCX 2025 is a landmark of what the true vision looks like if you have a clear pathway of a willingness to serve the nation.

To back his concept of a ‘customer-first approach’, Mishra quoted, “Trip To Temples is committed to offer only the best to its pilgrims and we are not just promoting tourism at spiritual places of India and the world but also adhered to employ locals from the same place. In this way, we’re developing a new tourism segment as ‘spiritual tourism that backs modernism and the ancient cultures we’ve been following for ages’ plus an ecosystem that supports the government’s vision of facilitating locales with new opportunities to grow with ecotourism. And we will keep doing the great work of serving our nation in every possible manner.

Context of ITCX 2025

In this massive event of ITCX 2025, a total of 32 Lakh temples from all across the world were pooled under a single temple facilitation system, predominantly from India, which is supposed to generate an economy of over 6 Lakh Crores yearly. Over 2000 religious institutions and temples from across 58 countries, 2800+ delegates from religious institutions, more than 100 administering speakers from all over the country, and 60+ stalls followed by over 15 workshops and knowledge sessions have joined in under a singular federation.  

It was a 3-day event held on the 17th, 18th, & 19th of February 2025 that witnessed multiple dignitaries from the government of India, and the states, media personnel, Temple Connect authorities, trustees of temples, and brand ambassadors from the major religious institutions, esteemed political influentials, founders and co-founders along with their supporting team players were present. 

In this verse, the Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis from Maharashtra inaugurated the ceremony with the traditional lamp lighting and Mantra chanting ritual. Other than this, the CM of Andhra Pradesh- Shri Chandrababu Naidu, the CM of Goa, Shri Dr. Pramod Sawant, Shri Nara Lokesh from the Minister for Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu BJP President- K. Annamalai, the Joint General Secretary of RSS- Shri C R Mukunda,  Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, trustee head of Shri Krishna Janmbhoomi, the spiritual leader Shri Acharya Govind Giri Ji Maharaj, and others were present in relevant course of time. 

On this occasion, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s appreciation letter was read aloud, and the RSS head Shri Mohan Bhagwat Ji’s video message was displayed. Extracting the belief of these dignitaries gives hope for discovering new ways of pilgrimage development and management of spiritual centres and temples across the world. 

This mega event of ITCX 2025 served as a powerful forum in empowering the temple economy by providing a room to discuss significant steps not just to strengthen the temple management system but also to enhance the overall pilgrimage experience. Notably, ITCX 2025 anchored the theme of streamlining temple management systems while focusing on building an independent ecosystem for India’s temple economy that thrives on sustainability, technology, and innovation. With a mission to reinforce the temple visiting experience, it became a hub of innovative ideas, opening up avenues for boosting spiritual tourism in India.