# ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା — Festival Programme

> Free, remixable puja committee digital signage for a Rath Yatra mela: programme schedule, aarti and procession times, attractions, food stalls, contact QR.

Source: https://channelos.tv/t/festival-programme-5052dab1-ef8c-4598-9afe-848e60e7c6f3
Category: Events
Shape: 16:9 (landscape)
Slides: 5
Author: Community Showcase (community)
Price: free

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## What is puja committee digital signage?

Puja committee digital signage is a TV screen at a pandal or mela ground that replaces the printed programme banner. One landscape board cycles the day schedule, aarti and procession times, the main attractions, the food stall list and a contact or donation QR code, and the committee edits it from a phone as the programme changes.

A mela or puja committee runs this Odia Rath Yatra board: programme times, attractions, food stalls and a contact QR.

## What is on this board

The slides below are the template's real content, flattened to text. Remixing copies the
whole deck into your own workspace, where every line is editable.

### Slide 1 of 5

- ପବିତ୍ର ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ଉତ୍ସବ
- ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା
- ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ସ୍ୱାଗତ। ତିନି ଦିନର ମେଳା ଓ ସାଂସ୍କୃତିକ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ।
- ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା ସମିତି · ସ୍ୱାଗତମ୍

### Slide 2 of 5

- କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ ସୂଚୀ
- 8:00
- ମଙ୍ଗଳ ଆଳତି
- 10:00
- ରଥ ଟଣା
- ମୁଖ୍ୟ ସଡ଼କ
- 5:00
- ସାଂସ୍କୃତିକ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ
- 8:00
- ଭଜନ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା
- ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା ସମିତି · ସ୍ୱାଗତମ୍

### Slide 3 of 5

- ମୁଖ୍ୟ ଆକର୍ଷଣ
- ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ନୃତ୍ୟ
- ପାରମ୍ପରିକ ମେଳା
- ଆତସବାଜି ପ୍ରଦର୍ଶନ
- ଶିଶୁ ଆମୋଦ ଉଦ୍ୟାନ
- ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା ସମିତି · ସ୍ୱାଗତମ୍

### Slide 4 of 5

- ମେଳା ପ୍ରାଙ୍ଗଣ
- ଖାଦ୍ୟ ଷ୍ଟଲ୍
- ଅଭଡ଼ା ଓ ମାଳପୁଆ
- ଦହିବରା ଓ ଆଳୁଦମ
- ଚା' ଓ ଜଳଖିଆ
- ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା ସମିତି · ସ୍ୱାଗତମ୍

### Slide 5 of 5

- ଅଧିକ ଜାଣିବାକୁ
- ଯୋଗାଯୋଗ
- ସ୍କାନ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ
- ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ ପାଇଁ ସ୍କାନ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ କିମ୍ବା ଫୋନ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ 1800 123 456।
- ରଥଯାତ୍ରା ମେଳା ସମିତି · ସ୍ୱାଗତମ୍

## Frequently asked questions

### What should a Rath Yatra or mela programme board actually show?

Work backwards from the questions people stop to ask a volunteer. Four of them cover most of it: when is the next event, where do I stand, what is here to see, and where do I eat or donate. So a working programme board carries the day schedule with a time against every item, the procession and aarti slots marked clearly, the main attractions, the food stall list, and one QR code for the committee contact or donation link. Keep one idea per slide. A single screen listing fourteen items in small type gets read by nobody, while four slides of four lines each get read by somebody standing in a queue. Put the item most people are waiting for in the same position on every slide.

### How big does the text need to be on a mela display board?

The sign trade rule of thumb is 25mm of capital letter height for every 3 metres of viewing distance. A crowd standing 9 metres back therefore needs capitals around 75mm tall on the glass, which on a 43 inch screen is a very large heading and only a handful of words per line. Measure the real distance from the screen to where people actually stand, not to the edge of the pandal, then size the smallest line on the board so it still clears that rule. Test it before the mela opens: put the board up, walk to the back of the queue and read it. Anything you have to squint at gets cut, not shrunk.

### Do we need a special display, or will an ordinary TV work at the pandal?

An ordinary LED television is fine as long as it sits under cover and out of direct sunlight. Consumer sets are built for indoor light levels and wash out in daylight, so a screen facing an open ground at midday will be unreadable however bright it looked in the hall. Site it under the pandal canopy or inside a stall, angled away from the sun. Power is rarely the constraint: a 43 inch LED TV draws well under 100 watts, which is small beside the lighting rig sharing the same generator. The network is what bites. Assume the wifi will drop at some point and check what the screen shows when it does.

### How do we change the board when the procession time slips?

Decide in advance who holds the phone. Timings move on a mela day, and a printed banner cannot move with them, which is the whole reason a screen earns its place. Give one committee member editing rights, agree that nobody else changes a time, and have them read the board back out loud before publishing so a wrong slot never goes up in front of a crowd. Keep the schedule slide short enough that a change is one line rather than a re-layout. Editing from a phone and pushing straight to the screen is what ChannelOS does, so the correction lands in seconds and nobody reprints a banner or carries a laptop to the pandal.

## How to use it

1. Open https://channelos.tv/t/festival-programme-5052dab1-ef8c-4598-9afe-848e60e7c6f3 and press "Use this template". Create a free account and the template opens in your own workspace.
2. Change the words, prices and photos in the editor, from a phone or a computer.
3. On the TV, open play.channelos.tv in its own browser, pair it from your phone with the code it shows, then publish the board to it.

It runs in the television's own web browser. There is no media player box to buy and
nothing to install. The first screen is free. Free screens show a ChannelOS banner
along the bottom of the screen. Any paid plan removes it.